OK, I probably shouldn't have done what I did but I couldn't resist!
Ron's cell phone rang yesterday afternoon and he was at work so I answered it! Of all people it was a telephone sales rep. I don't have to tell you how badly I dislike telephone sales reps and now they are calling cell phones! Well, the rep identified himself, asked if I was the lady of the house and proceeded to tell me that Mr. Fuller had last week requested some information on making extra money from home. I said "Okay?"
At this point I knew that this was a cold call where the telephone sales rep gets the number from a list and calls but no information has ever been requested. Sneaky way of trying to get people to buy something! So I decided to play along!
The rep said "Yes! Robert requested that we contact you and tell you about this great way to make money at home." I said "What? Will that man ever stop requesting things for me! Now he's requesting things from the grave!"
The rep said in a questioning tone "Ma'am ahh?" So I continued, letting my voice become almost tearful. "Robert has been dead for over a year and you tell me that he requested information for me!
The rep said again in a questioning manner, "Ahh ma'am?" So I again continued, "Thank you very much for bringing up memories of him!" I added a sigh and a whimper just to get to the man!
From the rep I got a very apologetic response, "Ma'am I am so sorry, I will have this number removed from any further calls from our company! Again ma'am I am truly sorry!"
I said "Thank you!" in a whiny voice. He said good bye and hung up! I laughed for such a long time after that.
When I told Ron what I had done, we both got a great laugh out of it and we probably won't get many more calls on that phone for a long time! Too bad that that phone number will be disconnected when we move to Seattle!
