mrmichaelwright
They have wasted my time and been rude to me simply by phoning my number.
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Just been cold-called and they hung up on me!
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M_F - you cant overtake a car thats doing a reasonable speed in a 30 safely. Therefore you would be charged with either careless or dangerous driving.
What is careless or dangerous about overtaking a slower vehicle if it is done when the conditions dictate that it is safe to do so? For what it is worth, on the occasion you refer to, I sat behind the car for some half a mile past parked cars, an unsighted brow, a set of lights, a sharp bend and a further set of lights before coming to a long and wide straight where it was perfectly clear with no parked cars, traffic coming from the other direction or any other apparent hazards. And as I was in the car with my wife and two young children I would not have dared make a dangerous manoeuvre because my wife would quite simply have made my life hell if she thought I was putting their lives in any kind of danger. I strongly stand by my past comment that I could have (and would have) overtaken a police car driving at that speed in those conditions and would not expect any action to be taken - quite simply I did nothing careless or dangerous and the conditions and road markings allowed such a manoeuvre.Anyway - what would you do if you came up behind a bike riding at 20mph in a 30mph zone? Sit behind it?
And Fred - you have just given yourself away with 'Misguided_Fannybaws' - it is always you playing with my name like that.
EDIT: If it is trollingzoosmeefighter and not Fred, he should know perfectly well that it was an acceptable thing to do unless he has completely forgotten how to learn people to drive proper.
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I once (in a fit of desperation) went for a job at 'a call centre' whilst I was in my 1st year at uni. This was about 10 years ago. The rate of pay £9/h I think made it quite appealing, as did the flexible hours. However, when I got there, it transpired pretty quickly that it wasn't going to be me sat there being rung up to be abused (I could have dealt with that), more it was me going to be abusing people I rang. I decided I wasn't that desperate, and
servedthrew beer at rugby players in the SU instead...Posted 2 years ago # -
Got one of them high pitched rape alarms next to the phone (the NHS gave them to my wife as she works in a dodgy area for them).
When answering the phone and identifying the cold caller, they get a blast of the alarm right down the line.
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Its one thing giving verbal abuse Lowey, but doing that is OTT.
Acoustic shock is not funny, especially when wearing a headset where you can't move the phone away quickly.
I think it counts as assault doesn't it?
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Perhaps I can offer a different perspective....My very first job when I was just 16 was cold calling on doorsteps / from a call centre for yes, double-glazing. It was for the princely sum of a pound an hour (before the minimum wage) and was the only job I could get. I don't condone the industry - looking back I can't believe I did it, you are so set up to be loathed - but as a naive youngster I can't believe how much abuse I had to stand and take. One old bloke got me indoors "for a quote", shut the door they proceeded to scream all his petty little pent-up hate of the world at me for an age, refusing to le tme go which was horrendous. Although I don't like being cold-called, that whole experience has meant that I always now speak to the other person with decency, unless they are rude/abusive themselves. That other person may actually be in a difficult situation and have some self-respect that they are trying to hold on to. I did actually stand it for some months, but left when they started putting off paying me (the measly few quid they owed me). A (hard) lesson in life.
Hope that gives another view.
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spooky_b329 - Member
Its one thing giving verbal abuse Lowey, but doing that is OTT.
that's ok, if he consistently uses a rape alarm in an enclosed space then he'll be deaf long before the call centre workers have any problems
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M_F - you cant overtake a car thats doing a reasonable speed in a 30 safely. Therefore you would be charged with either careless or dangerous driving.
This is boooolllocks.
I have successfully defended a charge of exactly this.Posted 2 years ago # -
When I was 15/turning 16 I went for a job at Y*rkshire Windo*s (company named hidden so they don't sue me).
Basically, i did a four hour shift phoning people from a page in the phone book that the supervisor gave us. You'd typically get through about a full page in your shift.
For my four hours work i got about £30, which was crap, but for every single appointment I made I got a £20 bonus. So for those 4 hours work, on average i was making over £100 on average per shift, which when you're a spotty 16 year old who's never earned before is a considerable sum of money.It was grim work though. There were about 20 of us in a windowless shed behind a chip shop phoning using basic phones.
A word of warning - one thing they used to do if they got grief was phone back repeatedly with the standard spiel.
I lasted about a month before I went and got a job at Halfords.
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that's ok, if he consistently uses a rape alarm in an enclosed space then he'll be deaf long before the call centre workers have any problems
Especially since phones have a limit to how loud they'll go anyway.
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STW Vs Obi_Twa"t"
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Never been anything but polite to cold callers, even Christians
Politeness costs nothing, is probably quicker than a stream of invective and may put someone doing a fairly miserable job into a slightly better mood. Win win win IMO.
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ive done a stint in cold calling but in my defense it was the ONLY work available at the time- i had dependents and i refuse to sign. it is horrible soul destroying work but as mentioned above if your not ready to take the abuse dont do it. the money is good for totally unskilled labour but i will never ever ever do that again.
i will play with them if they call me but i try not to be too offensive (they will usually just pass your number around the room anyway)happily i now work in an area of outstanding natural beauty restoring listed buildings
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For some people it is the easiest or best option of staying off the dole.
"bet you wish you'd stuck in at school now, eh?"
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PMSL!
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'No thank you please take me off your list'. Phone down, job done.
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toys19 - Member
M_F - you cant overtake a car thats doing a reasonable speed in a 30 safely. Therefore you would be charged with either careless or dangerous driving.
This is boooolllocks.
I have successfully defended a charge of exactly this.
That's good to know - I only had my belief (and original driving tuition) to trust on it so it is interesting to know such a silly charge has been successfully defended.Posted 2 years ago # -
Had a call from one of these the other day, can't remember who it was, I replied with my standard, "Sorry, I'm not interested thankyou",and was met with "B**ger b**ger b**ger off" *click*
Charming.Posted 2 years ago # -
If the cold caller is female, just ask "What colour knickers are you wearing?"
Usually works...
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I once answered the phone to someone asking for my wife.
I told the operator she had just been eaten by a tiger - that seemed to throw him.
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When we left college a friend of mine got a job as a cold caller to pay off his debts. His brief - to try and sell sets of massive professional fireworks to old peoples homes. In June.
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Being technically Dr Zokes, as opposed to plain old Mr Zokes, I quite like responding to "could I speak to Mr Zokes, please" with a cheery: "I'm sorry, it's Dr Zokes here". For some reason they usually just apologise and hang up!
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I usually get the calls for my better half:
Them: "Is Mr AdamW's partner there please?"
Me: "No, he's out."
Them: "Can I speak to Mrs AdamW's partner please?"
Me (in deep voice): "You're speaking to him."They put the phone down usually after that.
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This is the best response to cold calling I've heard
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That's excellent verbal.
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