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Fun With Phone
Solicitors
ONCE UPON A TIME, pesky phone solicitors were driving
me crazy, so I decided to subscribe to Caller ID to give myself an edge.
Then, every time I got a call, I would automatically run to check the ID
box. Hmm...does the name "Pavlov"
ring a bell? It occurred to me that I was just like the dog
in the classic experiment, responding without thinking to a stimulus. That's
when I decided to cancel the Caller ID and confront the problem head-on.
Not long after that, I tried my first Fun technique:
"The Just-The-Facts Jive"
("What are you selling?...What number
are you calling from?...Where's your company headquarters?..."). The solicitor
became irritated and I became motivated to develop other techniques and share
them with the world.
How to determine if you need this book
When an annoying phone solicitor calls you during dinner,
what do you do?
a) Politely say,
"No thank you, I'm not interested
at this time."
b) Aggressively say,
"You f------ moron, stop calling
me!"
c) Meekly hang up.
If you chose any of these answers, it's time to stop being a victim and become
a Funster! That's right, turn the tables on those telemarketers. You now
can exercise your creativity and leave solicitors speechless, frustrated,
and disoriented. Modern Fun techniques make it possible to answer the phone
with confidence, knowing that you now have the upper hand. Solicitors come
into your home uninvited, so the rules of polite conversation don't apply.
Make them wish they had never called. Don't get angry, and don't get frustrated
(leave that to the solicitor) — just get even! You'll be glad you did.
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