Aren't you sick of those phone calls from people who want to sell you something or upgrade whatever you have atm?

"Hi! I'm (insert name here) from (insert company here)........"

I'm sure you've had them. Well I just had one that claimed she was from British Telecom (BT). So she asks me if I'm Chris. OK so that's fine. Yup! I'm me.
She says, "Am I right in thinking you get your landline calls with BT?"
I reply, " I don't know. Are you?"
She says, "You don't know who you get your landline calls from?"
"No," says I, "I just don't know who you are."
"I'm (name) from BT."
"Really? How do I know that?"
"Err...........?"

Time to hang up.
My point is, how do we know that these people are who they say they are. Any crook worth their salt will have enough details about you BEFORE they call to convince you of who they claim to be. The answer is to tell them that very firmly and hang up. If enough of us do that, maybe this cold caller culture will dry up.

But be warned, the latest thing around here is not to have a real person call you, but to leave it to a robot. I had a call from one of those a couple of weeks ago. I called the number it refered to and gave them a right old mouthful!!!

You know? On the whole it's been pretty quiet here ever since............

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