Telesales, particularly those about PPI.
I am registered with the telephone preference service. This means you're not supposed to call me. You're particularly not meant to call me when I'm having a shit, eating my supper, or having one off the wrist.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 3 Jun 2014, 12:00, 5 replies, latest was 11 years ago)

It must be hard for them to find a time when you aren't indulging in one of these three things.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Tue 3 Jun 2014, 12:03, Reply)

Fair point.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 3 Jun 2014, 12:03, Reply)

he does them all at once

( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 3 Jun 2014, 12:08, Reply)

So you admit that men can multi-task?

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 3 Jun 2014, 12:09, Reply)

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 3 Jun 2014, 12:09, Reply)

you needn't deny it
we all know it's true
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 3 Jun 2014, 12:12, Reply)

Problem with TPS is it only "works" on calls from UK numbers
all the foreign call centres take no notice.

Caller ID works better, unless you have ex-directory friends.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 3 Jun 2014, 12:04, Reply)

1) Disable ringer on landline, only wankers trying to hawk shit phone those these days.
2)Don't answer your mobile to withheld /0845/unknown non-local numbers. Google them and find out who they are; If it's someone important like your bank etc, they'll write to you.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Tue 3 Jun 2014, 13:12, Reply)

I solve this by not answering unknown numbers

( Kroney, Tue 3 Jun 2014, 12:04, Reply)

I have to, because of work and more importantly, potential work.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 3 Jun 2014, 12:05, Reply)

Oh. Yeah.
I get a lot of this on my work phone.
( Kroney, Tue 3 Jun 2014, 12:08, Reply)

My call reject list for my mobile is extensive.

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Tue 3 Jun 2014, 12:05, Reply)

Hellosir. Do you know you are entitled to claim...
Blame the companies that sell your data.
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Tue 3 Jun 2014, 12:05, Reply)

^inside knowledge

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Tue 3 Jun 2014, 12:06, Reply)

*taps nose*

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Tue 3 Jun 2014, 12:11, Reply)

And the companies (including some UK ones) who don't surpress their data against the TPS list.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 3 Jun 2014, 12:06, Reply)

Green Deal ones are worse than PPI these days

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 3 Jun 2014, 12:08, Reply)

Not had them yet. what do they do?

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Tue 3 Jun 2014, 12:12, Reply)

Try and get you to have a new boiler/cavity wall insulation etc
cos "you can get a grant from the Government".
This is horseshit, it's a loan which you pay back using the "savings" you will allegedly make on your energy bill once said work is done......which aren't guaranteed, just estimated.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 3 Jun 2014, 12:18, Reply)

My housemate worked on one of them for a bit, offering a new set of insulation
Said it was actually free, but only if you fit about 28 different criteria.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 3 Jun 2014, 12:33, Reply)

British gas put loft insulation and a new boiler in ours for free.
I was very suspicious, but have yet to have it come back on me.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Tue 3 Jun 2014, 12:38, Reply)

So on benefits, then.

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 3 Jun 2014, 13:00, Reply)

I certainly don't!

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Tue 3 Jun 2014, 12:12, Reply)

I get this shite all the time. I work from home so I very rarely answer the house phone before about 8pm.
If it's not PPI, it's the 'Windows Maintenance Team' or it's some insulation bollocks.

Whenever I mention the TPS they either give me the old "but we're not trying to sell you anything, this is just for marketing purposes" routine or they just hang up.

The pricks.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 3 Jun 2014, 12:38, Reply)

I've never had one of those 'windows maintenance team' calls.
As an IT wanker, I reckon I could have a bit of fun.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Tue 3 Jun 2014, 13:13, Reply)

I am an IT wanker
And I most certainly do.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 3 Jun 2014, 14:03, Reply)

They're ace
The last one I had insisted Linux ran under Windows....after I'd spent as much time as possible insisting that my laptop didn't have a start button (Linux Mint is other way up to Windows for some menus) and generally pretending to be dumb, then telling her I was running Linux.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 3 Jun 2014, 14:08, Reply)