So, I'm driving the other day and get a call from what says "Mystery Shopper" with a NJ area code on my phone. I answer and identify myself. The person gives their name and company and says they have a new bank project to open a checking account and report on the service. I ask who the bank is and when am told say "No, sorry; they aren't anywhere close where I live and I already have two checking accounts". The scheduler says "Well we PAY you to open this one!". I said "I'm sorry, but no. I have two and I"m good with that and I'm quite busy with the holidays right now. Thank you for thinking of me though and calling". I hang up.
20 seconds later - he calls back. He starts again and I say "You just called me and I declined the job, again thank you for calling but I'm not interested". I hang up.
Another 20 seconds (and I'm starting to realize that my Christmas ringtone can be really annoying at this point) so I answer again. I don't even have "hello" out of my mouth and I am YELLED at for "not taking this job we are giving you. You don't need the money? We need someone to do it. Why won't you? Its your job! What reason do you have? You need to tell me why!". Now my mind is a scramble of four letter words, a remark about his sparkling personality and top notch Customer service skills as well as someone needs to find a new line of work. I told him I am not their employee and hung up.
He calls AGAIN. When I got to the light and it was red I blocked the number. I can understand a scheduler doing a little begging but to be told NO several times and then to call back and yell like that. Plus "I work for them". Yeah.
Oh...he said he was calling from Informa. And don't ask me what his name was because I couldn't make that out at all.