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sfreeman8

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I must be getting old
« on: October 30, 2014, 09:29:57 am »
I seem to be getting grouchy and telling everyone exactly what I think whether they like it or not.

For the first time since having phone service covered by Comcast for the past 3 years, I finally got sick of answering the phone for sales calls so....I left a message. I stated, "If this is a sales call, hang up. I'm not buying. Oh, and by the way, I am on the federal and state No Call list."   ;D


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Re: I must be getting old
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2014, 09:33:58 am »
I seem to be getting grouchy and telling everyone exactly what I think whether they like it or not.

For the first time since having phone service covered by Comcast for the past 3 years, I finally got sick of answering the phone for sales calls so....I left a message. I stated, "If this is a sales call, hang up. I'm not buying. Oh, and by the way, I am on the federal and state No Call list."   ;D



.... Is it bad that I don't consider this grouchy? Haha. I look at it as being direct and pulling no punches. ;) Sometimes people actually appreciate it, believe it or not! :)

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Re: I must be getting old
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2014, 08:02:30 pm »
Yep, that's what happens when you get old!  I either don't answer, or I will just hang up as soon as I realize it's a sales call.

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Re: I must be getting old
« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2014, 08:19:44 pm »
You don't have to be old to be fed up with this type of annoyance.

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Re: I must be getting old
« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2014, 10:07:40 pm »
You're not getting old, you're just getting smarter! :thumbsup: :highfive:

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Re: I must be getting old
« Reply #5 on: October 30, 2014, 10:09:42 pm »
I say, "Good for you!"  I hate that almost all the calls on my landline are from telemarketers, often the same ones over and over. And I'm on the Do Not Call list too!

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Re: I must be getting old
« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2014, 12:08:41 am »
Yup I've noticed that too.

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Re: I must be getting old
« Reply #7 on: October 31, 2014, 11:11:00 am »
Maybe its just stress. My brother gets that way when he shelters himself off from the rest of the world to much when working his job

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Re: I must be getting old
« Reply #8 on: October 31, 2014, 11:51:25 am »
Your only as old as you feel. Seems like your getting smarter rather then old.

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Re: I must be getting old
« Reply #9 on: October 31, 2014, 12:22:36 pm »
Well, I know I'm getting older.  No way around that.  Maybe I'm getting grouchier, but I have to say that I don't suffer fools nearly as gladly as I used to.  Maybe I'm not so eager to please these days--and that isn't necessarily a bad thing, I'm thinkin'.

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Re: I must be getting old
« Reply #10 on: October 31, 2014, 12:40:24 pm »
I seem to be getting grouchy and telling everyone exactly what I think whether they like it or not.

For the first time since having phone service covered by Comcast for the past 3 years, I finally got sick of answering the phone for sales calls so....I left a message. I stated, "If this is a sales call, hang up. I'm not buying. Oh, and by the way, I am on the federal and state No Call list."   ;D



Good for you!  Actually, you were very nice in your message to all solicitors out there.  I don't care how many "do not call" lists you're on, they STILL call, and they STILL call AFTER HOURS.  It's against the law to call after 8:00 PM, but do they care?  Ha!  When we get solicitors like that, they either get an earful, a mouthful of Russian that they can't understand, or a blast of fog horn.  I can't STAND being SPAMMED everywhere I look anymore!  On the phone, on the internet, in your email, in your DAILY MAIL, on the TV - OMG, I go absolutely NUTS!

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Re: I must be getting old
« Reply #11 on: October 31, 2014, 04:16:47 pm »
We all are  :party: I don't have any grandchildren as of yet but hopefully in the futures once my son settles down and starts thinking about his future instead of living for the day.  I noticed that I have been getting crabby as well, I don't know if it the change or just that I am tired of not stating my mind to people when they *bleep* me off.  Usually I keep everything to myself but it has been getting harder to do as I get older, especially with my parents who sometimes thinks I am still a kid and I am 43 my life is half over start treating me with respect and remember that I am a person who makes mistakes but they are my mistakes and I have to learn that if its wrong I have to pay the price.
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Re: I must be getting old
« Reply #12 on: October 31, 2014, 06:18:41 pm »
Not older, just wiser...and annoyed just like everyone else gets!
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Re: I must be getting old
« Reply #13 on: November 01, 2014, 10:56:20 am »
Kudos to you. Nice message...good idea. I don't think you're grouchy cuz you're getting old...that's just plain annoying.

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Re: I must be getting old
« Reply #14 on: November 01, 2014, 11:03:43 am »
I like that message too!  We have caller ID so if a number shows that we don't recognize we'll usually just ignore it.  I have however entered some contests over the last few months and keep hoping I'll get the call saying I've won.  (not likely but you never know)  Anyway, so I've been answer some unknown numbers and after I find out its a telemarketer I tell them to take me off their call list.  They usually just hang up then.  We're on the do not call list but still get called way too much.

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