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I found the following transcript from a Swedish chat. Since I need a break from my C++ fest, I thought I would translate it for you:
<Cure> I had too much spare time today.
<Cure> A guy called this morning, he introduced himself with his first and last name and the company he worked for. He wanted to sell some long distance phone service. I told him I was busy and asked him to call back later. When he had hung up, I tried to find his name on the Internet, but drew a blank. So I called "folkbokforingen" [government agency keeping track of where all Swedes live] and retrieves his home address and SSN. [These are public records in Sweden.]
<Cure> Two hours later the same guy calls again. Apparently it was all about some special offer from Tele2. I say that I'll take the offer. He then says that he will record an agreement over the phone. It starts with him asking for my name, which I give.
<Cure> Then I am supposed to read my SSN, so I give the sales person's SSN. There is a bit of a silcence for a few seconds, but soon he continues with the agreement. At the end I need to state my address and of course I give the guy's own address.
The following silence lasts for ten seconds until *I* say "Very well! We will connect you as soon as we can."
<Cure> Another ten seconds of complete silence until the sales person says "I am not buying a long distance service?"
<Cure> "Couldn't you have said that earlier?", I ask. "It's really unnecessary that you waste my time like this." Yet again ten seconds of silence during which only rapid breathing is heard over the line. Then everything is finished with a >click<.
<Cure> Weird guy.
<Cure> Now I am spending the rest of the day ordering a lot of things in his name from the catalogue that arrived this morning. I hope he likes his subscription on foreign postal stamps for only $9.99/month.
<Quader> Your hate for phone marketers is probably not entirely healthy.
<Cure> I had too much spare time today.
<Cure> A guy called this morning, he introduced himself with his first and last name and the company he worked for. He wanted to sell some long distance phone service. I told him I was busy and asked him to call back later. When he had hung up, I tried to find his name on the Internet, but drew a blank. So I called "folkbokforingen" [government agency keeping track of where all Swedes live] and retrieves his home address and SSN. [These are public records in Sweden.]
<Cure> Two hours later the same guy calls again. Apparently it was all about some special offer from Tele2. I say that I'll take the offer. He then says that he will record an agreement over the phone. It starts with him asking for my name, which I give.
<Cure> Then I am supposed to read my SSN, so I give the sales person's SSN. There is a bit of a silcence for a few seconds, but soon he continues with the agreement. At the end I need to state my address and of course I give the guy's own address.
The following silence lasts for ten seconds until *I* say "Very well! We will connect you as soon as we can."
<Cure> Another ten seconds of complete silence until the sales person says "I am not buying a long distance service?"
<Cure> "Couldn't you have said that earlier?", I ask. "It's really unnecessary that you waste my time like this." Yet again ten seconds of silence during which only rapid breathing is heard over the line. Then everything is finished with a >click<.
<Cure> Weird guy.
<Cure> Now I am spending the rest of the day ordering a lot of things in his name from the catalogue that arrived this morning. I hope he likes his subscription on foreign postal stamps for only $9.99/month.
<Quader> Your hate for phone marketers is probably not entirely healthy.
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