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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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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
Today, I returned to Germany for a break from my studies abroad. I got lost while out for groceries, so I tried asking a guy for directions. I went totally blank and strained to think of the right words, prompting him to mutter about rude foreigners not bothering to learn the local language. FML
Today, I was so desperately lonely that I begged a telemarketer not to hang up on me. FML
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
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
Today, a customer asked me if I was English, because I was struggling to understand what he was saying. I said yes. He then called me a liar, and said I must be "one of them Polish immigrants." Oh, and he also had a thick Scottish accent. FML
Today, while working at my call center, I took a phone call. The guy on the other line just yelled "FUCK YOU!" twice at the top of his lungs before hanging up on me. But of course, the phone agent is always at fault. FML
Today, a telemarketer called and asked if they could speak to my "Mommy or Daddy." I'm 25 years old. FML
Today, my boss rang me for the 5th time on my day off. Frustrated I pushed 'ignore' and yelled a string of obscenities at my phone. Turns out I pushed 'talk'. FML
Today, a telemarketer called my house phone and asked for my grandpa. We were in the middle of having his wake. FML
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OhDearBetrayal 25
See that's why it helps to know an indigenous language.
tacojauns 45
Why didn't you just hang up instantly like a normal person?
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Comments (79)
bleachfreeblonde 6
Seriously how difficult is it to say "sorry I'm not interested, but have a good day" and hang up....yes it's annoying but that's all you have to say....it's just someone doing their job, and I'd rather have them trying to work then living off welfare
ctina 15
Repeat after me "I would like to be placed on your Do Not Call list." As soon as you say it, they have to do it. It can take up to a month to go into effect, but you'll be off it after that.
naturalbadassnba 11
Like a boss! Hes on the job lolol
Xxxmakeupiscool 5
Oh that sucks
TheReaper13x 10
Oh telemarketers the job to annoy people
XistTM 3
Ich spreche keine englisch! Haha
Steffi 26
We get such calls three times a day. Count yourself lucky.
pluto2 5
Dude just make monkey noises like me
Lili_love 14
I'm jealous that telemarketers only call you 3 times a week...we get them 3 times an hour.
AlaskanBoy907 4
You work for a sex hotline I'm presuming.
vladimirnabokov 15
I find that the more I say, "Not interested please take me off your calling list," the more telemarketers call me. When I angrily say to **** off, they don't call back most of the time.
Batterypost 23
I work in telemarketing. If they politely tell me to take them off the calling list after listening to my offer, I remove them (otherwise I ask them why they claim not to be interested when they have no idea what it is about). If they just hang up before I can confirm that I am talking to the right person, I'll put them on call-back. If they just yell at me to never call again, I'll register them as a no thank you, which means they will be called back in about 6 months. It's a decent job, the people I work with are very nice, I get a decent salary and 90% of the people I call aren't assholes like OP and most of the people in the comments here seem to be. Then again I work at one of the few serious telemarketing companies in Sweden, not one of those sketchy scam ones.
vladimirnabokov 15
I'm glad you are respectable enough to take them off the calling list. But most telemarketers say "oh yeah I'll take you off have a nice day!" And call back like next week.