Telemarketers
So I was sitting here trying to blog and I went to comment at someone’s site and then got a phone call from a telemarketer and totally forgot about what I was saying. I was going to talk about watching The Sixth Day this morning and was going to get all philisophical and junk. But now I can’t remember.
So…
Val: “Hello?”
[silence... Val prepares to hang up]
Telemarketer: “…uh… hello???”
Val: “Hello?”
Telemarketer: “…uh, yes… this is Dell… is Mr. Stephen [pronounces last name wrong] there?”
Val: “No, he’s not here right now.”
Telemarketer from Dell: “Okay, well, do you know when would be a good time to get in touch with Mr. Stephen [prounounces last name wrong]?”
Val: “uhhhh….” thinking… never “…sometime in the evening, I guess.”
Telemarketer from Dell: “Okay thank you very much, we will try again in the evening. Have a good day.”
Val: “Uh, you, too.” Click.
I guess it never crosses their mind to talk to me. Afterall, who buys all the computer stuff around here? Me! Little do they know I could just swipe Steve’s information and buy me whatever I wanted. I just use him because his credit is better than mine… and, well, he has a real job.
Muhahahaha.
I know what they want, too, I’m 99% sure they want us to renew the extended warranty on this thing. When I bought this thing last June, I took down the warranty from 2 years to one because I figured the one for the Compaq through Best Buy never did me any good, so why not save $99? Turned out it did come in handy when my motherboard died last November, or whenever that was. Not long ago we got a notice from Dell trying to get us to buy three years for something like $280. Nope, sorry… if I had the money I’d go for it… but then again, if I had the money, I’d just upgrade my system every year. Don’t have the money, so they can forget it.
I was going to say that by talking to Steve, they’re talking to the wrong person about computers. But then again… maybe not. I have a hard time hanging up on people. I will listen to their whole speel and say “no” 5 times or so before they finally give up. He doesn’t feel bad if he just hangs up.
Of course, he’s not like his brother…
We’re over at their house one day and the phone rings. Brother #1 gets it and we hear, “yeah, just a minute, I’ll get him.” He then sets the phone down and walks back over to the dinner table and sits down and starts eating. “Well? Who is it?” His mom or dad asks. “AT&T.” “Who’d they want?” “Me.” :evil:
