NTL Cold Call Fucktards

[old.Jas]

NTL Sales Droid : Sir, I'll calling to introduce NTL's new 600k broadband service... more sales blurb... blah... blah ....and all for just £x a month

Me : I've already got broadband thanks

NTL Sales Droid : Oh... with NTL?

Me : Yes? But... *confusion* arn't you from NTL?

NTL Sales Droid : Oh sorry about that *false laugh* Maybe you would be interested in our 1mb service then?

Me : Is this a joke? *start to lose teather* Already got it

NTL Sales Drone : Right... could I just get some details then? Whats your address?

Me : What is this? *rag finally lost * You've already got it... thats how you send me the bill. How about you get back to me when you've got your fucking act together?

*click* *durrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr*

 

[-b5-lunatic]

dude dude dude ............

i hear yar , I get well P ed off when i get poxy tele sales ......
u norm get that when u just about 2 go out or sitting down 2 dinner, it would'nt b so bad if when they ring up there selling something u want ........but 9 times out ot 10 is double glazying

 

[danger]

I had a similar problem with BT about 4 years ago... it was a few weeks after home highway had been launched and I'd rang up and signed up for it... BT rang me back gave me some crap about being too far from the exchange (dunno why considering i'm 4.8k have DSL and ISDN can stretch much farther) but at the time I was quite PO'd because I didn't realise there were any requirements... they apologised etc

A week later I got a phone call saying "Hello sir, we have on record that you're interested in home highway and we're just phoning to offer you the service..." to which I told them in no uncertain terms to go fuck themselves.....

That just pisses me off so much sometimes when they can't even get the facts they already have straight!

 

[.Cask]

Feel I have to present the moral issue here. When you're talking to these people on the phone, you aren't really talking to the company - you're talkin to some guy or girl just doing their job to put food on the table.

There is absolutely no reason to be abusive to these people as they're just working from a script. The people you want to complain at are their employers - the people in charge of telesales or whatever the department is called.

I know it's aggrevating cos they call me too, but it really doesn't take that much to just be polite and hang up. I bet half the people that shout at telesales workers wouldn't go up to the guy handing out leaflets in the street and punch him in the face.

Although I'm sure you all weren't as cruel as you make out

 

[jasonx]

Originally posted by .Cask
Feel I have to present the moral issue here. When you're talking to these people on the phone, you aren't really talking to the company - you're talkin to some guy or girl just doing their job to put food on the table.

There is absolutely no reason to be abusive to these people as they're just working from a script. The people you want to complain at are their employers - the people in charge of telesales or whatever the department is called.

I know it's aggrevating cos they call me too, but it really doesn't take that much to just be polite and hang up. I bet half the people that shout at telesales workers wouldn't go up to the guy handing out leaflets in the street and punch him in the face.

Although I'm sure you all weren't as cruel as you make out

Well said I couldn’t of said it better myself, at the end of the day these people are doing a job and part of that job isn’t to take abuse just a simple hang-up will give them the message instead of the abuse

 

[danger]

Originally posted by .Cask
I bet half the people that shout at telesales workers wouldn't go up to the guy handing out leaflets in the street and punch him in the face.

If I were 'ard I would

Although I'm sure you all weren't as cruel as you make out

I wasn't abusive just sarcastic

/ED: Hmm ok re-reading my orriginal post "telling them in no uncertain terms to go fuck themselves" was a minor *cough* exageration

Although I have gone ape at someone working for BT High-Level complaints.... they get paid more and it's part of their job