There are few people I need to talk to by phone and when the need arises I use my landline (about three calls a month).
All the millions of other uses offered by increasingly 'clever' gadgets hold no interest for me.
This being so I receive far more phone calls than I want, especially cold calls from suppliers of just about everything in the world for which I have no use.
Perhaps I am a dinosaur, but if I am why do I need replacement double-glazing when what I have looks good cost a lot and will not be replaced in my lifetime.
Dinosaurs do not need their front gardens replaced with block paving, nor do they need to replace their non-existent cars with newer models.
And, And, And, they/we/I do not want my loft insulation replaced because it is no longer effective. It is.
What is the matter with the insane world of cold-calling that they do not understand the (no, not interested) and seem unable to process the idea that any individual - let alone one as ancient as I am - could possibly have a mind of their own.
Three times this afternoon (once since I started this post), I have received calls telling me in no uncertain terms that my roof insulation needs to be updated.
Just to set the record straight, I have Googled the number from which they phoned only to find a stream of similar complaints.
Just where will it end.
Must I really remove the Jack-plug from the wall to put and end to them?
Nearly, not quite, desperate.!
Register with the telephone preference service at www.tpsonline.org.uk - it's completely free. It doesn't stop all calls but most cold calls are eliminated.
ReplyDeleteI have done so (twice) and still they get through. I no longer get the accident insurance type calls but nothing seems to be able to prevent the ones I have described.
ReplyDeleteHow I react depends on how I feel on the day.