Monday, August 30, 2004

Another telemarketer

The telemarketer must have had a really crappy line. She said hello. I said hello. She asked for someone with a name that sounded like a mispronunciation of my name. I said yes. She said hello. I said hello. She said hello. I said hello. She said hello. I said hello. She hung up.

Ann from the National New York Times Paper

There was nobody there for four or five seconds after I answered the phone. After the telemarketer finally came on the line, she said that there was a promotion to send the paper free for some time. I said no thanks. She hung up.

Thursday, August 26, 2004

Another telemarketer

When I answered the phone, there was nobody there for almost ten seconds. Then a man -- I assume he's a telemarketer -- said hello. Then he said hello again. Then he paused for almost two seconds. I said hello right when he started saying something. Then he hung up. These stupid telemarketers and autodialers are annoying.

Earlier this evening, my phone rang once. I didn't answer it. It didn't ring again. That was probably another autodialer doing bizarre things.

Thursday, August 19, 2004

Larson something with I forget what

He asked me about my mortgage. Then he asked if I wanted to take money out of my home equity. Then he said thank you and hung up.

Tuesday, August 17, 2004

Karen from something resorts

There was nobody there for ten seconds. Then the telemarketer introduced herself and started talking about some stuff. She said my phone number came from one of their associated companies like Ramada or long list of others that I don't remember. Then she asked a bunch of yes or no questions. I answered yes or no to them. Then she spewed out some more babble. And kept babbling. And babbled about clicking and not checking something about some screen. Then she said she had my address. I confirmed it. She asked for my email address. I lied and said I don't have one. She asked if she could schedule me for something. I said no. She asked why. I said that I wasn't interested. She tried to make not being interested into being not interested in saving money. I maintained my disinterest. She said thank you and good evening and hung up.

Monday, August 16, 2004

Ayun (or something like that) calling about my mortgage

He said he was calling about my loan with some other company, which actually no longer has my loan. I said nothing. After a while, he said hello. I said hello. He then said that he could get my payment down to some figure. I again said nothing, as he said nothing I needed to respond to. After a while, he said hello. I said hello. There was silence for a while. Then he hung up. I couldn't really tell what he said when he said his name. Maybe it was Ug-Yoon or Agyu. It didn't sound like any name I've heard before. He sounded completely American, though.

Another telemarketer

When I answered the phone, there was ringing. Then a telemarketer answered the phone and said hello. I said hello. The telemarketer asked for someone with my name. I said yes. The telemarketer said hello. I said hello. The telemarketer hung up.

Thursday, August 12, 2004

Allen something for Parsec or something

He sounded Indian. He asked me stuff about my mortgage. Rose Anderson, who also sounded Indian, came on as the supervisor, probably because of the language barrier with the original telemarketer. She asked a bunch of questions about my debt situation, then suddenly said goodbye and hung up, probably because they didn't have anything worthwhile to try to sucker me into.

Wednesday, August 11, 2004

Kay from Key Mortgage

She said some stuff about refinancing. She asked if I wanted to refinance. I said no.

Tuesday, August 10, 2004

Another telemarketer

I was eating chips when the phone rang. I picked up the phone and said hello. Then I chewed the chips. While I was chewing, a telemarketer said something that I didn't understand, so I said hello again. He hung up.

Tom Gill for Earthlink

He sounded vaguely Indian. He said a bunch of things. He says Earthlink is 5 times faster than anything else. He hung up for a while then came back. He said some stuff. Then, he said hello. I said hello. He said hello. I said hello. He said hello. I said hello. He said hello. I said hello. Finally, he was convinced that I could hear him. He said some more stuff. He asked me if I was interested. I said no.

Thursday, August 05, 2004

Chamique with Americash Mortgage

She asked a bunch of questions about my mortgage. She asked if I wanted cash out. I said no. She asked if I wanted to cut my monthly payments down. I said no, because, presumably, it would be because she wants to push an adjustable rate loan, just like the junk mail that I get every day pushes. She said have a nice day and hung up.

Joe from T-Mobile

I'm getting a free cell phone with free shipping and handling. He said stuff, then said ok. Then after a while, he says hello. I say hello. That happened at least six times throughout the call. I said no to the free phone. Then he kept asking me why I don't want a free cell phone. He said it's a wonderful offer. I said I didn't want one at least four times. Finally he got the message and said ok bye bye and hung up. He didn't sound American. He sounded like he could be Indian.

Tuesday, August 03, 2004

Mike something from Sheriff Deputy

He wants to mail me something so that I would send some money. Because of something about deputies. I said no thanks.

Monday, August 02, 2004

Another stupid machine

After I answered the phone, there was nobody there for over a minute and a half. I pressed * to see what would happen. Nothing happened. After more than two minutes after answering the phone, I pressed #. No effect. After more than three minutes, I pressed 2 a bunch of times. After more than four minutes, I hung up. Screw it.

Joshua Crites from California Police

He wants a donation. I said no.

Another stupid machine

When I answered the phone, there was a faint beep or something. There was nobody there for at least five seconds. Then there was a vague clicking or something. There still was nothing for at least five more seconds. It then hung up.