Gib Bogle wrote
brass monkey wrote

Just had a call from 06041623 -
My name is garble (female) phoning on behalf of garble garble. Is your
name
... ... of this address .... .....
Me: It might be
Her: Can I ask a few questions?
Me: go on then
Her: Calls may be recorded for training etc etc
How do you pronounce your christian name?
Me: Hang on a sec, what are you selling, where are you going with this?
Her: You ****in' *******.
Me: LMFAO and thanked her very much.

Half an hour earlier we had some hawker at the door, wifey answered it
and
was chatting for quite a while. She came in and said this guy is selling
all
sorts of stuff like this chamois leather for £15, he says he's been a bad
boy but is trying to change his life etc etc, yes, I know, hook line and
sinker. So I kindly asked him to sling his hook.
Geeeeeeeeez.

I occasionally get a call (presumably automated) that is just silence for
a few seconds, then a woman's voice says "goodbye". The voice is always
exactly the same, i.e. it's recorded.

Those are just automated diallers that find they don't have a monkey
available to connect the call to when you pick up the phone.

When people call talking about a survey, or mentioning the name of product
or company, I just say "Not interested thanks" and hang up.

I prefer to not have to even pick up the phone to do that.

I actually feel a bit sorry for the people with these ****ty jobs.

I don't. Don't see why I should have my time wasted by the
arseholes that employ them, particularly those I have told
previously that I am not interested in what they are flogging.

I wouldn't have felt sorry for your caller, but then she never would have
got the chance to swear at me.