to think this man was rude?

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DD (11mo) was quite happily playing on floor whilst I was phoning up getting quotes for van hire/ self storage etc and spoke to this rude man, conversation goes a bit like this...

him: telling me why he is so much better than his competitors
me: hmmm?
dd: falls over and starts to cry (so i pick her up to comfort her)
him:can you move the child away from the phone
me: (whilst beginning to bf dd to calm her) no she's ok
him: no she's screaming in my ear!
By that point she wasn't even making a noise as she was quite happily bf!!!
KNOB HEAD imo! Unsurprisingly we wont be using his services.

Yabu.

He's running a business, you're busy, why don't you show him some respect?

The world doesn't revolve around your boobs.

Very rude dick

YANBU. I work on the phone and if there is a noisy background I will ask if the person would like me to wait while they move to a quieter area, or just wait while they settlr children/animals or whatever.

I have never had anybody react that way when a child cries on the phone - no, the noise is not pleasant, but really you shouldn't be in telesales if you can't find a more positive way of dealing with it! BTW not in telesales

Mrsdevere, oh maybe you should spend more time here then.

Yet it's the second time you've been side to me in as many weeks, are you a stalker?

Yes I think he was rude. I agree a baby crying into a receiver is horrible, but sometimes it happens! If I were talking to a customer and their child started crying I would politely offer to call back later so they can concentrate on the dc.

MrsDeVere the stalker

I sympathise with him as the crying would have annoyed me BUT saying that is hardly a good way to get business from you so he shouldnt be surprised if you don't go with him!

Am I the only one who read that the baby wasn't making a loud noise at the point when he said it was screaming in his ear?

He didn't handle it well however, screaming babies/children down the phone can cause serious pain if you already have an ear condition.

Maybe you could be a little more considerate when next on the phone to someone and dd begins screaming. It could make the world of difference and you never know you may well have just lost the best man for the job.

MrsD now that its been mentioned you are often on the same threads as me are you a stalker.

He's not in telesales, OP was calling various places trying to he quotes for services.

I wouldn't try and make phonecalls when I was also looking after a baby. If they cry and you have to see to the wee one it doesn't make the other person feel like you're giving what they're saying your full attention. That is rude IMO. Best to just say, "I'll call you back in five minutes, sorry".

It was more the fact that he said 'she's screaming down my ear' when in fact by that point she was quiet. She cried for all of 10 seconds! Just the amount of time it took me to get my boob out (does that count as the world revolving round my boobs??)

Oh, and I'm not sure at what point I sould be making phone calls if not when loking after babies as I pretty my do that 24hrs a day. (dh doesn't get in till after 6 when most work places are closed)

Rude man.

Not a great sales technique from him.

You were a potentional customer. Even if the fact that a childs cry is annoying he needed to suck it up or lose a customer...which he did. Glad that he thinks in these times of austerity and not much money around that he is confident that he has enough custom to be so rude.

Mrs d is a very sensible poster by the way.

No he wasn't rude, although a 'please' wouldn't have gone amiss; it's a perfectly reasonable request. You are of course free to acquiesce or refuse his request.

YABU

TBH I don't think you liked him before the incident with the baby crying and you are making that as an excuse not to use his services.

if you didn't like his sales pitch then you didn't like it - fair enough but don't make excuses about your baby crying and him asking you to move the baby away from the phone -he has no idea that the baby isn't going to cry again as you are now feeding as it was not a skype call.