Pity the cold callers who reach me at work. At home I have a little more patience with them, though barely. Today I ripped into one during an unsolicited phone call. The company has contacted the school several times about a product that extends the life of toner cartridges. In theory this sounds great; however, in practice I have neither heard of the corporation nor anyone who uses their products. Needless to say, my defenses touch off whenever a call starts with, am I speaking with the person in charge of ( insert technical commodity ). Today marks the second instance that one of their representatives tried wooing me.<\/p>\n
A sample of the first:
\nLeech: Am I speaking with the person in charge of the printer maintenance?
\nSam: Yes.
\nLeech: Good. How are you today, sir?
\nSam: Better when this call ends, I think.
\nLeech: My companys makes a product that does X for just Y you can have 500 units.
\nSam: I’m not buying 500 units of something I’ve never heard of.
\nLeech: Oh, well we have a special 250 unit pack. Would that be better?
\nSam: Not really.
\nLeech: Since you are so concerned about value, I’d like to offer you the 100 unit pack. That’s a savings of almost 75 percent!
\nSam: I know what would work for me. Send me some company literature, and I’ll review it and then decide.
\nLeech: How about a 25 unit pack? That’s 95 percent off.
\nSam: How about you put something in writing, then I get back to you. Here’s our mailing address.
\nLeech ( hangs up )<\/p>\n
One month later….<\/p>\n
SonOfLeech: Am I speaking to the person in charge of the printers?
\nSam: Yes.
\nSonOfLeech: I’m from X company and we sell a product that solves all your toner woes.
\nSam: I think I spoke with someone before from your company. You have a 500, 250 and 100 unit pack right?
\nSonOfLeech: Yes. Which can I put you down for?
\nSam: Put me down for company literature.
\nSonOfLeech: Sir, this will save money on toner cartridges….
\nSam: Here’s my mailing address. Unless you are willing to put this offer in writing and send me a catalog, we’re not doing business.
\nSonOfLeech: But..
\nSam: Do you want the address?
\nSonOfLeech: Have a good day, sir.
\nSam ( hangs up )<\/p>\n
Dear God, please fill them with the courage to call again. I want to test out my “psycho” tech guy routine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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