to have just gotten annoyed at someone for giving my number out

[bedubabe]

So this morning I took a call from a firm of financial advisors saying they'd been given my number by someone I work with. I said thanks but no thanks.

I then went to the person (who's the office manager) who gave my name out and said (politely I promise): 'Please can you not give my name out again as I don't want to have to take calls like this'.

OM: 'well they asked for everyone not currently on their books who might be interested. You can always just tell them no'

Me (thinking wow, financial advisers must have been jumping for joy at that one): 'Please can you not give my name out again'

OM: 'But you can always just say no'

Me: 'I don't want to have to say no. Please can you not give my name out anything marketing like this.'

OM: (in a huff): 'OK then'.

So was I being unreasonable? Is it normal to give people's details out to third parties? I always refuse to but am happy to take a card and pass it onto anyone who might be interested.

Oh and she says she gave out the details of the people who might be interested. As I said, it may well have been done in her own personal time and they may be her current financial advisers. In fact I assume it was that way.

Not going to ask her as that's making a bigger issue out of it.

I also don't particularly like her deciding I might be interested in random firm of financial advisers but that's a separate point :)

Right rant over. Back to work.

Think I remember this happening at my company too - I was annoyed but just made it 100% clear I didn't want to be called about this again, rather than trying to find out who had authorized the use of my number.

The caller certainly gave the impression that they worked 'in partnership' with my company to offer financial advice so the implication was that the company endorsed them approaching people directly - but that could have just been his sales spiel. I was not amused.

Perfectly reasonable for you to ask for your direct dial number not to be given out to marketeers if she knows they are such. But she may have thought they had a work purpose in calling you which is fair enough.