And relax...

Posted by Andrew Barrow in News and Comments, 2:41pm 05/11/2007. Leave a comment

A little rant if you don't mind.

Everyday I take phone calls form people trying to sell us something - building insurance, telephone systems, health plans, company vans, even the occasional palate of wine. Just now I took a call from Easyjet - a woman trying to sell advertising on their website. Now I am quite used to my initial 'no we are not interested thank you' being ignored. Usually the - 'no we are a small company with no budget at the moment for advertising; we prefer to invest in quality products' ends the conversation.

For this call the word pushy doesn't cover it. My second 'no we don't have a budget' gets talked over, a raise in the voice to nearly a shrill squawk, and the implied hatred was really quite extreme. At least I had the decency to be quiet when the other person was talking rather than the attempt to shout out the script. The details I forget but 5 million ABC1 page views for £5000 or something.

The third "no we don't... " reply resulted in a a rude rant with the 'marvellous offer' being withdrawn and the phone was slammed down.

She's obviously not making her targets!

As I cool down and resist the temptation to waste even more time in lodging a complaint against her, an image from one of the newly created Christmas packs - this is The Case For An American Christmas a mix of beer and wine (£80).

Deep breath... relax... and dream of the luscious texture of that Saintsbury Chardonnay...

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