Monday, April 10, 2006
I dont understand some people. How hard is it to say please and thank you? Does it cost anything? Does it hurt? NO!! So why is it that some people seem totally unable to say the words? I had a phone call today, from a telemarketer. Clive answered, and he passed them on to me as they asked to speak to the lady of the house. Maybe he should have given it to Kita! When I took the phone the woman on the other end asked if I was the lady of the house. I said I was. Without even introducing heself she went into a spiel of sales garbage. I let her finish, being as polite as I could be, then informed her that, sorry, but I really was not interested in her offer. She came back with the usual stuff, are you sure that you dont want to save money, blah, blah, blah. I informed her again that I was not interested. Then came the reply, Well why have you been wasting my time then? Why didn't you say so in the beginning? I told her that if she had introduced herself I would have told her there and then that I wasn't interested. I was then subjected to a tirade of abuse. How dare I tell her how to do her job, and so on and so on. I pointed out to her that she hadn't given me the chance to tell her that I dont OWN a car, so her insurance extras were no good to me at all. I also said that I would like to speak to a manager or supervisor. She calmed down then. She said sorry. Then her exact words were " Dont tell my boss. I'll be fired". No request to "please dont tell", just dont tell. I do not like being ordered around. She said she would remove my number from the database so I didn't get called again. She tried to talk me out of it. Eventually I said I wouldn't talk to her boss. "OK, bye" thats all I got. Bad manners. There is no excuse.
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