Renee Wrathers, requested to speak to our CEO by name. She indicated she was calling on behalf of Steve Watson who in turn was calling on behalf of Jim Athans(sp?) who is interested in purchasing our company. After attempting to vish, wheedle, and pry, around for more information, she continued to say: If our CEO (who in our company, I have been wells assured, would NOT be involved with this particular process), OR the person responsible for our finances, were interested they were to call her, excuse me, Steve Watson at 954-586-1000.
Today's date: 7-18-2016 9:53 a.m. mtn time
Kim from New York Associates just called. Caller ID # 917-341-2087. Said she was calling on behalf of Mr. Steve Watson. Said that Steve had a client Mr. Germanthis who wanted to buy our company. Asked to speak to our President. Said they sent us a proposal about a month ago and that this was a follow-up call. I asked her to remove our number from their database....she told me that Mr. Watson would call the President on his private cell phone. This is NOT the first time these people have called.
Linda Rather from New York Equity called and was very pushy and rude. Harrassed my staff and insisted that she be put through to the CEO NOW! Claimed that she was following up on a proposal (i.e. junk fax or email) but refused to give any specifics. When she finally got from the receptionist to me (The Operations Manager) I pushed right back and told her there was absolutely no way that she would be talking to the CEO without providing me with additional information and that he had zero interest in whatever she was offering. She hung up on me. I googled the number and found this site with numerous similar complaints. Called the number listed in the first complaint and asked to speak to Mr. Watson or whoever it was that I needed to speak to to complain about Linda and be removed from the call list. Mr. Watson was very nice and apologetic and said this was the first complaint he has ever heard about this. I encouraged him to google this phone number and see how people receive his staff and bullying tactics. He supposedly removed us from the list and indicated that we would speak to Linda about her rudeness.
Woman called in and asked for a person that does not exist. It is similar name to the retired general manager, who is on call lists; but they get his name wrong. My boss told me to quit messing with the people who make this type of call, so I just tell them he is gone and all his duties are handled by corporate now. I then hang up. There is no "corporate"; but I figure it reduces the number of calls.