"Hello? How are you today?"
"I'm fine thanks. How can I help you?"
"Am I right in saying that somebody on this number has had an accident in the past two and a half years?"
"No."
"Am I not right in saying that somebody on this number has had an accident in the past two and a half years?"
"Yes."
"Ah so you have had an accident?"
"No."
"Are you sure?"
"I'm extremely sure that nobody on this number has had an accident in the past ten years."
"Oh. Has a member of your family or a friend had an accident in the past two and a half years?"
"No."
"Are you sure?"
"I live alone on a desert island with only the voices to keep me company."
"Oh. Thank you very much for your time, sorry to have bothered you."
A cold caller once asked if I would like a photographic portrait taken of me with my family.
ReplyDeleteI replied that I was extremely ugly and had no family at all.
He thought I was jesting!
That's the way to do it!
ReplyDeleteJust say, "I da babuh sittah".
ReplyDeleteBrilliant! LMAO x
ReplyDeleteThat told him/her. I used to find my stammer helped in these situations - they were only too pleased to get off the line.
ReplyDeleteThis is a perfect model of communication.
ReplyDelete*makes note for future cold calls*
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Thank you boys and girls. I wish I'd had the presence of mind to ask him if he was one of my voices.
ReplyDeleteKaz: you should know by now that these are the wrong waters for fishing for compliments! (-:
Ha ha ha ha ha! Well done!
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