tele-assholes
It was just a few minutes away before my turn to present my slides in a meeting, when my cellphone vibrates. I frantically checked out the call - “Private Number” - it said.
Thinking that it might be some important call made by one of my suppliers, I made a quick exit from the meeting room and answered phone
[whispering] “Yeah… who’s this ?”
*had to whisper coz I was standing next to somebody’s desk.
“Good morning Mr. Ooi. This is Muthusamy calling from Citibank. I am here to promote bla bla bla. Are you convenient to talk ?”
Tele-fucking-marketers. Who doesn’t hate them… I usually won’t even let one complete the first sentence, but this Muthusamy guy fired his words in such a rapid pace that I almost thought he actually called from a radio station…
[whispering] “I’m not convenient to talk”
“I would just need 5 minutes to explain to you about our super awesome once in a lifetime offer bla bla bla …”
[whispering] “Look Muthu, I’m in the middle of a meeting right now. I’m hanging up…”
“Oh I’m very sorry Mr. Ooi. But when will it be convenient for me to call you back ?”
[whispering] “Can you call me back like, next year or something ?”
A brief moment of silence followed. I think he got dumbfucked and was trying to decipher what I’ve just said.
“Errmmm… Mr. Ooi, perhaps I’ll call you tomorrow at 4 pm, would that be ok for you ?”
[whispering] “I’ll decide if I’m free enough to talk to you by then.” and I hung up on him. The whole episode lasted less than 20 secs & I went back to my meeting. He never called the next day.
To me, telemarketers are the human version of those email and commenting spams that misuse the communication technology to annoy people. They’re like fucking parasites of the human civilization.
If one day… my kid… were to date a telemarketer or be a telemarketer himself/herself, I’m gonna fucking kill him/her with my own bare hands. Mark my words.
oh… consider your words marked!
A man has to put some bread on the table you know..
telemarketeers are a damable nuisance especially if you are busy. I have harrassed telemarketeers myself before asking them where they got my details etc… until they hung up on me.
If I am busy I’d just say one word….I am not interested and just hang up.
once they woke me up during my nap in the afternoon. I picked up, after listening to just one line of his intro, “I am not interested” and hanged the phone…Annoying buggers they are…
jimmy - Let me guess, you’re a telemarketer ? Or your girlfriend is ?
davion - Well, I don’t really care if the man has to put a bread or his dick on the table. Just don’t fucking call me.
jc - You know what, you can’t be really mean to these motherfuckers. They have feelings too. If they’re pissed or something, they’re gonna forward your contacts to another 50 of his telemarketer cohorts… and you’ll get 50 times more calls than before.
100 - I’ve been getting a lot of calls lately. Mostly from Citi-fucking-bank … and HS-fucking-BC.
Don’t shoot the messenger
Blame the companies not the poor saps doing the job, it’s a tough world, I’ve done telemarketing before, it sucks big hairy nut sacks, what to do..
Students have to put weed on the table..I mean bread
aku biasa kena.
tiap kali depa call satu jawapan ajer aku bagi.
Sorry, i blacklisted. tak boleh apply. habis cerita.
At least, he was pretty nice to you.
I got the shittiest telemarketer ever. Ever. He called me up, and promoted some bullshit hotel promotion story, at a fiery pace. So I listened, and politely replied that I wasn’t interested. He quit after a while, and hung up.
Later on in the day, the same telemarketer called again. I replied, this time with an impatient voice, because I was in the middle of something important. And he fucking hung up on me before I finished my sentence! Gah!
ST - Yeah it’s a tough world … pressing numbers on an electronic device peeving off people… yeah yeah. When one dons a badge for his company, he represents them in the eyes of a consumer… hence, I screwed them. *shrugs
atrco - Blacklisted ? Pantang lar weh…
wan zafran - Well, I kena once before. Some banker shitass motherfucker hung up on me. I called in for the Manager and screwed them back. Gave me an apology call a day later …
Man, talk about tele-fucking-marketers… I got 2 SIMULTANEOUS phone calls during my lunch hour today… from the same bank. Just… what the fuck is wrong with these people huh huh huh ???
Not only they call u up for promotions. They will also call you when you have sent in a letter terminating your card. They will try to persuade u into keep your card.
… i tried to comment but cannot.
what words are allowed hoh?
I HATE TELEMARKETERS but have to give them credit for being so brave lah. I don’t think its easy being a telemarketer.
I think you can request to cancel your number from getting calls from citibank…I read it some where before.
Yes…telemarketers can be annoyning…but there was once…a super duper manja voice was on the other side of the line….and I just oblige to listen..and gave an answer like..err…why don’t u give me time to decide..and call me again tomorrow ? hahaha…it lasted for like 3 calls….then she never call agian.
