I hate receiving cold calls at work.

[Yossarian]

I'm a worker bee at a pretty big company.

Him: Hi, I'm calling from Global Alliance Investing blah blah blah. Can you tell me who your head of HR is?
Me: Why are you calling?
Him: We sell home loan products yada yada.
Me: I'm sorry I'm not going to pass along a call like that.
Him: Well can you just tell me...
Me: You know how you hit a lot of dead ends when you cold call people?
Him: Yeah...
Me: Well this is one of them. <click>

 

[DnetMHZ]

I just got the "Are you the person responsible for ordering copier supplies?" call. I just flat out hung up on them.

 

[Dacalo]

No need to be an ass, he is trying to make a living. Just say you are not interested.

 

[rky60]

Originally posted by: DnetMHZ
I just got the "Are you the person responsible for ordering copier supplies?" call. I just flat out hung up on them.

I kinda like that one myself, usually call every 2 months.

 

[theknight571]

I started forwarding calls like this to our security department. They love people that try to scam the employees.

 

[cKGunslinger]

Originally posted by: Dacalo
No need to be an ass, he is trying to make a living. Just say you are not interested.

Yes - poor, honest spammers.. :roll:

 

[JujuFish]

Well, if you're bored and need to pass the time, you could always lead them on up until the last moment...

 

[DnetMHZ]

Originally posted by: rky60

Originally posted by: DnetMHZ
I just got the "Are you the person responsible for ordering copier supplies?" call. I just flat out hung up on them.

I kinda like that one myself, usually call every 2 months.

My favorite is when they call up with something like this:

Them: Hi, I'm calling from USA Distribution, we handle the supplies for your Canon copier

Me: There isn't a single Canon product in this building.

Them: Oh, um.. well what kind of equipment do you have? We carry all types of toner and supplies.

Me: I don't know (lying)

Them: Well could you go over to the copier and find the model number?

blah

blah

hang up.

 

[OrganizedChaos]

get like 5 co-workers in on a telemarketer chain, and transfer them down the line putting themon hold for 10 min for each transfer.

 

[bradruth]

Originally posted by: Dacalo
No need to be an ass, he is trying to make a living. Just say you are not interested.

Yeah, that works. It's not like they immediately start spouting off more ****** to keep you on the phone. Yeah, just be polite and say no thanks once and they'll thank you and hang up. No problem. Really. It's that easy.

 

[Cristatus]

In England, (the England with London as it's capital) I got a call from these guys when I'm nearing the end of my contract. Everyone does, they're random. Anyways, I get someone calling me up, saying the following:

them: Hi, I'm calling from [random company] and noticed that your contract is about to expire
me : Yea, um, that's not possible, because I have my contract extended for another 6 months.
them: Oh, I'm sorry. In that case, may we interest you in some other deals.
me : No thanks.
them: Oh, ok, thank you.
[click]

 

[GrammatonJP]

I get the "can I speak to the owner or manager" every fricken day

 

[daveshel]

Hard to imagine that such practices could be effective.