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What really does **** you off ...if anything ...for me its telesales ,idiots who just keep on phoning i must get 2/3 a day ( i had 5 one day last week) T mobile,tiscalli ,BT what really does **** me off is the fact that most of them cant even speak english so arguing is pointless . Apart from changing my number (which i will do) i have tryed everything from saying a straight out NO!! to a full blown out swearing match (which i rather enjoy).Do these people really think im gonna buy something off them........ soooooooo anyone else ever have that problem ? Also when a company telephones and you ask whos calling and they say "im sorry i cant give out any information " BUT THEY EXPECT ME TO ...they say can you confirm your postcode and house number ...sorry but YOUR phoning ME and you expect ME to give YOU MY DETAILS ..at which point they get all huffy and ring off. ................I know these people need to earn a living but they make me sooooo MAD .......off for a lie down .....

As soon as I learn it's a sales call, I hang up. No arguing, no stress, just hang up.

BabyRider wrote: As soon as I learn it's a sales call, I hang up. No arguing, no stress, just hang up.


ditto

anyone get the computer voice soliciting? I have one that keeps calling at work.

I get a lot of calls at work from computers and foreign speaking people. At home, I get calls telling me I have unclaimed funds, which I don't.

It's the ones where you pick up the phone and NOONE answers that gripes me!

or when someone tells you , you cant, when you dang well know you CAN!

When someone hangs up on you when they dial the wrong number annoys me.

sales call on the phone

sales people/religious people at the door

tailgating!!:mad: especially when my kids are in the car!

people who hog up a whole aisle at the store and then look at you like you're bothering them when they have to get out of your way so you can get thru!

people who go shopping with 11 generations of their immediate family because they're in my way too!

people who make that snapping/popping noise with their gum!:-5

people who talk LOUDLY on their cell phone in public

goodness, I could write a book....

And e mail notifications that say NO MESSAGE COLLECTED ...what a bloody waste of time !!

I have an easy time with the phone sales calls because I sound like I'm 12, so I either get "can I speak to your parents" or (in a patronizing voice) "hi, are Mr. or Mrs. __________ available" and I just say no either way and hang up!:D :wah:

I get a lot of calls at work from computers and foreign speaking people. At home, I get calls telling me I have unclaimed funds, which I don't.


Be careful with this one Peg, they get you to dial or call back a number and it costs a fortune.

One thing that drives is mad is when I'm waiting at a bus stop and I've been waiting for about 20 mins. The bus pulls up and all of a sudden these grannies come running from God knows where. Then I can't get a seat (even though I was the first one there) and I feel so green by the time I get to work from having to stand on the bus.

I would always get up and offer a seat to someone older because my mother raised me like this but I just can't understand why the older generation don't show a bit of respect. I then don't feel like showing it anymore either. I used to be nice!!

Another thing that makes me nuts is when you are walking on a footpath and there are 2 people walking towards you and they expect you to get off instead of they just passing you single file.

minks wrote: ditto



anyone get the computer voice soliciting? I have one that keeps calling at work.


I've had loads of those. Just a beep then silence. Over here, it scares the **** out of the elderly who think they are being stalked or pestered because no one speaks.

A couple of weeks back, though, I had computer that told me to hold on while an agent came on line. Sure, as if I'm that desperate.

In England, we have the Telephone Preferences Service. This is very effective. It's not 100%, but it reduces the sales calls quite a lot. And, if someone does call, you've just got to say TPS, and they're gone.

Me, as other countries are not legally bound by TPS, I just leave my fax machine on. My friends are all aware of it. My phone is switched off (in case my fax machine isn't on which it might not be if I'm working outside) and the fax machine rings for an incoming call. By the time I answer, they've gone, unless it's a friend. The only draw back for my friends is that the fax machine actually answers the call and call charges start. The concession is that the fax machine is never on when I'm not there to pick up the phone.

tailgating!!:mad: especially when my kids are in the car!




