This nutjob calls our office today, and starts rambling on about how his company has just spent 100 hours completing our web site, asking me if I'm over 18 years of age, wanting to confirm all this information about our company, and insisting that I say a few things over the phone once he transfers me to some other automated phone system, blah blah blah...

I can barely understand a word he's saying because he's talking in VERY broken english, there's loud city noises in the background of the phone call, and he's talking very fast.

We never contracted anyone to develop any such site for us, in fact I handle most of IT related work here, as well as corresponding with advertisers. So I tried to ask him very plainly and straightforwardly, what is his name, what is his company's name, what service are they are they trying to offer, and if he would like to email or fax some information over to us, I would be happy to review it.

The more I grill him for some basic information about what the hell he wants, the more evasive he gets and keeps insisting that I just confirm some information over the phone. Finally, I got fed up with him and just hung up. So he calls back a couple hours later and tries to pick up where he left off, and once again I try to ask him what he is calling for, and to even give me the address of this site he keeps alluding to, so I can review it while we are on the phone, and he starts beating around the bush again and begins to get smart with me. So I hang up on him again.

If this guy can't even speak english, introduce himself properly, and clearly explain what he is trying to sell us, what kind of response does he expect???

Anyhow, the kook calls back AGAIN, and our secretary, knowing that I'm pissed, explains to him that we don't want his services, and to not call back. He tells her to tell me that I'm the "biggest asshole in the world".

Gee thanks.

tha's just plain crazy.

I say you get his phone number...

Amateur fraud.

teller said:

That's what I'm thinking. He wanted to know some details so that he could either hack into the company's website or pull off a scam pretending he was the company.

althom said:

Oh...I didn't read the whole thing...I AGREE!

One time at Best Buy a salesperson called me a "fucking moron" for not buying the extended service on a $60 car stereo.

lovemachine said:

I got called "Sir" TWICE by a clerk at an auto parts store...I thought my brother was going to kill the guy!

applekisses said:

You could always try screaming, mumbling or talking like you're retarded like my brother does.

Actually, we get a ton of cold-calls from companies who distribute ads through adware/spyware on people's computers. They're constantly trying to sell us various advertising campaigns.

They try and sugar coat it all, and avoid explaining how they are basically jacking people's computers to spew out ads. Everytime I get these calls, I start asking them very blunt questions about their services, and thats usually when they choke up.

lovemachine said:

LMAO! There was a report on the news a few years back explaining that thats where Best Buy makes a great deal of their profits, through those extended warranties, not the products themselves. And they put alot of pressure on their salespeople to sell those.

Best Buy tried to sell me a $9 extended warranty on a $15 pair of speakers earlier this year... I looked at the cashier in amazement that she would even say that.