This afternoon I received a telemarketing call from a large hotel chain. The caller wanted to reward Bob and I for being such great (?) customers that we were eligible for a vacation package. ( Keep in mind I no intention of signing up for any package) Here is our conversation:
college student telemarketer (cst): "we have vacation packages to two great locations, Las Vegas and Orlando, have you been to those locations?"
me: "yes, we have been to both of those places"
cst: "great, well which would you most like to visit again?"
me: "I guess Orlando"
cst: "okay great, would you be traveling with your family? do you have children?"
me: "we do have children"
cst: "how many children do you have?"
me: "we have six children"
long, dramatic pause...
cst: "you have six children!??"
me: "yes, we have six children"
cst: "wow! that's a lot of kids"......"would you be taking them all with you?"
me: "well, if your parents announced that they were taking a trip to Orlando, but were only taking a couple of kids wouldn't you be a bit annoyed? (he laughs) yes, we would take all of our children"
cst: "umm, well we can only accommodate six people in the group, just a moment" (he is checking with his manager?)
cst: "yeah, we can only accept six people in the group - you don't qualify for the offer, sorry" (he hangs up)
Wow, I have never had a telemarketer hang up on me before. Apparently he is too young to remember the Brady Bunch! I am assuming the hotel chain will be placing us on the "do not call" list, and probably the "do not take reservations from" list!
11 comments:
what a funny story, which was probably aggravating for you. and they usually as we are sitting down to dinner!
I love it! That's one way to get them to stop calling ;)
That's hilarious!
Sam received a sales called today too for a vacation stay...but not related to yours. must be that time of the year i guess!
Hi Jen!
What a great story! Love it! I wish telemarketers hung up on me vs. me trying to hang up on them! Maybe if I let all 4 of my children make alot of noise while I was on the phone with a telemarketer, they would get the point that it's really never a good time to be calling my home if you are a salesperson!
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LOL!
Well, in the spirit of "take that, hotel chain!", go here to see hotels that welcome larger families: http://www.sixsuitcasetravel.com/index.html
I've heard all sorts of advice on how to elude telemarketers. Having a large family isn't one of them.
Unique approach!!!
Who knew I had such an effective way to get people to stop calling us!!
Lynn- that site is a good one :)
Okay, thank you for starting my morning off with a good laugh! :-)
Too funny!
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