Stick it up your arse
Here's a conversation I had with a cold caller a few days ago. My mobile rang just after I'd left a business meeting.
The exact wording (excluding the last line) might not be precisely accurate.
Phone rings - number withheld
Me (walking down Goswell Road): Hello, K speaking
Voice (Scottish accent): Hello sir, my name's David. I'm calling with regard to your Orange mobile account which I see from our records is up for renewal. I think we may be able to get you a better deal.
Me: Er. OK. Are you actually from Orange? Or...
David (for it is he): (pause) Actually no, sir, I'm calling from Jupiter Mobile. We're an authorised reseller for Orange-
Me: Ah. Thanks but I'm not interested right now.
David: Stick it up your arse. (hangs up)
Questions in my head regarding this conversation:
- Why are such resellers able to get hold of this informaton? It seems privacy law is vague in this respect. I get literally loads of calls like this. (well, without the closing "well wishes", obviously), and many friends and acquaintances have unwittingly has unsuitable deals foisted on them as a result.
- Is "David" thick, giving his name and company name before signing off with the immortal rejoinder, "stick it up your arse"?
- Did "David" actually go postal after this incident and mow down all his colleagues in a display of call centre rage?
- Will Orange actually do anything based upon the complaint I made following this incident?
- Are we living in a doomed world?
Answers on a postcard please. I have another similar privacy related incident to relate later.
In the meantime, if someone claiming to be a mobile provider rings you, beware. Or at least get them to stick their N95 up their arse before they request that you so do.
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I'm a Musician, writer, photographer, designer, transgendered z-list celebrity. Insomniac's boyfriend. Tragic glamour and sleepless nights are my fellow travellers. Skinny jeans and pointy shoes are my mode-us operandi. I like cats. Especially the ones who talk. Oh, and David Lynch.
