I know Connie and I tried to stay polite as long as possible - but the harder he pushed the less polite my brain became. Luckily I was able to minimize how much came out of my mouth.
Oh, look at the pretties!
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
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SuziQ - Apr 16, 2015 10:43:47 am PDT #24659 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Connie Neil - Apr 16, 2015 10:59:59 am PDT #24660 of 30000
brillig
You were far more patient than I would be.
-t - Apr 16, 2015 11:05:10 am PDT #24661 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I have taken to unceremoniously hanging up on people who call to sell me something ask me for money. If they give me a chance to respond I will say no or I'm not interested or whatever, but it seems like they all have scripts that do not allow for any response whatsoever for longer than I am willing to listen them, so I just hang up.
I guess if I'd agreed to have someone call me I wouldn't do that, but if I'd said "call me in two weeks" and they didn't wait, I would not be patient about getting off the phone. "I can't talk now, call me in two weeks" and click.
tommyrot - Apr 16, 2015 11:11:43 am PDT #24662 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I have taken to unceremoniously hanging up on people who call to sell me something ask me for money.
Yeah, me too when they don't shut up.
I figure it's not being rude to hang up on them because that'll just stop them from wasting more time with me. So hanging up on them could result in more sales for them.
See, I hang up on them with love.
-t - Apr 16, 2015 11:12:49 am PDT #24663 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's what my sister said when I mentioned it to her. More efficient for them.
SuziQ - Apr 16, 2015 11:13:02 am PDT #24664 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
The security company dude got a touch more patience cause he saved me from a political discussion with KCD who stopped by to drop off child support.
I guess neither kid has told him I'm buying a house. I just said I was moving and he was surprised. But somehow that quickly deteriorated into how fabulous Republicans are and how stupid Democrats are...geee, thanks for that - oh darn, the phone is ringing, gotta go.
Toddson - Apr 16, 2015 11:15:05 am PDT #24665 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Saved by the telemarketer! that may be a first ....
Connie Neil - Apr 16, 2015 11:30:40 am PDT #24666 of 30000
brillig
I once chatted with a political huckster for quite a while, and at the end he said, "So, can we count on your vote?" I said, "Oh, gosh, no, I have no intention of voting for X." "Then why did you let me talk to you for so long!" "So you couldn't talk to someone who may have been convinced into voting for X." He bit off a curse and hung up.
tommyrot - Apr 16, 2015 11:31:45 am PDT #24667 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
That's evil. And funny.
tommyrot - Apr 16, 2015 11:34:03 am PDT #24668 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I once ran into my Alderman as he was campaigning for reelection. He started into his spiel and I interrupted him so I could tell him he already had my vote because of his efforts to prevent the Red line station near me from closing. So I saved him some time too.