Cellphones and Unknown Numbers aka. How do you answer the phone?
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Usually when a telemarketer phones me, I am too much of a wuss to just put the phone down in their ear. I mean, these people irritate the living crap out of me, but they are only doing their job. A job of a door-to-door salesman who doesn’t have to look you in the face.
So I came up with a brilliant idea today. From now on, when I get a call from an unknown number, I’ll be sure to answer the phone thusly:
“Hello you have reached js’s office, how may I help you?”
A telemarketer will then ask if he can speak to Mr. js, but I will promptly side-swipe him and demand to know what the call is about. When it becomes clear that it is a sales rep, I shall be able to put the phone down promptly before the telemarketer has a chance to start his long-winded read.
On the other hand, if it is a call I am willing to take, I will be sure to put the person on hold for a few seconds while he gets put through to Mr. js himself. Then I’ll answer the phone in the same tone of voice, thereby producing hilarity or a sense of creepiness to the person on the other line. It matters to me not.
