Rude man: (barks down the phone): ARE YOU WORKING?
Me: Excuse me?
Rude man: (still barking) - ARE YOU WORKING?
Me: Well hello, thanks for your lovely introduction, it is such a pleasure to take a call from someone with such manners.
Rude man: Oh, sorry.
Me: Ok, goodbye (hangs up)
Rude man tries calling twice, I ignore it.
Rude man texts: Can we start again?
Me texts: So that you can pretend to be someone with manners?
No reply, excellent result. Blacklisted.
Thanks goodness I have sky box live pause for the Come Dine With Me Sunday arvy marathon.
Oh I absolutely hate this type of caller. I always wonder if they were ringing for a doctors appointment or phoning for quotes on a car repair would they be so abrupt. I'm still undecided what makes them so bloody ignorant.
I get callers like this constantly.
Phone rings so I pick up and say hello.
Dickhead: "Busy?"
Me: "Excuse me?"
Dickhead tuts: "I said are ya busy?"
Me: "Busy?"
Dickhead tuts and sighs: "Are you busy at the minute?"
Me: "Busy? Who are you and what do you want?"
Dickhead: "Got your number on the computer"
Me: "Computer? What computer?"
Dickhead: "Mine"
Me: "How'd my number get on your computer?"
Dickhead: " Was on that site"
Me: "Ahh ok so it was on the internet and what site in particular?"
Dickhead quotes the site.
Me: "Right so what do you want?"
Dickhead: "A quick cheap fuck"
Me: "Don't you all. I meant what do you want ringing me. If you wanted to place a booking with myself there is protocol to follow which is clearly outlined on the site in which you obtained my number."
I proceeded to tell the git how annoying it is when someone rings and doesn't briefly introduce themselves and inform me of what they'd like and when and for how long.
I'd just got so fed up of these crappy phone calls and even as I write this I am dreading checking my work phone as I know there's going to be so much more like it today.
Ps: Another type are the guys who call and their opening line is "hey how are you?". Fair enough it's friendly enough but so bloody annoying. A simple "Hi I'm Alan I got your number from (whatever site) and am enquiring as to wether or not your free at 2pm tomorrow for an hour" is a much better way to make a call.
Natalie Xx