BT open reach be careful

[Paddington]

Unless I'm in a rush to go out I never put the phone down on them and we have a bit of a chat.......just embarrassing if there's someone in the room at the time.

 

[JWL]

I had one put the phone down on me, I had time and that rare commodity called patience, purposefully didn't swear and in his Bombay accent told me not to profanitate and put the phone down!

 

[Old Boar]

Oh, I love profanitate - can I borrow it?

 

[JWL]

Of course you can, it was my fravourite word for ages

 

[Roy_H]

Fed up with all these twits with non English accents but very English names ringing up about one thing or another. Got down to two words with them now and the 2nd one is off

"I've only got two words to say to you and second one is 'OFF' " ( Bill Maynard as 'The Gaffer' , You have to be 'of a certain age' to remember that comedy series!)

 

[Cowabunga]

I sometimes get Microsoft ringing to say there is a problem with my computer, I just tell them i don't have a computer

I ask them whether their mother was proud of them.

 

[JWL]

Well it's no good asking them to ask their father as he wasn't known

 

[James]

If they ring my parents and mum answers she says she's just the cleaner soon gets rid of them

 

[Boysground]

A friend of mine has a system that when you call you have to tell the system who you are. Then when his phone rings he is told who is calling and can not take the call if he wants. It's very effective.

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[Doing it for the kids]

Yeah it's call true blocker I think, that what I have, it's superb.

BT have the technology to block all these calls. I pay them enough for the line rental, why should I spend another £100 for stuff they should be doing?

I put on the "daft ol' biddy" act - it comes naturally.... Router? What is that? Oh, the flashing lighty thing in the corner? Oh, my grandson does that.....hang on, I will go and unplug it for you so we can talk about it, so pleased you phoned, havent talked to anyone all week...Windows? Yes, I have windows, shall I close them for you, are you in a draft, oh dear, would you like a cup of tea, hang on, I will put the kettle on....

How do they know to block the MIL!?

 

[hindmaist]

Fed up with all these twits with non English accents but very English names ringing up about one thing or another. Got down to two words with them now and the 2nd one is off

I get a lot of that too.I think they just put on a fake Indian accent to try to get a sale.

 

[Paddington]

A neighbour used to work in India and knows where the BT call centre is in Bangalore (?). When on the phone to them he asks if they use Patel's takeaway across the road on the corner of Pradesh Street (?), quite spooks them apparently.