If anyone tailgates me, I just start slowing down. The danger for me is that I have a sports ratio gearbox. When I take my foot off the accelerator, the car slows down quickly without the use of brakes (another way of getting people off my ass because they think I've got no brake lights, providing they're quick enough to hit their brakes).

I'd rather they overtook me and went on their manic way. I'm happy cruising.

SnoozeControl wrote: I was home and answered the phone one day, and I simply said "Sorry, wrong number." The woman called back and knowing it would be the same person, I let the answering machine pick up. She made a point of leaving a very loud message saying I was "the rudest f*cking b*tch" she had ever talked to.

She got herself all wound up over three words?



I hate people like that.:rolleyes:


I think that I would have enjoyed reporting that. After all, Snooze. You spoke the truth, yours was the wrong number for a sales call... and who was rude?

What a mistake to get me started here! I hate people who are always late. The type that will be late for their own funeral. I also hate people that every time they open their mouth, you know it's a lie coming out.

SnoozeControl wrote: I was taught as a child to fall behind someone when that sort of thing happens. Also, at least in this country, you stay to the right so there's no confusion. I'm constantly getting into a little dance with people at work that can't figure out they don't have the right of way when they come around a corner.

I nearly got hit in a crosswalk today in broad daylight while wearing a very bright green shirt. And while she passed, she casually looked over at me like I was a bug. May her face hit her windshield with disastrous results.


May her boobs turn to cubes and fester at the corners

Clipper wrote: I hate it when I run outta hot water in the shower....but I have modified my hot water system to prevent that from ever happening again.....


Kinda sounds like a "Tim the Tool Man Taylor" event! :rolleyes:

Oh yes Tellasales people drive me crazy. They call at the same time everyday as soon as they utter a word I hang the phone up. Made the mistake once of trying to tell them to stop calling, wasted my time. I hung up and the phone rang again.:-5 :-5

My biggest pet peeve is Spitting just hate it with a passion makes me nearly gag when I see, or hear people spit...GROSSSSSSSSSS

We got a call last week from someone looking for my wifes old boyfriend from way way back. They had vital info on him but they knew my name, they said he used me as a reference, but I dont know him, never met him. They found her here in Mn. from a boyfriend she had in Fl. even though her name is changed now, and our # is unlisted.

I hate creepy people who call you knowing stuff about you, but you have no idea who they really are.

I hate it when I pick up the phone and 'the voice' tells me

Please hold for an important message.................... :-5 :-5 :-5

If you live in the UK you can opt out of sales calls, just go to the following link and fill in the form.

Voila, no more calls..





http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/

Abbey, we have that here it's called the "National do not call list". Well it doesn't work, I actually think I get more calls now that I put my number on the list, then I did before.:-5 :-5

CARLA wrote: Abbey, we have that here it's called the "National do not call list". Well it doesn't work, I actually think I get more calls now that I put my number on the list, then I did before.:-5 :-5


I've heard a lot of people speak highly of the service in England (nah nah nah nah nah nah:D ). This has prompted me to register now, so I'll see for myself. Hitherto, I have relied on my fax machine to keep sales calls at bay (quite effectively) while my friends are aware of it and wait for me to answer.

SnoozeControl wrote: I know your address and phone number. *evil laugh* bwaaaahaaaaahaaaa!




If its you then bring it on !!! :-4

OpenMind wrote: I've heard a lot of people speak highly of the service in England (nah nah nah nah nah nah:D ). This has prompted me to register now, so I'll see for myself. Hitherto, I have relied on my fax machine to keep sales calls at bay (quite effectively) while my friends are aware of it and wait for me to answer.I registered last year and its been successful so far, i think you have to re-register every year.

Give it a couple of weeks for it to take affect, good luck.

We have 2 cell phones only. No solicitors call at all. I don't have to pay to be unlisted. My beloved and I can call each other nationwide without charge.