I was just called by...

[cyismydog]

My freshman biology teacher:
275 ums in one hour, and we eventually stopped counting. It's, um, really, um, annoying, um, you um, know, um what I, um, mean?

 

[CycloneErik]

My freshman biology teacher:
275 ums in one hour, and we eventually stopped counting. It's, um, really, um, annoying, um, you um, know, um what I, um, mean?

Pretty high ratio. I'd keep track to see if they could break their own record.

 

[tejasclone]

Pretty high ratio. I'd keep track to see if they could break their own record.

Like Principal Skinner. See how many envelopes you can lick-seal in an hour and then try to break that record.

 

[brianhos]

I've been getting this "Car warranty" thing calling me. My car is older than my students, so I don't think it would fall under any "warranty" at all.

That is a phishing scam call.

 

[CycloneErik]

That is a phishing scam call.

I like when they call me about cars I don't have.

 

[brianhos]

I had this job for a few weeks. Worst job I've ever had. My day always felt worse knowing that I had to go to this job. Never felt any better when people are mean to you either.

Having said that, I loved it when people would hang up on me so I didn't have to go through the whole schpiel just to have them hang up on me then or just be rude and then not donate.

Please be nice to the kids, have some sort of conversation to make their night a little bit better, and give a small gift to the university in an area you would like to help out. That or just hang up on them or tell them to take you off of the list.

If you don't want to keep getting called back, all you have to do is tell them to take you off of the call list.

But they wont take you off the list, they keep calling me!!!

 

[CycloneErik]

But they wont take you off the list, they keep calling me!!!

Just because they take you off of the list that called you doesn't mean that's their only list. They can take you off of that one and still have you on a billion more. That's been my theory about it.

 

[CYdTracked]

The Alumni association actually called me when I was on my way out the door to attend my ISU graduation. Told them this and told them I also would not be donating until I had a job since I had just spent 4.5 years paying for a piece of paper that supposedly was going to help me get one. Needless to say I probably haven't donated maybe $500 total to the college of business since I graduated I bet.

 

[istatefan]

But they wont take you off the list, they keep calling me!!!

A very nervous young lady called me one night and "chatted" about this and that for 15 - 20 minutes (I swear!) before the sales pitch came for a fundraiser for the band traveling with the football team. Ok, sounds like a good cause I thought to myself. Until the $2500 donation was asked for, at which point I about "choked". After some negotiating, I committed to a MUCH more realistic $50 over two months. Partly out of sympathy for the student on the other end. Obviously her first day on the job. Or first day calling, anyway.

I sent them the check(s), but included a (polite) note to remove me from their calling list. Haven't had a call since.

I also spent 15-20 minutes before that on the phone with a caller before they realized that I was ALREADY a lifetime alumni association member. Apparently their software had a glitch. Mmm hmm.

I feel bad for the students. They are just trying to earn some money while going to school. I support the cause, but I'm still paying for my education. How about waiting until I finish paying before the calls start ... :wink:

 

[MontyBurns]

the sales pitch came for a fundraiser for the band traveling with the football team. Ok, sounds like a good cause I thought to myself. Until the $2500 donation was asked for, at which point I about "choked".

Holy crap. For $2500 I would expect no less than Neil Diamond himself travelling with the football team.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTKP15Q8qSM]YouTube - Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline[/ame]

 

[brianhos]

The Alumni association actually called me when I was on my way out the door to attend my ISU graduation. Told them this and told them I also would not be donating until I had a job since I had just spent 4.5 years paying for a piece of paper that supposedly was going to help me get one. Needless to say I probably haven't donated maybe $500 total to the college of business since I graduated I bet.

I will never donate a penny to the computer science department or the college of liberal arts. I found out 2 months before I was supposed to graduate that my advisor was an idiot, and that I need 1 more credit of history to graduate. Yay for nightschool.

ISU treated me like total crap while I was there, why would I want to donate to the school? I will keep my donations going to the NCC.

 

[Ms3r4ISU]

Also, just ask to talk to the caller's supervisor. Get his or her name and tell that person not to call/take you off the list. DO this every time (and keep track) and then you'll have reason and evidence to bring it to someone higher up.

On another note, I still "fondly" remember a call years ago when I was asked the last time I'd been to campus. My answer: "Today. I work there." That stumped them for a while.