Stupid Telesales

[keaalu]

Now, I will be first to say I don't get a LOT of telesales calls. Every now and then I'll get in from work and there'll be a message flashing on my answer machine, uuusually it's one of those stupid pre-recorded "Did you know you can be DEBT FREE!" crap that gets deleted before she's even said more than "HI THERE-!"

Today I got in with FOUR messages flashing, and each time they basically went "hello? Hello? Can I speak to A Scott?" and then hung up. NOW. I do not call numbers back if I don't know who they are, and if they're legitimate/professional? They'd leave a number. PARTICULARLY since my answer machine says "THERE IS NO ONE HERE TO TAKE YOUR CALL please leave a message".

Sooo... I 1471'ed it and got 08003 896818. I always Google numbers I don't recognise, now. ;) And I'm glad I did, because apparently it's a well-known nuisance "telesales" company called "The Listening Company" Although what they actually ask seems strange, irrelevant, and they're supposedly rude as well. :P So... noooo I don't think I'll be calling you back.

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[http://users.livejournal.com/_silverfox/]

Are you sure it wasn't Firewire asking to speak to Lucy? ;) *isn't in phone book so usually only has to deal with these guys at work*

[keaalu.livejournal.com]

*lol*

I'm ex-directory as well, so I have no idea where they got my details from. I've registered with a "prevent-unwanted-caller type service since, and touch wood I've not had any more calls, so...