I was tempted to put this in the Entertainment section because it's damn entertaining to me. As we speak my phone has been off the hook for nearly an hour, "why" I hear you ask. Simple, a telemarketer is on the other end.
Let me explain, because I find this bleedin' hilarious.
I was just sitting down to dinner when my land-line rings, now I've only had this about a week and I paid for an unlisted number, but somehow my number got out to telemarketers within hours. In fact, it was a call from a telemarketer that informed me my phone was turned on, they even beat the phone company to it. As soon as I had my number I registered it on the federal Do Not Call list, but it has to be there for 31 days before you can start making complaints.
Anyway, back to my phone. I pick it up and get an automated recording pitching me a new credit card, it informs me that I should push 9 to talk to an operator. Now I've already had a shitty day and this is just the release I'm looking for.. well, this and my now half-empty bottle of Merlot. I push 9 and wait. Sure enough a woman picks up and says "Card Services."
I inquire about what company this is with and am told that they "help their members get good rates with both Visa and MasterCard." Great, but what company am I speaking with? "Card Services." No, I would like to know what company you work for. "Why?" Well, my number is on the Do Not Call Registry and I plan to file a complaint. "No." Excuse me, 'No?' "Yeah, No." Look, I will just have my records released to the FTC, just because your number does not show up on caller ID does not mean the phone company doesn't know where it came from, now you could have a simple complaint on your hands or you could have a much bigger problem, it's up to you.
No answer. The line is active but the bitch isn't there. No problem, I could just hang up. But wait, I remember that most call centers don't let their employees hang up, only the customer can terminate the call. So I leave the phone off the hook. Most these monkeys are monitored for how many calls they take and how many suckers they reel in and that determines bonuses. This bitch isn't making a dime as long as my cordless phone battery has a single electron flowing.
Sure, I can't file a complaint because my line is too new, but I can exact some vigilante justice.
So while she is there making shit for calls and wrecking her averages, I am here posting this, listening to some great music, drinking a nice 2004 Merlot (a little sharp but the crystal glass and a little air fixed that) and enjoying all my worries flowing into that phone and becoming someone else's problem.
I may be a bastard, but, damnit, she had it coming.
Let me explain, because I find this bleedin' hilarious.
I was just sitting down to dinner when my land-line rings, now I've only had this about a week and I paid for an unlisted number, but somehow my number got out to telemarketers within hours. In fact, it was a call from a telemarketer that informed me my phone was turned on, they even beat the phone company to it. As soon as I had my number I registered it on the federal Do Not Call list, but it has to be there for 31 days before you can start making complaints.
Anyway, back to my phone. I pick it up and get an automated recording pitching me a new credit card, it informs me that I should push 9 to talk to an operator. Now I've already had a shitty day and this is just the release I'm looking for.. well, this and my now half-empty bottle of Merlot. I push 9 and wait. Sure enough a woman picks up and says "Card Services."
I inquire about what company this is with and am told that they "help their members get good rates with both Visa and MasterCard." Great, but what company am I speaking with? "Card Services." No, I would like to know what company you work for. "Why?" Well, my number is on the Do Not Call Registry and I plan to file a complaint. "No." Excuse me, 'No?' "Yeah, No." Look, I will just have my records released to the FTC, just because your number does not show up on caller ID does not mean the phone company doesn't know where it came from, now you could have a simple complaint on your hands or you could have a much bigger problem, it's up to you.
No answer. The line is active but the bitch isn't there. No problem, I could just hang up. But wait, I remember that most call centers don't let their employees hang up, only the customer can terminate the call. So I leave the phone off the hook. Most these monkeys are monitored for how many calls they take and how many suckers they reel in and that determines bonuses. This bitch isn't making a dime as long as my cordless phone battery has a single electron flowing.
Sure, I can't file a complaint because my line is too new, but I can exact some vigilante justice.
So while she is there making shit for calls and wrecking her averages, I am here posting this, listening to some great music, drinking a nice 2004 Merlot (a little sharp but the crystal glass and a little air fixed that) and enjoying all my worries flowing into that phone and becoming someone else's problem.
I may be a bastard, but, damnit, she had it coming.