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Mila Webb ([personal profile] m_cobweb) wrote2003-04-09 11:38 am

Friendly telemarketer season

The phone rings. I answer it in the usual fashion: "Edmonds Unitarian Church." The nice *coff* gentleman on the other end says, "You're a church? You're going to hang up on me, you ignorant bastard."

Curious, I pause for a moment, then say, "No, I'm going to wait and hear what you have to say." Then he hangs up on me.

Boss Barbara says these are getting common around here. Unfortunately, you can't *69 them because the numbers are blocked. Ah well.

It wasn't as good as the obscene phone call I got at work once many years ago, but close.

[identity profile] sarmonster.livejournal.com 2003-04-09 11:46 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds like a telemarketer call to me-most of them are run on T1 lines so no number shows up. Huh. I'd think Churches would be prime targets for telemarketers.

[identity profile] m-cobweb.livejournal.com 2003-04-09 11:55 am (UTC)(link)
I guess this guy figures everyone hates him anyway, why bother being polite? And he has a point. I do wonder how long he'll keep his job.