Best Telemarketing Conversation Ever

It has been a long few days, so I'm going to keep this short. We seem to have some kind of virus circulating through the house that causes hives, asthma attacks and extreme crankiness; for the adults it causes head aches. So here it goes....

I got a call the other day. The kind of call that you have say "hello?" two or three times before you hear a click and someone says, "Hi, Ms. Campbell" right at the same time that you have a discussion with yourself if you want to hang up or not. If you wait longer than .03 seconds then you know that you'll be caught for the next 5 minutes trying to figure out exactly what they are selling and how you can get off the phone politely.

Well, I didn't hang up when I should have. After I acknowledge them I feel it is rude to just hang up, but if they don't hear me say anything first then for some reason it does not feel rude. Do my eight readers feel the same? Regardless, I didn't hang up. A very bubbly girl started chatting to me about my prize package that I would be receiving shortly, blah, blah, blah.....and then, Cliffy started crying.

I went to Cliffy, wedged the phone between my shoulder and ear and picked him up. He did not stop crying so I kept listening to dumb dumb on the other end of the phone try to stutter through her lines as I bounced him around the house. Finally, she paused and said in an annoyed voice, "Ma'am, I'm just going to have to call you back later. That baby is hurting my ears."

I smiled at Cliffy and said, "great, bye."

I hope that conversation was recorded for quality assurance and listened to by her boss.

Peace,
Mama Soup