Market ResearchOK, all the really bad stories have been told. My justification of my existence is in this post.
If a market researcher calls you at home, you MUST use the magic words 'Don't Ever Call Me Again'. If you just say 'Jarrod? Um, he's not here... no, I don't know when he'll be back... um BYE!' (quick hangup) it gets marked as a REFUSAL - you won't be contacted for another three months, but you'll still be on their list and as soon as the three months are up, boom! More stupid questions about your satisfaction with a mid-level banking employee you've never seen and would run over if you ever did see them.
When you use the majick words, a *reputable* company will take you off their phone list. Unfortunately, if the company ISN'T reputable all you've got is the satisfaction of having yelled at some lowly deadshit such as your good self. But if it IS a reputable company at least you know you won't hear from them again.
Please don't do what I once did to a person who, funnily enough, would have worked at the same place I do now, and say 'Paul? Yeah I'll just go get him....' then leave them on the phone for twenty or thirty minutes. I picked up the phone and could barely suppress the urge to say 'ARE YOU STILL ON THE FUCKING LINE???!!!!' Seriously, if you don't want to talk to them, say 'No' and hang up. Don't swear, don't argue, just say no and hang up. I get to type in 'Refused' and both of us can get on with our lives.
The other thing is that the twunts who say 'Yeah, get it over quickly, I've got things to do' are exactly the ones who then spend forty minutes telling you their fucking life story, opinions on everything from bank fees to what the US should do in Iraq, and if it was a face-to-face interview I bet they'd be getting out photos of their grandkids. Twunts.
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If a market researcher calls you at home, you MUST use the magic words 'Don't Ever Call Me Again'. If you just say 'Jarrod? Um, he's not here... no, I don't know when he'll be back... um BYE!' (quick hangup) it gets marked as a REFUSAL - you won't be contacted for another three months, but you'll still be on their list and as soon as the three months are up, boom! More stupid questions about your satisfaction with a mid-level banking employee you've never seen and would run over if you ever did see them.
When you use the majick words, a *reputable* company will take you off their phone list. Unfortunately, if the company ISN'T reputable all you've got is the satisfaction of having yelled at some lowly deadshit such as your good self. But if it IS a reputable company at least you know you won't hear from them again.
Please don't do what I once did to a person who, funnily enough, would have worked at the same place I do now, and say 'Paul? Yeah I'll just go get him....' then leave them on the phone for twenty or thirty minutes. I picked up the phone and could barely suppress the urge to say 'ARE YOU STILL ON THE FUCKING LINE???!!!!' Seriously, if you don't want to talk to them, say 'No' and hang up. Don't swear, don't argue, just say no and hang up. I get to type in 'Refused' and both of us can get on with our lives.
The other thing is that the twunts who say 'Yeah, get it over quickly, I've got things to do' are exactly the ones who then spend forty minutes telling you their fucking life story, opinions on everything from bank fees to what the US should do in Iraq, and if it was a face-to-face interview I bet they'd be getting out photos of their grandkids. Twunts.