Miscellaneous: Today, I picked up on a telemarketer and started speaking in...

By Anonymous - 20/04/2011 03:05 - United States

Today, I picked up on a telemarketer and started speaking in Portuguese. It turns out that this particular telemarketer spoke it as well. Every time I hung up, he called back. Telemarketers get really excited when they find out someone else speaks their language. FML

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By Anonymous - 28/04/2013 13:57 - China - Shanghai

Today, for the third time this week, a telemarketer called me. Seriously annoyed, I told him in German that I don't speak English, in an attempt to get rid of him. He then started delivering his product pitch in German. FML

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By Anonymous - 19/03/2009 05:17 - United States

Today, I got a phone call, and the person on the other line started speaking French. I assumed it was my friend since we usually speak French with each other, so I said in French "What do you want, asshole?". It wasn't my friend. It was a representative for the exchange program I'm applying for. FML

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By Anonymous - 08/05/2014 03:57 - United States - State College

Today, while at work as a telemarketer, I called a customer on his home phone. Once I was connected, an automated voice said, "To speak with a customer, please press 1." Confused, I pressed one. I then heard loud laughter followed by, "Oh my god! What a dumbass!" before they hung up. FML

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By rosie - 08/03/2021 13:59

Today, I was unable to communicate with a customer who only spoke French. As a result, my boss called me a "monolingual idiot." I speak Spanish, German, and Japanese. FML

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By Anonymous - 04/09/2009 04:31 - Canada

Today, a customer came in who only spoke Spanish. I speak Spanish rather well so I helped the customer. She ended up buying $2300 worth of stuff. I got written up because not speaking English apparently "has the potential be offensive to other customers if they are not able to understand you." FML

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By oxbonxo - 07/02/2011 08:38 - Australia

Today, after hanging up the phone, I realised that telemarketers are my only form of social life. FML

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By BrazilianGal - 12/08/2021 02:01

Today, a lady at the clothing store told me to, “Stop speaking 'Mexicano', this is America!” when I was talking on the phone. I actually speak Portuguese. When I pointed this out, she verbally tortured me and threatened to, “Call the cops” if I didn’t leave her store for, “making her feel threatened.” FML

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By lonelynessinCA - 14/03/2011 18:31 - United States

Today, I was so lonely that I pretended I wanted to buy something from a telemarketer so that they would keep talking to me. FML

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By lonely loser - 22/08/2014 18:04 - United States - Seattle

Today, I was so desperately lonely that I begged a telemarketer not to hang up on me. FML

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By Claudine - 30/06/2015 06:18 - Belgium - Liège

Today, my boss is on the phone with a Russian customer, who keeps saying, "Speak Russian please!" My boss asks me to translate, as he hired me for my knowledge of Russian. He says something, I translate in Russian, then the customer says, "Speak English please!" FML

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MyMuse7 0

Wednesday 20 April 2011 8:19

lol tell him to "**** off" in Portuguese. :)

makenna2011 6

Wednesday 20 April 2011 8:22

lol next time you pick up use a different language

Comments

Livinia 11

Wednesday 20 April 2011 8:37

Just hang up.

louie111887 0

Sunday 31 July 2011 12:46

hi divinia can I message you? im not an idiot? hehe : )

louie111887 0

Sunday 31 July 2011 12:48

hi livinia im not an idiot. can we message eachother? I wanna ask you about australia hehe : )

PeteyPablo12308 20

Wednesday 20 April 2011 8:37

Awww, just talk to the guy... Maybe it will turn into something special. Lmfao.

OhhDamnnnnn 3

Wednesday 20 April 2011 9:21

hahaha

xtacticalswarmx 0

Wednesday 20 April 2011 12:41

xD Achievement Unlocked: Seduce Raule the Telemarketer

NineFishMffns_fml 0

Wednesday 20 April 2011 14:28

aha :D!

skaterpaige 3

Wednesday 20 April 2011 15:42

LOL. xD

morinalexandra 4

Wednesday 20 April 2011 8:54

hahaha! soo true ive done telemarketing and when i found people speaking swedish i got really excited too!

RaineLee 5

Wednesday 20 April 2011 8:55

Just ignore their calls? Or hang up.

louie111887 0

Wednesday 20 April 2011 9:05

you should curse them out. they will stop calling after that. but you need to be really mean though. 

Eff_Yuhr_LiFE 0

Wednesday 20 April 2011 9:08

Bahahahaha . <3 .

little_monster21 0

Wednesday 20 April 2011 9:19

dont pick up, is that so hard??

osky_209 0

Wednesday 20 April 2011 9:22

it is because they call multiple times a day. we get more than 5 calls a day from the same company/telemarketer.

Randuhh_17 4

Wednesday 20 April 2011 18:30

it is, when your phone rings constantly. it's rather annoying. I usually answer the phone talking like old Greg. go to YouTube and watch old Greg, most hilarious thing ever. they eventually hang up on me..hahahaa!