All Asians who have ever received a phone call from these traumatizing telemarketers should know how viciously presumptuous they can be. In the past, I have had to resort to speaking English and Japanese to them to confuse them so that they would think that I don’t speak Chinese and hang up. Even at that, they would continue to call me every night during my dinner time (while we don’t eat dinner as a family, I still eat right after I get home from the hospital). At one point, I resorted to telling these intrusive callers that I was going to talk to my lawyer about their calling me though I am registered on the no-call list, or that my lawyer was on the other line, or that I WAS a lawyer. They continued…. how fearless.
But then, I discovered my secret weapon: Asian culture!
When I answered the phone to hear a woman speaking in Chinese (I gotta give it to her, her phone voice was nice…): “Hello, this is iTalk Global, how are you today?”
Oh, it was on. Our conversation in Chinese went something like this:
Me: “Sorry, miss, now is definitely not a good time.”
Telemarketer woman (TW): “Oh, is it not? That’s fine. I just want to share this new deal with you…”
Me: “No, you don’t understand, this is a REALLY bad time.”
TW: “Alright. I’ll call you back later, sir..”
Me: “I’m sorry, I have to study. I study a lot. I have lots of hard tests. I cannot talk to you about this on the phone for a while.”
TW: “Oh, you’re a student?”
Me: “Yes, ma’am. I am a student.”
TW: “You study hard?”
Me: “Yes, I do. I am very busy.”
TW: “How long are you going to be studying for, sir?”
Me: “A long while. Until I graduate.”
TW: “Oh, I see. I suppose I’ll make sure not to bother you again. Go back to studying!”
*click*
After I hung up the phone, I fell out of my chair laughing: even the Chinese telemarketers have the stereotypical Asian disposition toward putting studying and academic work as a first priority!
That totally made my night.
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