John - Same as Andy : I think if you truly read what people are saying you will see that these cold callers are IN FACT rude. If they were NOT rude they WOULD LEAVE their info to follow up on -however these RUDE callers just hang up on you mid - sentence! As soon as you say "No they aren't - may I take a message" by the time you get to "aren't" you have been RUDELY hung up on. They wouldn't even let you get part way throught your >> "thank you for calling me but ***RUDELY HUNG UP ON BY NOW** I am happy with my current adviser" and if your not then ask them for some information - who knows maybe they can help you.<< I AM SURE NOW this IS what you BOth do for a living. if you ARE JUST DOING YOUR JOB AND TRYING TO GAIN ACCOUNTS - don't RUDELY HANG UP on people. YOU try smiling and at least sat THANK YOU before hanging up on people.
~Not angry at all! :o) just tired of people wasting my time (and theirs) by RUDELY hanging up.
Guess what, folks, they've found a new "in." A young man wanted to introduce himself to a particular manager this morning. I explained that if he were presenting his company to become an approved vendor, I'd send him to Purchasing. He then claimed to be calling from the manager's alumni association. I said in that case, and especially because it was personal, he should write. He gave a phoney laugh and said he had the manager's email address. By then I'd come here to look up the number showing on Caller ID and told him it was against company policy to contact employees that way, but he was in the process of hanging up.
SPAM call. People from this company call every month or so, even though I tell them to stop. The purpose is to let me know they will be calling again to offer a great investment opportunity. I tell them I am not interested and not to call again, and the person does not want to take no for an answer, and becomes very aggressive and hostile. I always end up hanging up on the idiot while he is yelling.