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General Category => Blather and Babble => Topic started by: Your Tera on 13 December 2011, 05:36:41 pm
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Was out in town today, with a friend who does NOT know, so phone was in my bag but on silent. I happened to pick it up just to see if there were any missed calls, and there was someone ringing in. I accidentally ignored it before I could even get a gander of the number.
When I checked back later for missed calls, it turned out that it was from one of my former admirers... one whose number I had affectionately saved under....
"Dickhead"
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I am so glad that I'm not the only one who does this :D I have 'twat,' 'numpty,' 'abusive,' 'noshow,' 'disrespectful,' and many more saved in my phone book 8)
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I am so glad that I'm not the only one who does this :D I have 'twat,' 'numpty,' 'abusive,' 'noshow,' 'disrespectful,' and many more saved in my phone book 8)
Yes, I was quite pleased with myself when I saw that!! I actually thought about texting him/ringng him back and explaining that was my pet name for him, but--again-- I'm paranoid so I just play "stoopid yank" rather than call them on their personality flaws...
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I need to start saving numbers. Trouble is atm I have a massive backlog of numbers that I have scribbled down; even made into a Word Doc headed TWs etc; but it'd be much more useful not to say 'instant recognition' if they were on my phone already.
My heart sinks however at the thought of spending hours laboriously putting them all onto my phone!
But I guess once done all I need to do is update on a regular basis.
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I need to start saving numbers. Trouble is atm I have a massive backlog of numbers that I have scribbled down; even made into a Word Doc headed TWs etc; but it'd be much more useful not to say 'instant recognition' if they were on my phone already.
Definitely start doing this from today onwards! You don't need to worry about older numbers so much; if they're going to call again and pester you, they will do so and you can save their number after that. The most important thing is to cut down on the likelihood of answering tedious timewasters by mistake from now on. :)
I actually find it more important to save the numbers of people I don't want to talk to again than of people that I do! Dread to imagine how many hours I'd waste dealing with the same boring old odd'uns/creeps if I didn't save their numbers under an appropriately descriptive name. ;D
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I have about 7 'Timewasters' ::)
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I call them "timewaster 1, timewaster 2, " and so on.
As well as "rude", "arsehole", and "pest" to name just a few
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Well I've now got into the habit of saving numbers, and also started going through a backlog of persistant TWs and saving them too.
And you are all right, its so GREAT to ignore calls/texts and not feel you are losing out on potential clients.
I happily ignored persistant calls yesterday from someone I'd labelled as 'BoundaryPusher' and persistant texts from a couple of 'TWs'.
Fantastic!
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Me too! You just have to ignore the TWs and No Shows, because they are an absolute nightmare ::)
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The boundarypusher guy is constantly phoning me every day and I think HA ain't gonna answer you matey!
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You will find that times like now and other public holidays brings out what I call TWATS. (Time Wasting Arrogant Tossers) as they may be off work and too much time on their hands.
Im amazed at persistent texters/callers who continue to call/text thinking I've not taken a note of their number and really get a kick out of calling their bluff re No Show or similar. Its usually denial or better still they just hang up as they know they have been rumbled and they know they aint going to get away with trying to dupe me once again. ;D ;D ;D
Yes, noting numbers is one of the best things I've learned to do - and no second chances (which is something they all seem to think they deserve) ............................ twats ::) ::) ::) ::)
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I find it amazing that anyone would not save numbers of time wasters & idiots etc!!!
I get incensed by he ones who have called before & have been no shows or wanking pests who think they can call again. I did loose my rag with one once & ended up f*ing & blinding down him on the phone & he called back to say
" well with a mouth like that I'm glad I didn't trun up for the booking last time"
Arghhhh!! Sometimes I'll answer & put them on hold just to waste their phone bill a little or play mind games with them if I'm bored ;D
Their denial intrigues me, they swear blind don't they that it must have been someone else messing us around. Morons! I have a couple of A4 pages full of numbers now backed up on my pc, I exchanged numbers with a friend who's an escort & we had a few of the same. It's always good to back up if the phone get broken!
And what's with the ones that call after you've told them to naff off? I've had a guy texting me on & off for a year :o They must think that we are stupid.
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I started off by making lists on my laptop. The list of TWs got longer and longer and longer! (idiots too). I prevaricated not wanting to spend hours inputting them on my phone.
