Tacky Sales Rep Behavior

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A few weeks ago the phone rang on a Saturday morning, waking my wife and I. I answered, and it was a woman from Qwest, our local phone service provider.

She said something along the lines of "Hi! This is perky-sales-woman from Qwest, and we're giving you three FREE! months of our new Worthless Phone-related Service! After three months, you can cancel, or continue using the service, and have it billed to your monthly statement! I just need to give you to select a four-digit PIN to access the service."

"Not interested," I replied, which is less creative than I usually get with telemarketers, but I was groggy and didn't want to get into anything.

"But sir! It's absolutely free! So why don't you go ahead and give me a four-digit..."

"You know," I interrupted, "We don't even own a telephone, so I can't use this fancy new service... it's no good to me."

Silence for a moment or two.

"You... don't own a telephone?" she asked in a confused tone.

"Nope. Sorry."

"Well... have a ... good day then, sir." Click. My wife laughed for about ten minutes.