• Nevyn (4/14/2014)


    Time to hire a bring in a summer intern whose only job is to be passed the phone on those calls, pretend to be you, and whose only job is to keep the other person on the line as long as possible. They could even do the same following up to your emails.

    A "waste telemarketers time" smartphone app would be fun too.

    I am not bothered at work much because external calls come in differently from these people. We don't publish one number, and we use that for all of our partners.

    On the other hand I can't believe how bad it is at home! I have taken to answering in Spanish, and seeing how long it takes them to notice. Normally they go on for about half a minute as I am telling them I can't understand and don't speak English.

    It can be a stress reliever.

    Dave