Three Little words?!
Question:
Three Little words?
I suppose some degree of commerce would grind to a
halt if telephone solicitors weren't able to call people
at home during the dinner hour. But that doesn't
make it any more pleasant. Now Steve Rubenstein,
a writer for the San Francisco Chronicle,
has proposed three little words - based on his
brief experience in a telemarketing operation - that
would stop the nuisance for all time. The three
little words are;
"Hold on, please."
Saying this while
putting down your phone and walking off instead of
hanging up immediately -- would make each telemarketing
call so time-consuming that boiler rooms would grind
to a halt. When you eventually hear the phone company's
beep-beep-beep tone, you know it's time to go back
and hang up your handset, which has efficiently
completed its task.
Three little words that eliminate telephone soliciting!
"Hold on, please."
Answers:
Wouldn't the other 3 little words work just as well. If you said I love you, that would stop them in there tracks.