So I decided just to add the historic awful TWs/no shows/boundary pushers and then add to my phone as and when.
Mr boundarypush (who I told in no uncertain terms I didn't want to see) has been phoning every day for the last few days.........YAWN!
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You will find that times like now and other public holidays brings out what I call TWATS. (Time Wasting Arrogant Tossers) as they may be off work and too much time on their hands.
Im amazed at persistent texters/callers who continue to call/text thinking I've not taken a note of their number and really get a kick out of calling their bluff re No Show or similar. Its usually denial or better still they just hang up as they know they have been rumbled and they know they aint going to get away with trying to dupe me once again. ;D ;D ;D
Yes, noting numbers is one of the best things I've learned to do - and no second chances (which is something they all seem to think they deserve) ............................ twats ::) ::) ::) ::)
You are so right, after a great couple of days, today so far nothing but TWATS............
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Sometimes I'll answer & put them on hold just to waste their phone bill a little or play mind games with them if I'm bored ;D
What a great idea! ;D "2 mins til I get a pen to write this down..." mohahahaaha!
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I'm loving this saving numbers business, such a stress reliever!!
I can now happily ignore calls from those I have labelled "foreignidiot", "puppyidiot", "haggler", and so the list goes on. Brilliant!!
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It's always good to back up if the phone get broken!
I don't have them backed up on laptop - memo to self - get that done immediately - you never know when your phone is going to go tits up - then all the invaluable numbers would be lost and my time could be wasted again.
Thanks for jogging my memory to do that.
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I record regulars phone numbers and TW's. The black list list goes:
TW1
TW2
Indian TW
Irish TW
Idiot who stood me up 1
stocking twat
etc....
They all show up in my caller ID when they call. It's awesome cause they go directly to voicemail. But then some don't seem to get the message so they continue calling and calling and calling... If I called someone 10 times and left 5 messages and the person didn't contact me I would GET THE MESSAGE. But these guys don't. Deluded anyone?
pests! >:(
Dealing with this bull----t is part of the job so I don't let it affect me. But I use to work the phones and deal with the public in my civie job before and had to put with the same shit (or worse because the conversations were recorded and I couldn't just hung up). At least now I can.
;D
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I record regulars phone numbers and TW's. The black list list goes:
TW1
TW2
Indian TW
Irish TW
Idiot who stood me up 1
stocking twat
etc....
They all show up in my caller ID when they call. It's awesome cause they go directly to voicemail. But then some don't seem to get the message so they continue calling and calling and calling... If I called someone 10 times and left 5 messages and the person didn't contact me I would GET THE MESSAGE. But these guys don't. Deluded anyone?
pests! >:(
Dealing with this bull----t is part of the job so I don't let it affect me. But I use to work the phones and deal with the public in my civie job before and had to put with the same shit (or worse because the conversations were recorded and I couldn't just hung up). At least now I can.
;D
I tell people, that way if I genuinely cannot answer the phone, clients they don't assume I'm 'avoiding' them and therefore do not want their business.
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I record regulars phone numbers and TW's. The black list list goes:
TW1
TW2
Indian TW
Irish TW
Idiot who stood me up 1
stocking twat
etc....
They all show up in my caller ID when they call. It's awesome cause they go directly to voicemail. But then some don't seem to get the message so they continue calling and calling and calling... If I called someone 10 times and left 5 messages and the person didn't contact me I would GET THE MESSAGE. But these guys don't. Deluded anyone?
pests! >:(
Dealing with this bull----t is part of the job so I don't let it affect me. But I use to work the phones and deal with the public in my civie job before and had to put with the same shit (or worse because the conversations were recorded and I couldn't just hung up). At least now I can.
;D
I tell people, that way if I genuinely cannot answer the phone, clients they don't assume I'm 'avoiding' them and therefore do not want their business.
But I think this is more about avoiding proven TWs and idiots who we would never in a million years want to talk to again (well it is for me anyway)
I do however save the lovely guys too who I most definately would want to speak to again ;D
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Re backing up your phone numbers list: Orange do a free services where you can save all your contacts and you do it by phone, not via a computer so you dont need any cables or anything. All the details are here: http://web.orange.co.uk/p/contacts/home
R xx
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Yeah I'd use the "ignore but don't actually say I never want to speak to them again let alone see them" method. There is a reason we don't want to speak to such people again let alone book them (usually because they have been pushy twats) and because of this pushy-twatness they are likely to change numbers or even don false accents to try and fool you into answering them again if you outright say never to call you again. If you don't actually say that their hope/delusion springs eternal and they never seem to change numbers or get the hint so you usually always know who is calling and who to avoid.
