Arrest This Man, He Talks In Maths, He Buzzes Like A Fridge, He's Like A Detuned Radio...

I’ve just finished speaking on the phone to one of those telephone sales companies, you know the type, you get some Asian guy trying to make you upgrade your phone to the latest model with so many free minutes.

Well I picked up the phone and he started speaking and the conversation went something like this…

“Hello?”
“Hello?…um…I’m calling on behalf of ***** networks and your number has been specially select to receive free phone with 800 minutes per month, can you confirm that you are…Lisa Robinson?”
“No.”
“Good, this is the latest model, it has (blah blah blah)”
“Wonderful, where did you get my number?”
“Number?…er…is your number…121*******?”
“Close…where are you calling from?”
“UK”
“Where in the UK?”
“Essex, UK…this phone comes with 800...”
“Look, can you stop these calls? We get them every day and we’re not interested”
“But the phone has…”
“I don’t care what the phone has, just stop calling.”
“Hello?…”
“Did you hear me? Stop calling!”
“…Hello?…”
“Goodbye!”
“Hello, can you confirm your address as…”
“My address? Look, we’re not interested!”
“Can you confirm that you are Lisa Robinson?”
“(laughing) Do I sound like a Lisa Robinson?”
“(also laughing) Sorry, can you hold the line please?…Hello?”
“(still laughing) Now can you stop calling please?”
“Hello?…Why are you laughing at me Lisa Robinson?”
“Because you won’t listen”
“Hello? Hello? Hello? Hello? Hello?”
“Hello, now goodbye!”
“Hello? Are you using a mobile?”
“Not right now.”
“Hello? Are you using a land line then? Yes? So you spend £30-£40 a month on your land line, is this correct?”
“No.”
“Because with this phone if you spend £17 a month you can get…”
“I don’t want a new phone, nobody in this house does, you’re wasting your time.”
“Hello? Hello? Hello?”
“Don’t call again, ok?”
“Hello? But…”
“No, take us off your list, I’m hanging up now.”
“Hello? Hello? Hello?”
“Goodbye!”
“Hello? Hello?…”

I should have hung up from the start, but these phone calls can be so amusing at times, I actually look forward to getting them, they can be so funny.

So anyway, I’ve not blogged for a week, so I think it’s time to update you all about my busy life…actually, the past week has been rather mundane, we haven’t been out in the evenings due to Gareth’s car being off the road and everyone else being busy.

I’m still looking for work, nothing seems to be going though, I saw another photography job advertised in Solihull but it turned out to be telephone sales job where I’d be phoning people to get them to have their photo’s taken, the job title was ‘Photographer’ though…hello?

I treated myself to a DVD last week, I got My Name Is Earl from Fopp, it has to be one of the funniest things around at the moment, and if you’ve never seen an episode then let me tell you what it’s about. Basically it’s a comedy about a guy who did nothing but bad stuff and was sick of having bad things happen to him, until he hears about karma and starts making up for all the bad things he’s done. Here’s a video of some clips...



...I need a new phone.