Phone Etiquette, is it so hard?
If there is one thing that REALLY ticks me off, it's unsolicited phone calls. I've always hated phones, and the only reason I have one now is to get online. What really chaps me are the people who call and stubbornly insist on asking me who I am without providing Clue One as to who -they- are. I just had someone dial me up and blather on, "Is this Ernest Brown?," while I repeatedly said "Hello?" and waited for them to act like someone who knew how to use a phone. Finally, I gave up.I shouldn't have to ask someone who they are. It's just another sign of what Billy Beck calls "The Endarkenment" that people can't show a little politeness and common sense these days.
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Here I am bi daily getting automated calls from financial institutions. The calls are voice activated when Hello is said and the recording says hello back and starts the pitch. I always ask are you soliciting with a real person, but these, ... I some times pretend I am talking back to an imbecile and would not repeat what I say. dw
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