A Sales Call

Around 1:00 today, my work phone rang.  It made me jump a little, as I don't normally receive phone calls at my office.  (I'm just a lowly graduate research assistant; I'm really not important enough to call.)

It turns out that the call was a sales call from AT&T.  They wanted my business.  Here's about how the conversation went down:

Sales Rep:  I'm calling to tell you about AT&T's blah blah blah . . .
Me:  I don't want to be rude, but I'm not interested.
Sales Rep:  Is there a particular reason why?
Me:  I have another provider, and I'm just not interested.
Sales Rep:  Even though we can save you money?
Me:  Yeah, I'm just not interested.
Sales Rep:  But with AT&T blah blah blah . . .
Me:  [Interrupts Sales Rep]  "I'm not interested."
Sales Rep:  Well, I still have to do my job.
Me:  [Seriously?  That's your response??? Well, unfortunately for you, I don't have to listen???]  "Well, I'm just not interested, so I'm gonna hang up now."

And that's exactly what I did.  Normally, I'm fairly amiable on the phone, but I said I wasn't interested nicely.  Three times.  I don't mind talking on the phone to strangers, either; in fact, I love it.  This wasn't a day I could talk, though, and I politely said so.  The thing is, is that I wasn't even angry; I was more amused than anything.  Since when did "Well, I still have to do my job" become a reason for someone to stay on the phone with a phone sales rep?  I guess it's as good a reason as any, really . . .  Props to her, I guess?  At least she gave me a chuckle today.  :)


Thing I'm thankful for: fresh, cool water to drink