re: #437 wrenchwench

Those credit card processing sales people are getting persistent. I told him, in no uncertain terms, why I was so pissed at his industry that I am surprised my number does not appear on a flashing red ‘Do Not Call’ list in the office of every processor in the country, and he starts in on the ‘Oh, we’re not the processor, we’re the ones behind the processor…’ and I said, ‘They all say that. I am hanging up on you now.’ And he calls back. I answer with, ‘Didn’t they teach you anything?’ The number is now blocked. I will be closed tomorrow, when he plans to prowl up and down my street.

Maybe it’s really my counselor, providing another opportunity to manage anger.

Do what I do…say “Oh, you want to sell me something! Thank god, I thought you were another bill collector!”

Ok, I didn’t come up with that but I have used it.

Just like when someone from “Microsoft” calls me, I waste as much of their time as I can. “Who are you? Oh, ok. What do you want me to do? Oh, ok. How do you do that again? Oh, ok. I got it wrong, what am I supposed to type in there? Oh, ok.”

My favorite was when the guy told me to bring up the Run box and type in something like Win32. I asked What? (blink, blink) He says blank it and put in Win32. So I told him Ok (blink, blink) and then told him it didn’t work. He asked what I typed in and I told him (blink, blink) “blankitwin32”. We did that five times…then he said EMPTY it, so then I went to (blink, blink) “emptyitwin32” at which point he finally caught on. He laughed before I hung up on him.