CAN SOMEONE HELP

[AndrewT]

How do you know she's a tart?

The phrase 'dippy tart' is used to indicate a woman who has displayed signs of not utilising enough of her brain power. Given that she had phoned up a new customer of her company, a company which already has all of my details, including my contract details, to ask if I would be interested in signing up with her company shows that she was too stupid/lazy to check if I was eligible, preferring instead to bother me at work.

I was being facetious!  lol

Sometimes it's difficult to tell with you - you're hard to get a read on, which would prove useful at the poker table

[Claw75]

How do you know she's a tart?

The phrase 'dippy tart' is used to indicate a woman who has displayed signs of not utilising enough of her brain power. Given that she had phoned up a new customer of her company, a company which already has all of my details, including my contract details, to ask if I would be interested in signing up with her company shows that she was too stupid/lazy to check if I was eligible, preferring instead to bother me at work.

ouch - that's a bit harsh isn't it?  She probably working for very little money, at risk of losing her job if she doesn't make x calls per day.  If I was in that position I don't think I'd go out of my way to check that the lists that had (presumably) been given to me by better paid colleagues were all non-customers!

Her job was cold-calling people purely to pester them into buying something, which is a pretty crappy thing to do. People taking umbrage to this is all part of the deal. She'll have known this when she took the job. If she doesn't like it she can quit.

It may sound harsh but this is an industry which sprung up purely to make money by annoying people - employees deserve all the stick in the world for this.

I disagree, don't take it on the people that are just trying to make a living. I never enter into conversations with these people, but am always polite.  "I'm not interested, thank you" before putting the phone down doesn't do anyone any harm.

[AndrewT]

How do you know she's a tart?

The phrase 'dippy tart' is used to indicate a woman who has displayed signs of not utilising enough of her brain power. Given that she had phoned up a new customer of her company, a company which already has all of my details, including my contract details, to ask if I would be interested in signing up with her company shows that she was too stupid/lazy to check if I was eligible, preferring instead to bother me at work.

ouch - that's a bit harsh isn't it?  She probably working for very little money, at risk of losing her job if she doesn't make x calls per day.  If I was in that position I don't think I'd go out of my way to check that the lists that had (presumably) been given to me by better paid colleagues were all non-customers!

Her job was cold-calling people purely to pester them into buying something, which is a pretty crappy thing to do. People taking umbrage to this is all part of the deal. She'll have known this when she took the job. If she doesn't like it she can quit.

It may sound harsh but this is an industry which sprung up purely to make money by annoying people - employees deserve all the stick in the world for this.

I disagree, don't take it on the people that are just trying to make a living. I never enter into conversations with these people, but am always polite.  "I'm not interested, thank you" before putting the phone down doesn't do anyone any harm.

Of course, it's wrong to take it out on her - after all, she was 'only obeying orders'.

What if her company made money from sending employees round to ring your doorbell? What if there were many companies in this business? What if you had to keep answering the door to these people?

'I'm not interested, thank you' doesn't really cut it for me after the umpteenth time it's happened. You can't take your frustration out on the companies themselves - the foot soldiers have to bear the brunt. Maybe one day, after every employee has quit from the abuse they get from customers, we'll be pestered no more.

[Claw75]

How do you know she's a tart?

The phrase 'dippy tart' is used to indicate a woman who has displayed signs of not utilising enough of her brain power. Given that she had phoned up a new customer of her company, a company which already has all of my details, including my contract details, to ask if I would be interested in signing up with her company shows that she was too stupid/lazy to check if I was eligible, preferring instead to bother me at work.

ouch - that's a bit harsh isn't it?  She probably working for very little money, at risk of losing her job if she doesn't make x calls per day.  If I was in that position I don't think I'd go out of my way to check that the lists that had (presumably) been given to me by better paid colleagues were all non-customers!

Her job was cold-calling people purely to pester them into buying something, which is a pretty crappy thing to do. People taking umbrage to this is all part of the deal. She'll have known this when she took the job. If she doesn't like it she can quit.

It may sound harsh but this is an industry which sprung up purely to make money by annoying people - employees deserve all the stick in the world for this.

I disagree, don't take it on the people that are just trying to make a living. I never enter into conversations with these people, but am always polite.  "I'm not interested, thank you" before putting the phone down doesn't do anyone any harm.

Of course, it's wrong to take it out on her - after all, she was 'only obeying orders'.

What if her company made money from sending employees round to ring your doorbell? What if there were many companies in this business? What if you had to keep answering the door to these people?

'I'm not interested, thank you' doesn't really cut it for me after the umpteenth time it's happened. You can't take your frustration out on the companies themselves - the foot soldiers have to bear the brunt. Maybe one day, after every employee has quit from the abuse they get from customers, we'll be pestered no more.

perhaps she can't afford to quit!!!

Why not just sign up with tps if it gets you that wound up?!

[Jon MW]

It is of course the employers responsibility.

If you register with the TPS and tell any company that does phone that you have done so and to remove any contact details they have for you, then they are legally required to stop.

However if you are still receiving such calls (or it is not possible to ask the company to stop sending these types of messages - eg text messages) you can complain directly to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). They are the government body responsible for enforcing the regulations. Their website is www.ico.gov.uk or phone helpline on 01625 545745.

This was paraphrased from the TPS website, it only really applies when it is the same company repeatedly ringing (as opposed to several companies independently doing so), but the only way to stop them is to go through with a complaint at the end.

[Trace]

How do you know she's a tart?

The phrase 'dippy tart' is used to indicate a woman who has displayed signs of not utilising enough of her brain power. Given that she had phoned up a new customer of her company, a company which already has all of my details, including my contract details, to ask if I would be interested in signing up with her company shows that she was too stupid/lazy to check if I was eligible, preferring instead to bother me at work.

I was being facetious!  lol

Sometimes it's difficult to tell with you - you're hard to get a read on, which would prove useful at the poker table

Maybe only online!  Definitely not live - ask anyone who knows me well!  pmsl