Have lost count of how many times Man With Accent has phoned on behalf of his supervisor, Charles, for the same manager from a wide range of numbers: 973-803-4377 through 4389. Today he called from 862-204-3348. He claims that his boss will divulge the purpose upon being connected. Sorry, but we don't make transfers under those circumstances. No form of discouragement -- telling him off, sending him to Purchasing / fax machine / unassigned voicemail, etc. -- seems to work.
Have lost count of how many times Man With Accent has phoned on behalf of his supervisor, Charles, for the same manager from a wide range of numbers: 973-803-4377 through 4389. Today he called from 862-204-3348. He claims that his boss will divulge the purpose upon being connected. Sorry, but we don't make transfers under those circumstances. No form of discouragement -- telling him off, sending him to Purchasing / fax machine / unassigned voicemail, etc. -- seems to work.
UPDATE: Now he's after an executive and the assistant (all three individuals are in Marketing). Additional numbers that he's using (so far) are 201-231-7241, 973-270-9374, 609-251-4695, 732-253-4159, 908-206-7199, and 551-222-3053.