To swear profusely at the next "courtesy caller" who wants to speak to my OH who is at work dammit!!

[Ashantai]

ARRRGGGHH!!

I've just answered the 3rd call of the day from some eejit business wanting to speak to my oh. Poor woman just got the brunt of my anger cos i've had enough!!

I told her "He's at work, LIKE YOU ARE!!, what do you people do, hold a meeting and decide to ring me up at stupid times of the day just to annoy me??!"

I then ranted a little bit longer and then came over all apologetic, but it just winds me up.

The ones who ring and take about 5 seconds to actually speak, while i'm saying "hello, hello, hello, HELLO!!", piss me off the most and when they finally reply, i'm afraid there is most likely some expletive and i hang up!

Ok, i've counted to 10 and am now calm-ish!!!

Well Freckle, sorry if i have offended you, but it really was a knee jerk reaction to the 3rd call of the day!. I am glad i posted this tho, cos i had never heard of TPS before (clearly i live under a rock! ), and i'll definately be registering with them

Yet another example of the hive of information on mn

Ashantai, you didn't offend me - you asked if you were being unreasonable, and I thought that you were. Definitely register with the TPS - it makes life easier for everyone . Plus, always make sure that you tick the little box that says that you do not want to be contacted with offers, and you don't want companies to share your details. In the past, when we have received repeated calls (Sky...it's always bloody Sky!) I have asked to speak to a manager (who are more likely to know how to remove number from dialler) and explained that I don't want to be called again.

I agree that MNet is a mine of useful (and sometimes not so useful) information!