This morning at 8:07 am Mr. Fixit was taking his morning walk, and I was sitting in bed with the laptop catching up on the news, crosswords, etc. We had been up for over an hour. The phone rang; it scared me a little because Mr. Fixit was out walking. I checked the caller ID. It was an 800 number—a telemarketer at 8:00 am?
Me: Hello
Caller: May I speak to Mr. Fixit?
(I could tell by the background noise it was, indeed, a telemarketer.)
Me (being contrary): I’m sorry Mr. Fixit is still in sleeping. This is Mrs. Fixit. Can I help you?
Caller: This is Sears calling in regard to Mr. Fixit’s air compressor. His warranty is about to expire and we wanted to offer him blah, blah, blah.
Me: You do know it’s 8:07 in the morning, don’t you?
Caller: Yes ma’am. I know the time. When may I call Mr. Fixit again?
Me: I don’t think he will want to extend his warranty, but why don’t you call again about 10:30 am. That will give him time to get up, shower, and have breakfast.
Caller: I’ll call back then. I’m sorry I woke you.
I understand that she is doing her job, but I thought telemarketers are allowed to call only between the hours of 9:00 am and 9:00 pm. Does she realize that she has the same chance as a snowball in hell to sell us an extended warranty? Will she have the nerve to call again at 10:30 am?
NOTE TO SEARS: Do not annoy your faithful customers by allowing your telemarketers to call before 9:00 am or your faithful customers (who have spent mucho dollares in your tool department) will purchase their tools elsewhere.
It’s now 10:32 am, and the phone is blessedly silent. Stay tuned.
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