To have said to woman on phone...

[Happymm]

"You have to be fucking joking me?"

Bloody cold calling at this time of night, when have all 3DC's in the bath finally calm and playing nicely after fighting and falling out for last bloody 3hours, and having the bloody dog barking for attention for similar amount of time. Aaaaaaaaaargh!

Just wanted to sit on floor next to DC's (with nice glass of wine-have had BAD day in my defence) and enjoy next 30mins?

Hope they were recording that one for training purposes! :o

[mollymole]

telephone preference service is ok but it does not stop foreign pests
if i get any calls i always tell them we are registered with thee preference service and that i will report them
foreign pests i am afraid you do need to very firm (rude) with

[firsttimer84]

I once got called at 10pm and I actually said "do you know what time it is?" They were calling from India or somewhere apparently. I hate, hate, hate the fact people can just call you and try to sell you something. If I wanted new double glazing/conservatory/loans etc I would surely look into it myself. OOh and don't get me started on the ruddy automated voice things "hello, you have won a holiday" GRRRRRR

[iamjustlurking]

YABU So just to clarify someone should sit at home and claim benefits, rather than doing the shite boring job of telesales ?

That was my choice when my children were little as it was in the evenings and Sat mornings when I could arrange childcare, believe me I would much rather have not done it and been able to be at home bathing my kids. It's no guilt trip it's real life.

A no thank you and promptly hang up would have sufficed

[jugglingmug]

TPS doesn't get rid of the calls from abroad and, in my experience, they are the worst timed and most rude. My DSis had one company (on behalf of T-Mobile who we have both swapped our phone contracts from since) call 8 times in one day. Each time she told them that she had a contract - with T-Mobile - and didnt want another. The ninth time they rang she told the operator to 'stick their contract up their arse'. Delightful operator rang back and left answermachine message hoping my sister would 'rot in hell' .

1st time I politely ask for my details to be removed from database.
2nd time and every subsequent time I tell them to do one, as I would anyone else who harassed me at all hours of the day and night.

[highsummer]

YANBU Cold calling is out of order. Nobody is forced to do it, and those that do it for the money should be ashamed of themselves.

[highsummer]

iamjustlurking no, you should have foudn another, morally defensible job. Just like you shouldn't turn to stealing instead of benefits.

[PippiLongBottom]

Get down off that high horse of yours highsummer. Walk a mile in people's shoes and all that.

[SchrodingersMew]

HighSummer Do you realise how hard it can be to find a job?

Reality is, if you need money quickly and you have kids to support and care for you're not going to be thinking about what the job entails.

[scarletfingernail]

Is 6.30pm even night time?

YANBU to be annoyed, it is annoying. But YABU to be rude. A simple "I'm not interested thank you, please don't call again" I think is ok.

I doubt the person was offended though, no doubt they've heard a lot worse and developing a thick skin is part of the job (speaking with years of call centre experience). People who are rude to them are just a voice on the phone same as being on here is just words on a screen. They probably found it amusing that you think 6.30 is late to be calling.

[iamjustlurking]

oh ok thanks for that highsummer if only I had known you before...I work for a publishing comany now hope the titles we do are "morally defensible"

Oh no wait hang on I don't give a shite what ignorant people think :o

[frazzle26]

I had someone really annoying from Halifax today. I was trying to ask her a really straightforward question and she just kept practically repeating what I had just said back to me and didn't seem to know what I was on about. After about 10 minutes, I said "Have you only recently joined Halifax or something??". I said it politely but she was just being so irritating.

[Sidge]

Half six in the evening? "This time of night"?

Crikey I'm just getting in from work at that time some days; I might pick up the phone and say "now is not a good time for me and I'm not interested" but I wouldn't swear at someone for calling at that time It's not exactly late.

Mind you I don't answer my phone, I let it go to answerphone and that gets rid of most cold callers!

[smokinaces]

I have shut the door in the face of cold callers in the middle of the bath/nighttime routine - a brief "sorry, up to my eye balls, I have kids not a good time" as the door was swinging shut. Did say sorry, but had basically already shut the door!

I have sworn at cold callers on the phone. In my defence they rung at 10.30pm and I was asleep. The phone ringing that time of night scares the life out of me, and full of adrenelin I told them to fuck off.

The TPS has got rid of most of them for me now - only get 1 or 2 a month now. Wish I could get rid of the ones that knock on the bloody door though!!

[PippiLongBottom]

My phone just rang now. Guess what? I ignored it.
I'm so clever me. Shame you moaners didn't think of that.

[shakey1500]

Same as majority. YANBU to be annoyed but YABVU to have sworn. Not nice. Not cricket.

[TastesLikePanda]

Pfff, I unplugged my phone about 6 months ago and only plug it back in to order takeaways when I'm expecting a call...

[mumblechum1]

I say something like, "yes, of course I'd love to talk about getting a quote for plastic windows. Give me your home number and i'll call you at 11.30 tonight when you've just got your kids off to bed, the housework done and finally sat down to watch a film with a glass of wine."

[JanetPlanet]

Tell them you (or the person they are calling to speak to) has died. That way your name will be permanently taken off the data base and won't be sold on to the next tele-sales company.

[Pocketsocks]

I had someone at my door today. Normally with this lot its "are you the homeowner?"
"No I'm a tenant"
Job done. But this latest batch give their spiel before asking. Last week I had a young girl in the morning and a bloke that evening try it, today in the middle of screaming baby/back chatting 5 year old/ making dinner chaos, there was a knock. I thought DP was home so I answered and there's this man lounging on my wall.
"Sorry I'm not interested" I say
"Not interested in what?" he grins smugly
"Whatever you're selling"
"I'm not selling anything " he says and launchs his speech, with the smug grin spreading wider.
"Well I'm not a home owner I'm a tenant who's trying to cook the bloody dinner!"
I closed the door on him but its people like that I just want to punch. Even if they are being exploited they need not be smug.
nd they should bloody communicate with each other I mean who needs to do the same road 3 times in a week!
Next time I open the door I'm not going to let them speak and just say, "I'm a non religious skint tenant with no desire to swap any services, fuck off!"
YANBU!

[tazmin]

im shocked people think trying to earn a wage makes you fair game for being abused and sworn at

i always think when someone calls me out of the blue, be polite that could be your son/daughter/nephew/brother trying to do a job

:(

[TheMonster]

There was no need to be rude.
I did cold calling one - I managed one shift.
If I don't want to talk to someone who calls me I simply say 'no thank you' and put the phone down.

[CubiksRube]

The bloody 'do you want a loan' people piss me off. However, I can't bring myself to hate them, because at some point in my life I may be forced to do that job. They're just people.

We don't have a landline (really helps) and never will. It really helps. And when our doorbell broke, we didn't fix it! Our friends know it doesn't work and everyone else has to go away.

[PinkFondantFancy]

If you're in the middle of something, just ignore the phone. Job done. If it's someone that really needs you they'll leave a message and you can call them back.

[glassescase]

I had one once offering me some sort of phone deal.
When I said I was not interested he asked "Are you stupid?"
Told him he needed to be re-trained.
His supervisor must have been listening/recording as he rang back later to apologise.

[shakey1500]

pocketsocks I'm sure I had the same bloke you've described. Utter slimeball. Even leant on the doorframe making it difficult to shut the door. I could have been swayed with his "special offer" but firmly declined solely because he was a greaseball.