Telemarketing 2

You'll never guess...yep two nights in a row I've been pestered!

This time it was someone selling insurance and I wasn't in the mood for mucking around with them. I just told them I was insured up to my eyeballs and they gave up.

Still a couple of minutes of my life wasted though...

Telemarketing

Don't ya just get sick of people ringing up and wanting to do you a better deal on something, beg money off you or answer some survey? Well I do and here's my latest experience.

Phone rings at just before 9pm. Foreigner on the other end takes about three goes at saying "Hi I'm someone from Slingshot".

When we finally get past this bit she says, "Who have you got your home phone rental & tolls with - Telecom or TelstraClear?"

I say, "Neither."

She says, "Who are you with then?"

Me: "None of your business."

She wises up and senses she's not going to get anywhere and gives up...

One of my better experiences - got rid of them pretty quick and had a bit of a laugh. Recommend you try a similar strategy - try to put all of their customer services training to the test: see if you can make them mad, infuriate them, give them nothing, have fun. It's their job to be polite & friendly - see how far you can stretch things. After all if they insult you then you can always ring their manager to complain. If they're happy to waste your time by interrupting your life then make sure you waste every second they spend speaking to you. Have fun!

Cheesecutters again

Forgot to mention in the previous blog that the cheesecutter website (www.cheesecutter.co.nz) has the petition online. If you haven't been able to sign a copy (NZ bikers only) you can do it there. Just make sure you only sign it once or your name will not count.

If you're a bike or anyone concerned about the safety of the barriers, please sign the petition.

Cheesecutter Wire Barriers

Been a long time since I ranted so I'll ease back into with some snippets from my bike blog about the Cheesecutter Protest ride that was held in the weekend.

As a result of a horrific accident in Auckland where a young biker was
killed after crashing and hitting a Wire rope barrier the NZ biker community
(particularly on the Kiwi Biker website) has been pretty vocal in their condemning of the wire "cheesecutter" barriers and a number of protest rides have been organised.

Sunday the 11th of November was Wellington's turn and so I had to be there. Mark & Shelly were keen and I managed to talk Brian into stealing his brother's bike and bringing Linda down for the ride too.

When we got into Wellington we hooked up with the other group of riders and made our way to park up outside the parliament buildings before heading into the parliament grounds for the speeches.

First up was "Colapop" who had done a lot of the organising for the ride and he spoke very well about why we were there and what we were hoping to achieve - a top guy.

Secondly we had Marian Hobbs explaining how our petition might help us get a voice at any select committee looking into road safety etc.

Lastly, another Kiwi Biker who's name escapes me read quite a long speech but was once again very well spoken and made some very good points.

All up the organisers think that around 200 bikers turned up with some coming from the Hawkes Bay and Wanganui.

Full Blog here.

More of my pics here.

Other Kiwi Bikers' pictures here.

Ride discussion thread here.

And the Cheesecutter website here.