Yesterday evening, I received a call from one of the most googled numbers in Malaysian cyberspace 03- 27178000 relative of 03- 20357230 and other crappy lines . But of course, I didn't know that yet until later.
She : Are you miss so and so ?
Me : Yah, what is this about ?
She : launches into a Mandarin tirade of telemarketing pitch
Me : ( Krik krik krik krik )
She : ( stops to take a breath )
Me : I did not understand one word of what you just said to me. What is this about actually ?
She : Oh, if you cannot understand Mandarin, I can speak in Cantonese to you
Me : No, I can only understand English. What is this about again ?
She : I am calling from Ass Journeys
Me : WHAAAAATTTTT ??????
She : Eyah, I am from Ass Journeys and we ah selling insurance
Me : Ooo...I see, now, what I want to know is WHERE DID YOU GET MY NUMBER FROM ?
She : Oh, haha, you know, when you sign up for membercard, any membercard, you know , ahaha that's where we get your number from
Me : Oooo...and what are you trying to sell me hah ?
She : We are selling insurance, you know , for hospital ah, blablabla
Me : CHOIIIIII !!!!! Eh, you know ah ? Now is getting close to Chinese New Year and you call me up and hope that I WILL BE ADMITTED INTO A HOSPITAL IS IT ?
She : ( still trying to play chirpy )
Me : how do people normally take your call hah ? Very nice is it you call up people and say this to them ?
She : Huh ? Um....
Me : Do you honestly expect me to play along with you ?
She : Ar...
Me : Eh, some more ah, I've never even heard of your company. What is Ass Journeys ? What is this man ?
She : Ar...
Me : Eh, some more ah, I've never even heard of your company. What is Ass Journeys ? What is this man ?
She : Ah, okay lor, like that hor, never mind lor, if you are not interested ...
Me : HAAAA !!!! YOU KNOW AH ? I TELL YOU AH, YOU'D BETTER YOU STRIKE MY NAME OFF YOUR CALLING LIST OR I....
She : ( Slams the phone )
Ass Journeys, Ass Journeys, sounds very good meh ? Cheh !
Anyway, here's the how to annoy the heck out of them till they feel they have to break the company phone :
1. first of all do not speak the language they are comfortable with . Speak in tamil , tagalog etc . Reply on your terms and your terms only.
2. sound totally rude , hostile and unreasonable
3. question them back
4. spit fire , hiss and growl over the phone
5. and if all else fails, tell them all your woes and problems with the neighbours lah, online buying lah , any boring irrelevant story will do.
The goal is to make them slam the phone on you. Half the battle is won when that happens.
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