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Telemarketers and their Antics

Friday, June 17, 2005


I got caught out in the rain storm yesterday. I figured I could run in real quick and pick up some stuff from CVS before the rain came down but I was so run. The thunder cracked while I was paying and by the time I made it to the front door….there was a sever downpour going on outside. I ended up walking to the car to drive back and get my mom and then went home, where I got a phone call from a telemarketer. You know…I try to be nice cuz back in the day when I was in H.S. a friend and I decided to do that to get some money in our pocket. *sigh* people can be SOO cruel to telemarketers. But I think if you are polite then they will get the point. Think AGAIN! On many occasion I have had to get just a little step over stern. But last night this heifer stepped all over the line.

Apparently I had won a free vacation and spending money and they would be sending me some stuff in the mail….OK
Let me verify your name and your address….OK
Now we got we your info through another vendor who verified you had a active checking account….UH HMMM
Do you still have a current checking account? YEAH
With what bank… What?
With what bank…HSBC
Ok so can you please look at the bottom of your check and just verify the tracking # for me….I don’t have to…
You know it by heart:….Uh HUH
(Reads the tracking #)….Is that correct…..uh huh
Ok now Miss P…can you please go ahead and read me the rest of your checking account #.....*crickets*
Miss P….are you there?.....Yes but what did you just say?
Can you please read the rest of your checking account #........(Prepare for the blast!) I'm sorry hun but whats your name? Ok tasha....lookahea. your calling me to give me something free and in the process asking me to verify my info? if its so free why am I giving you my checking account? Do ya'll think I'm a damn idiot???? *click*


Now why in SAM HILL would I give my account information to anyone over the phone.....so you can dip and dabble all up in my money....? And do people actually give their info out? I mean my thing is if this thing is SOOO free then why do I have to give you my account info...shouldnt you be giving me your account info?? It's times like that when I wish I had a regular phone and not a cordless so the slam could reverberate all up in her ear!

I am a bundle of nerves today…. I could barely sleep the whole night and that is for 2 reasons

*I am interviewing for another position within my company and I am a tad bit nervous, even though I probably shouldn’t be

*L is coming home today after being gone for a week.

I think of those 2 I am more excited about the latter.

Now it seems in the past few days I have been on a tirade about something or the other but I am in a rather good mood. I have some good things going on in my life and a sistah couldn’t be happier. But for superstitious reasons…… I wont divulge these events to another soul until the ink is dry. I don’t want to jinx myself any further. Lol.

Anywho have a GREAT weekend! I know I will. *wink*

posted by Ananse's Web
9:26 AM

11 Comments:

Blogger Jdid said...

I would have had to cut the convo short from the first talk about my bank account. oh hell no!

good luck with the interview today too!

9:45 AM  
Blogger Kizzie Davis said...

I am so mad this chick thought that she could get one over on you asking to verify. If anything needs to be verified, how about you read it to me and I will let you know if it's right or wrong. That is a SCAM if I have ever heard one. You're nicer then me.. I wouldn't even let the convo go on that long.

2:14 PM  
Blogger Jorge said...

Best of luck with the new job position!

2:34 PM  
Blogger epitomi said...

holla! what kind of mess is that. i worked in telemarketing as well... and it is a pride swallowing seige, day in, day out. but, on the flip side, common sense must be excercised. what person in their good mind would give out their bank account number to a dang stranger?

btw, work that interview out!

3:41 PM  
Blogger muffin said...

you know what's funny? that you stay on the phone that long!!! the first 5 seconds you already know, so just hang up. lol

4:00 PM  
Blogger disgruntled said...

Telemarketers are a different breed of people. Something is missing within these types of people. I swear...

I am downright nasty and asshole-ish to every single one of them EVERY TIME they call my house.

Good luck with the job interview.
I'm the same way about it too...I won't say shyt until after it's all said and done. Let us know how things go.

11:45 AM  
Anonymous LadyP said...

My family and I barely even answer our house phone anymore b/c we all have cell phones and we know the only people calling our house phone are creditors and telemarketers. They are so annoying!! Good luck on your interview.

1:17 PM  
Blogger Funkeedva said...

I can't STAND ANY TELEMARKETER! NOT A ONE! :)

And they call trying to be your friend on the phone...pulease!

6:51 PM  
Blogger Charlie Mc said...

stumbled across your blog, good stuff!

7:37 PM  
Blogger alli-babe said...

Someone calls me telling me I won something that I haven't even signed up for....well it's like me getting a call from the Jerry Springer guys...."we'd like you to come on our sh..." *click* LOL

1:02 AM  
Blogger GC (God's Child) said...

people do get caught like that all the time--especially the elderly. Tell grandma all about it.

2:11 PM  

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