http://www.ditdotdat.org/bigcity/2006/12/cold-calling/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:56:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.ditdotdat.org/bigcity/2006/12/cold-calling/#comment-244 Ally Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:47:17 +0000 http://www.ditdotdat.org/bigcity/2006/12/cold-calling/#comment-244 I'm disappointed. The mask doesn't have Batman ears. I’m disappointed. The mask doesn’t have Batman ears.

]]> http://www.ditdotdat.org/bigcity/2006/12/cold-calling/#comment-243 Jon Thu, 21 Dec 2006 13:58:48 +0000 http://www.ditdotdat.org/bigcity/2006/12/cold-calling/#comment-243 Great strategy Angela. Your comment made Carol laugh and dance around the kitchen, but I think she's a bit demob happy today. Of course you're right about the <a href="http://www.ditdotdat.org/images/rubber.jpg" title="A Rubber Costume" rel="nofollow">rubber costume</a> Ally (don't click on that link unless you really don't mind being profoundly offended) but how did you know? Great strategy Angela. Your comment made Carol laugh and dance around the kitchen, but I think she’s a bit demob happy today.
Of course you’re right about the rubber costume Ally (don’t click on that link unless you really don’t mind being profoundly offended) but how did you know?

]]> http://www.ditdotdat.org/bigcity/2006/12/cold-calling/#comment-241 Ally Thu, 21 Dec 2006 10:02:09 +0000 http://www.ditdotdat.org/bigcity/2006/12/cold-calling/#comment-241 I don't believe you about the rubber costume. I don’t believe you about the rubber costume.

]]> http://www.ditdotdat.org/bigcity/2006/12/cold-calling/#comment-239 ange Thu, 21 Dec 2006 00:02:09 +0000 http://www.ditdotdat.org/bigcity/2006/12/cold-calling/#comment-239 I don't have a strategy for cold callers but do for religious sales people. We get loads down Peckham way and after years of hating that unsatisfying doorstop exchange, after which you close the door feeling bad at being abrupt but mildly vindicated, and then waste 10 minutes having a stupid little imaginary argument. I decided to be brave enough to tell the truth. Now I say very confidently and with the best smile I can muster - "I’d better tell you that I’m a profound and committed atheist" (smile). You can see their jaws drop slightly, then they say.. oh. Ok ... sorry ... goodbye...and you give them a hearty goodbye back and no-one is offended. I think it's the word 'profound' that does it. I don’t have a strategy for cold callers but do for religious sales people. We get loads down Peckham way and after years of hating that unsatisfying doorstop exchange, after which you close the door feeling bad at being abrupt but mildly vindicated, and then waste 10 minutes having a stupid little imaginary argument. I decided to be brave enough to tell the truth. Now I say very confidently and with the best smile I can muster - “I’d better tell you that I’m a profound and committed atheist” (smile). You can see their jaws drop slightly, then they say.. oh. Ok … sorry … goodbye…and you give them a hearty goodbye back and no-one is offended. I think it’s the word ‘profound’ that does it.

]]> http://www.ditdotdat.org/bigcity/2006/12/cold-calling/#comment-237 Jon Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:49:55 +0000 http://www.ditdotdat.org/bigcity/2006/12/cold-calling/#comment-237 Hey! Nobody accuses Batman of being sad! Just because I choose to fight crime from the comfort of my armchair, with carpet slippers and a pipe instead of a rubber costume... Next week I'll be explaining why the Jehovah's Witnesses don't call any more. Hey! Nobody accuses Batman of being sad! Just because I choose to fight crime from the comfort of my armchair, with carpet slippers and a pipe instead of a rubber costume…
Next week I’ll be explaining why the Jehovah’s Witnesses don’t call any more.

]]> http://www.ditdotdat.org/bigcity/2006/12/cold-calling/#comment-234 Ally Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:27:47 +0000 http://www.ditdotdat.org/bigcity/2006/12/cold-calling/#comment-234 Have you considered taking up some kind of hobby? I do take great pleasure in addressing them in my best Oxford English accent and saying 'This number is registered with the Telephone Preference Service and you are therefore breaking the law by calling it' and then timing how long it takes them to hang up in panic. I suppose that that IS a hobby, really. It's better than throwing plates at the cats, anyway. Have you considered taking up some kind of hobby? I do take great pleasure in addressing them in my best Oxford English accent and saying ‘This number is registered with the Telephone Preference Service and you are therefore breaking the law by calling it’ and then timing how long it takes them to hang up in panic. I suppose that that IS a hobby, really. It’s better than throwing plates at the cats, anyway.

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