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Reminds me of fucking telemarketers who waste your time introducing themselves without stating on whose behalf they're calling.
It's an unsolicited call; why would I give a flying fuck what your name is.
I'm on the 'do not call' list for telemarketers, but this doesn't apply to charities and anyone acting on behalf of a government... So, thanks to the state government offering a rebate for solar hot water or whatever, I have to put up with never-ending harassment from every joker trying to sell me an installation. FFS.
... And I already took advantage of such a rebate to get solar cells, and another one for a battery, but do you think there's any list I'm taken off for those? Nooooo, of course fucking not
Kimmo-
I usually get "Hi this is unintelligible from unintelligible" and then they launch into their spiel. 9/10 times it's outsourced software development or pensions. I asked one guy to take me off their list, he told me he marked me as do not call. Called me back literally 5 minutes later.
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I worked at a call centre in Canada and there was some sort of loophole about saying you were calling "on behalf of" someone. So we were regularly told to say we were calling "on behalf of Siemens", "on behalf of HP", etc despite having absolutely nothing to do with these companies. Straight up saying "I'm calling from Siemens" was a big no-no though, would get immediately flagged.
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Zebra
My bugbear is the "Hi" then no reply until I respond, followed by "Can I ask you a question?". Just say hi, ask the question and wait. There's no reason for this drawn out bullshit.