I had one very very creepy ( silence of the lambs voice he had :-X longest dragging hour of my life probably) persistent idiot finally manage to book me after I kept telling him on the phone I wouldn't see him and to stop calling. He changed numbers 4 times (!) and names twice and put on numerous false accents (yes really!) before finally getting me on an off day where I didn't recognise his peculiar speech pattern and whiny voice. :-X He was a horrid client, very creepy and caused trouble with the neighbours by shouting in the corridor outside when he was leaving because he didn't feel I had been affectionate enough :o
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Yeah I'd use the "ignore but don't actually say I never want to speak to them again let alone see them" method. There is a reason we don't want to speak to such people again let alone book them (usually because they have been pushy twats) and because of this pushy-twatness they are likely to change numbers or even don false accents to try and fool you into answering them again if you outright say never to call you again. If you don't actually say that their hope/delusion springs eternal and they never seem to change numbers or get the hint so you usually always know who is calling and who to avoid.
I had one very very creepy ( silence of the lambs voice he had longest dragging hour of my life probably) persistent idiot finally manage to book me after I kept telling him on the phone I wouldn't see him and to stop calling. He changed numbers 4 times (!) and names twice and put on numerous false accents (yes really!) before finally getting me on an off day where I didn't recognise his peculiar speech pattern and whiny voice. He was a horrid client, very creepy and caused trouble with the neighbours by shouting in the corridor outside when he was leaving because he didn't feel I had been affectionate enough
And that's the reason why you switch them to voicemail but you never ever ever tell them that "you don't want to see them because of y or x". The creepiest ones will take it very personal, get vindictive and make it a mission to "come and teach you a lesson". If you let them go to voicemail without explanations they'll become pests for a little while (but that's ok). After a month when no response they'll assume you're a fake, too busy, a drug addict or whatever. They'll get bored and start pestering someone else.
Don't waste your energy and engage in any sort of interaction with them because they're bad news from the beginning and there will be no good outcome. Doing so will leave you burnt, jaded and steal the positive energy required for the real, good & genuine phone bookings.
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prick 1
prick 2
prick 3
prick 4
;D
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Oh I just love that feeling when the phone rings and you see the Banned!/Utter Twat/Boundary pusher/booked then cancelled/Getting Annoying/TW?/TW!!..It's just blissful to watch it get crossed to voicemail - never to be answered and for them never to know the real reason why and I agree that it's essential never to tell them they are banned.
I also have one or two * OI.D*'s listed ( Only If Desperate! ) - Basically, they are harmless but either fairly lax on the hygiene front ( underarms, bed linen etc, nothing major ;D ) not someone I would relish to visit but if needs be , gotta lie back and think of er Manchester? :-\
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I know every single night this week I've had attempted calls from this little lot:
Workalone(that always creeps me out when they ask that)
TWaskedforaddress - in the first email and couldn't understand why I just wouldn't give it out!
ForeignIdiot
AuntFantasist
NervousGuyNoShow
Plus numerous TWs - some of them really ring a lot (!) and I can just relax and giggle to myself.
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I call them "timewaster 1, timewaster 2, " and so on.
As well as "rude", "arsehole", and "pest" to name just a few
I use exactly the same method... with said name they give me... next to Noshow - Timewaster - Annoying
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lol, this thread is so funny.
my phonebook includes:
"ass worship"
"man with limp"
"rough spank man"
"chinese gambler"
"clingy asian"
"dodgy hand guy"
"fat turkish rip off"
"wanker"
"indian stubble"
"mr annoying"
8 x "tw"
"soppy wanker"
"tantra man"
"turban twat"
"whitevan man"
etc etc etc! there is no point listing them by their 'names' as id have no idea who was who! i never forget a face tho!
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i never forget a face tho!
I'm the very opposite of this, the minute they are out the door they are out of my mind and I could walk by them in the street 10 minutes later and i wouldnt recognise them .................... unless they are tall, dark and handsome of course ;D