Yeah, I noticed that I rarely receive any more phone calls, and that's the way I like it. Freedom at last!
Has anyone heard Jim Florentine? He really does have the best job ever, namely waiting at home for telemarketers to call, and then just pissing them off in a variety of ways. He tapes the stuff and puts it out on CD.
http://www.jimflorentine.com/download.htm
I highly recommend the 'Horny Priests' and 'Brothers' clips.
depending on where I am:
"Courtroom"
or
"Trial Clerks, this is Sharia speaking"
if i forget i'm at work
"hello"
CI -- why not just throw the phone off the bridge or drop it in someones dumpster. save line rental costs.
Start using smoke signals, back to basics.
On my work phoone, I usually just give my name - mostly I can remember it.
If, for some reason, I have to answer the company phone. I usually just give the company name. However, I notice lately that, when I answer the thing, I can't remember the name of the company.
We have new offices, with new phone numbers. We receive some interesting calls. My number is very close to that of Manpower, a recruitment agency. But Manpower is also a band of male strippers - so my wrong numbers are occasionally more interesting than anything I get for me.
Other colleagues' numbers close to that of the local court house - don't ask what time your hearing is, if we're having a bad day!
"Metrology"
That's all... if the response is "Hunh?" then I know they've got a wrong number. (Shared phone.)
I used to say: "<name of institution>, <my department>*, "Walter Hinteler" (well, it was a one-person-department, and since I was known all over the place, I could have missed that :wink: ), "Good day" (which is - in German - the common greeting), "how can I help you".
* if they phoned me directly; otherwise I left that out - when I noticed this on the display.
oak, I can't do that because the mrs uses the phone almost daily. LOL
BBB
BBB's phone rings.
BBB picks up phone and says, "Whada ya want?"
Or, if BBB is in a good mood, says "You rang?"
CI ----- amazing how wives/girl friends manage to spend your money both at home and in the shops
Mostly I kinda feel sorry for people who have clearly been instructed to rattle off a spiel. As a listener, I like to hear only the endpoint of the spiel, as in the Particular Office.
I suppose this is one more generational thing. I was raised with and worked with real humans galumphing and harummphing and kerflooeeing on the phone and am somewhat put off by recitations. It does seem the norm. I know, people think the recitation mode is more professional...
"Thank you for calling your Milwaukee Wal-Mart digital photo center, this is photo manager Sarah how may I help you?"
"No developing with Walgreens is not cheaper, I hope your prints turn out horrible" I don't actually say that but if one more person says that they are cheaper, I will um...kill!
Tchoc, Welcome to A2K, and this is NOT a telephone call. LOL
