tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020257.post116048738854261761..comments2023-08-12T09:27:36.998+01:00Comments on Mad Baggage: HSBCCherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02646936995485109020noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020257.post-1160831573746983132006-10-14T14:12:00.000+01:002006-10-14T14:12:00.000+01:00I rely on caller id to avoid most of them. I used ...I rely on caller id to avoid most of them. I used to ask them, are you a telemarketer? Or is this a telemarketing call. They always say no and get flustered.Rainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13310666391868911676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020257.post-1160745377501027772006-10-13T14:16:00.000+01:002006-10-13T14:16:00.000+01:00I phoned the burglar alarm call centre and got muc...I phoned the burglar alarm call centre and got much the same response. I thought they must have moved it to Bombay.<BR/>When the engineer came out I asked him if the call centre was very far away and he said, "Yes it's in Manchester."Milt Bogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10104084875129575097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020257.post-1160593435948761192006-10-11T20:03:00.000+01:002006-10-11T20:03:00.000+01:00I HATE telemarketers. I usually ask them to remove...I HATE telemarketers. I usually ask them to remove me from their call list. My husbands favorite response.... Cen I spik to meesstear Reendy plis? ....No, he died. <BR/><BR/>I especially dislike the ones that can barely speak English. This also includes when you call the company for assistance. I work for a telecommunications company. Several of our jobs have been lost to out sourcing over seas.beckyboophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17663633663224962767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020257.post-1160568804931935752006-10-11T13:13:00.000+01:002006-10-11T13:13:00.000+01:00I bank with First Direct and all their people seem...I bank with First Direct and all their people seem to be Scottish. <BR/><BR/>Can't understand a word they say either... ;-)<BR/><BR/>Ok ok, this isn't a dig at the Scots but ya know, Glaswegian can be a bit tricky sometimes!weeniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602950445306813601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020257.post-1160508929937631282006-10-10T20:35:00.000+01:002006-10-10T20:35:00.000+01:00These people hate me. When they ask for (blah, bla...These people hate me. When they ask for (blah, blah) and date of birth as a security measure I simply tell them that as they're my bank they should have these details anyway and could they give them to me to prove to me that they're my bank and not some crook calling to try to get my bank details. We go back and forth like this until one of us decides that we have better things to do with our Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04213448805487172770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020257.post-1160505635062471342006-10-10T19:40:00.000+01:002006-10-10T19:40:00.000+01:00Dinner time is always a good time to talk - after ...Dinner time is always a good time to talk - after all, who needs to eat, right? You can mumble incomprehensively through your lamb chop and they can mumble equally incomprehensibly through, well, whatever it is they mumble through.<BR/>I seem to recall doing a post on this subject some time back - I recall, I set Granny Were on them... and she's telepathic remember... Scary, very scary - my Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871239587214383387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020257.post-1160503510012945282006-10-10T19:05:00.000+01:002006-10-10T19:05:00.000+01:00I took two heads off last week, both calling from ...I took two heads off last week, both calling from Honda to ask me to participate in a customer service satisfaction survey. I told the first caller, "This is not a good time. We're sitting down to dinner. Goodbye."<BR/><BR/>She said, "When is a good time to call?"<BR/><BR/>I said, "NOT DINNERTIME!"<BR/><BR/><BR/>Second guy called at dinner time, too. I decided to answer his survey, and I Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802695378617927299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020257.post-1160495272211908492006-10-10T16:47:00.000+01:002006-10-10T16:47:00.000+01:00Oooo you've hit a sensitve spot there!Quite apart ...Oooo you've hit a sensitve spot there!<BR/><BR/>Quite apart from the rudeness and no time is ever a good time I reckon, with all our need for security measures I am gobsmacked that all these people pushing their banking products have the audacity to ask US for our sensitive bank security details which we are then expected to freely give. WHY do they want our security details when THEY just want Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com