One evening I answered the home phone in Spanglish, an unintended result of living in New Mexico in the 1980's.
Finally in frustration the woman on the phone said "Does anyone there speak English?" To which I replied "Not at all", then I hung up.
Wonder how long it took to sink in......
-------------------------------------—————— ————————--Ignorance is a powerful tool if applied at the right time, even, usually, surpassing knowledge(E.J.Potter, A.K.A. The Michigan Madman)
Posts: 8499 | Location: Livingston County Michigan USA | Registered: August 11, 2002
I've been inundated the last 2 weeks with unknown numbers. Seems to be a mix of credit card rate reduction offers & realtors (we pulled our sale listing & relisted with a new agent).
When we were teenagers, I had a friend that , when someone would call for his older sister, he would say, "I'm sorry, she's upstairs with a customer" .
Posts: 2561 | Location: Central Virginia | Registered: July 20, 2015
I sometimes feel like screwing with them and I just use the Riley Martin method and say, "Huh?" over and over again. Some of those people that call get really pissed off when I do it.
Her sister keeps calling me about my car's warranty.
I'm sorry if I hurt you feelings when I called you stupid - I thought you already knew - Unknown ................................... When you have no future, you live in the past. " Sycamore Row" by John Grisham