Dodo Dildos!
Oh no! The telemarketer from hell is back again and annoying me constantly. This woman just won’t take NO for an answer! I think I’m gonna have to resort to SCREAMING AT HER and hanging up the phone almost immediately! I have to say that in times like this it sucks that I was brought up to be so polite and patient with people!
I first mentioned her in this post a couple of weeks ago – though back then I thought it was basically the end of the matter. Not so my friends! I’ve since had one call from her – in which I repeated that I was not interested in coupling my cell phone account to my Internet account because I was happy with the way things were – and told her that I was busy so I had to hang up (which I did).
A couple of days later she calls back again and tells me that I seemed “interesting”? Well, thanks for that….but where the hell did THAT come from? I asked her to please repeat what she just said so I could be sure that I heard her right. I DID hear her right but, it turns out, she meant INTERESTED, not INTERESTING!
So she keeps talking AT me – I say “at” because I was busy doing something else on the net while she was talking – and all of a sudden I hear her say all kinds of BULL CRAP LEGAL JARGON because somehow she’s managed to half sign me up to the new scheme using my existing Dodo broadband account details. When she asks me which account I want to use to pay for the new service I tell her “No account. I’m NOT interested!”
I then tell her that if I WERE interested in doing the cell phone thing I would just go to the website and sign up anyway. She said “No no, you can’t do that. If you do that I won’t get a commission and a pay rise and I will not be promoted”
This affects me HOW exactly?? Do I care about that??
Then she says “Ohh, you have a VISA account already with Dodo?” To which I say “Yes, but there’s no money in it at the moment. There’s no need for money in it right now”. This obviously doesn’t convince her as she says “Well how do you pay your Dodo account then?” I reply that the Dodo account isn’t due until the 20th of each month and that it’s NOT HER DAMN BUSINESS ANYWAY!
So the next thing I hear is “Ohh, your VISA has been declined. I’ll try it again….”
WHAT THE HELL??????????
I already said there was NO MONEY IN THE ACCOUNT but you still HACK YOUR WAY IN and get declined – TWICE!
She then has the audacity to say “Can you go to the bank tomorrow and put some money in the account?
UMMMM, HOW ABOUT “NO!”
I make it known to her in no uncertain terms that I’m not very happy with what has just transpired and I abruptly say goodbye and to NOT call again! Then I hang up the phone.
I’m gonna be checking my bank accounts to make sure everything is as it should be. If it’s not there’s gonna be hell to pay!
And if the wacko woman from Dodo calls me again I’m gonna tell her that it’s REALLY gonna knock a hole in her commission and promotion if she gets fired for harassing people on the phone!
Either that or just scream in her ear!
Ohhh yeah, and Tom Cruise is an absolute wanker………and probably has shares in Dodo for that matter!!!
The next time she calls, just tell her that you are sorry, but you don’t have a telephone.
Or, pretend like you can’t hear her, start screaming about the goddamned phone being broken, bang it on the bottom of a big pan a couple of times, set it down and go about your business. Usually only takes one time.
Telemarketers are nothing compared to the door to door cretons! We’ve been getting a rash of them lately and they’ve been the rudest possible batch. I had a teenage girl start screaming at me and calling me a b*tch because I wouldn’t by her magazines. I hailed her mother down in the minivan on the street and all she had to say about her daughters behavior was “you should have bought a magazine then shouldn’t you?”
ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! – I feel your pain.
And I agree, we should all chip to get him a Sit & Spin toy with a medieval tip on it and tell him to enjoy! :-)
Lauren – LOL
Princess Wild Cow – Now THAT’S an idea!
tj – Ohh god, don’t tell me Australia has to deal with that next! Door to door??? I’m glad I have a big boisterous dog!
That mother sounds like a dick!
I’d call the company back and report her. That’s waaay rude. Like, over-the-line rude. However, the suggestion that Princess Wild Cow had might be more satisfying…
My favorite thing to do when you have a belligerent telemarketer is to get the company’s email.
Email them a nasty letter saying you plan to sue them in District Court not small claims. Tell them specific times they called and give names. Tell them to remove you from any and all lists they have and they better comply immediately or you will take action after the next contact.
Not only do people stop calling, you get a few others that stop as well. You also suddenly get less junk mail.
Amazing stuff.
Khali – Actually it’s getting quite funny now. She called me up again and I quickly said “No! Goodbye!”
This could turn out to be like a game!
steve – I’ve filed that suggestion away for future use. It’s a great idea!