Ah, telemarketers
Two recent telemarketing calls:1. The phone rang, and a cheery voice on the other end informed me that he was calling about the Sacramento Bee. He decided to take the conversational approach by asking me about my New Year's and whether I made any resolutions.
I replied: "To come up with more creative responses to telemarketers."
He laughed, so I think I won that one.
2. The next day, the caller wasn't as friendly. He went straight to the point by informing me that he was calling from Sprint and that my number had been "preselected" for some sort of special offer.
"Wait a minute," I said. "Do you mean preselected, or targeted?"
He laughed and said, "No, ma'am, preselected."
I'd made him laugh so that meant I was in control, but I continued: "Are you sure it wasn't targeted?"
And then he hung up. I definitely won that round.
Posted by Layla at 11:11 PM, January 14, 2006
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