Muthusamy? no wonder speak so fast….
Have not experience such a relentless, persistent telemarketeer b4. hehe
usually, I got away by simply saying, “Sorry, not free.” At most, will utter “not free” once more before I hang up the phone.
U are a nice guy, u actually allowed him to rattle……
At least here in Malaysia whoever calls pays for the call charges. In country like singapore where the receiving end person also need to pay, picking up these damn call are not just annoying, but potentially expensive.
Ben-G
hahaha!
consider ur words marked wei! xP
i have to agree with ST though. sometimes, probably all these guys can do is to press numbers and peeve. *shrugs. They need the dough, so why not do soemthing that they’re good at, ratehr than breaking into ur home or smash ur car window just for those few coins.
but hey, u sud be sympathized as well wei.
Usually I’ll talk with female marketers patiently ley! When I asked for a date, she would definitely said bye bye and hung up the phone.
natasha - Some of them got our contact information through the particulars we filled to join in contests… believe it…
minishorts - If it’s easy and good money, then I would definitely want to be a telemarketer too. Life’s like that. Even pimps have to work hard and endure hardship. There’s no free lunch on this planet bebeh…
gagak - I’ve met a super manja voice before too. A lady telemarketer called me on my birthday and asked what am I doing on my birthday. I told her whatsa matter, wanna date me is it ? And she asked if I’m single… I told her I’m gay and we both let out some guffaws. Twas a nice one.
souplad - I told you people I’m a fucking nice guy. I never killed cats before … I just honked at them shitless.
ben G - Oh, big bummer in Singapore huh ? Makes one wonder why some of them are so conceit bout themselves…
averdim - So… you’re telling if those people aren’t making calls to annoy you, they’ll be out there on the streets pillaging everyone’s ass ? Riiiiighhht…
put3put4 - Tell them you got a yacht or something… they’ll stick around.
ah well… what to do..i hate them as much, but being understanding as it’s just cari makan…but they get really annoying most of the times…like mike, i encountered a few telefuckerters whom has their numbers on either “private”, “witheld”, or “unknown” (unknown cus they probably using voip or some shit la..maybe skype..) and it does piss me off when you’re in a middle of something important..while deciding to answer a call incase it was some emergency…fuck!!
i had to apologize to my boss for “ignoring” his call (obviously he has his caller ID hidden too) cus i received 2 calls from the same girl for this 5 star hotel promotion…bitch..!
next year…HAHAH…damn good, I’m stealing that for the next time someone tries to sell me something over the phone
life is tough man…u neber know what u r going to do next..let them promote..n do their job…at the end of the day, everyone need to makan,dude..dont cakap besar now..
gregenz - that’s what i’m doing now. I reject all calls that I don’t recognize. Be it my boss or my mom. I just do not care anymore. (i’ve got a total of 7 - 8 calls yesterday… some telemarketers must’ve read my blog…)
lainie - Actually, you can’t do that on the end of December, coz “next year” would be so near…
david - Well, let’s just say, I am entitled to stick to my opinion just like how you stick to your’s. Get it ? Cheers.
whatever goes around,it comes around…
david - I supposed you said that to make yourself sound really intelligent or something… well, i’m not too sure if it’s even taking any effect of that sort on me … hmmmmm..
too early to say anything..we engineers cannot too talk much n big at certain times..silence is golden on at times..
well david, you got a point, but as what mike says it’s true dude..you have your opinion, we have ours too…you mentioned what goes round, comes round, maybe this is what had happened to the telefucketer that called mike?? and kena back la? who knows??haha!
well, since you’re soooo understanding, maybe when and IF i get a call from those telefuckerters i’ll ask them to call you can ah?? number please?
well, thats why blogs are here to stay, to voice and discuss views that we cant on our daily lifes..(some laaaa…)
no problem,dude..my number is 016 253 5617..give my number them…n let me entertain them…not like u gregenz(boh lan pa)
It makes me wonder - how in the world does telemarketers get your mobile number. Its your mobile number right, it is suppose to private and all.
what is wrong with this david?a saint came down to defend the telemarketers?
summore saying that ‘we engineers’
trying to blend in with mike ah?
whatever dude.
spanker - I don’t think he’s a saint. More like a loafer who feigns as someone smart. And he’s not doing a very good job i must say…
how do u know he is not doing a great job?..he can be ur boss..
I hate these buggers too. Lainie, you can reply, “How about never??!!” instead of next year. If they don’t get it, demand to speak to the manager and make their life miserable, or hung up (but they might call again ler) haha.