cold calling

[poetrychatbore]

cold calling 30.09.15

 

 

 

in the night middle

when you are fast asleep

you really don't want to fiddle

not even with a 4am creep.

you are in shock

like coming out of a coma

worry and tragedy is the knock

all this instead of a gentle spreading coffee aroma.

so you grab your phone

answer in pure panic

then you hear the computer and monotone

and your rage is bigger then the Atlantic.

"would you you like to get double glazed"

we notice the rise in burglary

your nights sleep is now erased

in your head is thoughts of savagery.

to the young it won't effect

they won't be angry or bitter

infarct it will help then connect

it will be there main chat on twitter.

i am looking to spread my crime

reading poetry at 4am will infiltrate

in the iconic highgate phone box is this rhyme

but laughable as this line is no way communicate.
 

[russycarps]

I've never been cold called in the middle of the night. 

[eFestivals]

you don't need a new thread for each poem you write. Please keep them within one thread.

[ThomThomDrum]

Is he not allowed begin a new thread with a poem about a topic instead of a statement or question? 

 

 

 

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I never get cold called at all it seems, but I rarely answer my phone from a number I do not recognise

[poetrychatbore]

I was going to say that but thanks thomthomdrum.

[t8yman]

Is he not allowed begin a new thread with a poem about a topic instead of a statement or question? 

 

 

 

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I never get cold called at all it seems, but I rarely answer my phone from a number I do not recognise

 

 

This is a discussion forum (the clue is at the top of the page) most people think twice before starting a thread that may not spark a discussion, and the best way to have a discussion is to speak and use language that is clear and to the point, in order to elicit a response from your fellow forum users. I simply cant be arsed to trawl through a 20 line poem, on a subject I couldnt care less about - cold calling, emmerdale, and CBB. so skipping past those threads to get to the ones I do contribute to is irritating. I've been using the TV thread for years, not once has anyone mentioned emmerdale, so I'm certainly not alone.

 

Its narcissistic to use a discussion forum as a publishing tool for random poetry.

 

start "the poetry thread" and see how long it stays on the front page. 

[ThomThomDrum]

So the problem seems to be the subjects of the threads more so than the poetry?

 

If subjects dont interest anyone on here they dont get replys and fade away, so its not as if these threads are really causing that much of an inconvenience by lingering in your way for too long.............it would be the same for any thread with a perceived shit topic

 

BTW Im sure there is plenty who contribute on here who could not give a fuck about football, gaming, etc etc yet they have to move their eyes downward over those types of threads a lot to find the ones they are interested in.

 

I wonder if poetrychatbore started a thread on a topic thats "cool" to most on here would there be the same negative reaction to the poetry.

 

I would hazard a guess if they began a thread on a subject like Banksy with a poem that it would be met with a more positive reaction.

 

This is a "discussion forum", yes, and most of us have been on here long enough to see that discussion occurs in many different forms such a typed words, links, video, pictures, gifs, tweets, etc etc. Poetry is just a rare example of communication on here but dont be naive or stupid to think it cant form part of a discussion.

 

If you dont like the topic of a thread, like always, you are free to ignore it. 

 

If you cant be arsed to read a poem, again, you are free not to ignore it.............

 

People getting their knickers in a twist over a few poems on subjects they dont like is kinda pathetic and pretty odd.

[t8yman]

its neither the poetry, nor the subjects in isolation that irritate me (and - it would appear, Neil) its the creation of unnecessary threads. 

[ThomThomDrum]

its neither the poetry, nor the subjects in isolation that irritate me (and - it would appear, Neil) its the creation of unnecessary threads. 

 

Fair enough about the likes of Emerdale and CBB, as they could have been posted in the TV threads, but I am unaware of a previous thread about cold calling..................(not that this thread in anyway has resulted in a discussion on such due to the reactions to the poetry)

[Mr.Tease]

I've never been cold called in the middle of the night. 

 

I got one at 10pm a few weeks ago. Also sometimes get them before 9am on a Saturday- I am particularly unpleasant to those ones

[atomised]

It's the ones telling me I had an accident that really hack me off. Those and the current run of calls on our few week old land line for the people who must've had the number previously although I guess that was chasing debt rather than a cold call.

High point of that which I'm sure breached data protection was when they gave me the name and address of the people they were looking for and asked if I could pop round there (about ten minutes walk) to let them know that these people were trying to contact them urgently

[gary1979666]

I hate the ones trying to sell me solar panels.  When I tell them I'm not interested, they get all strop and say "don't you want to save money?!"  i may do, just not with them!

[ThomThomDrum]

Hate the cold callers to the door in the evening time. Again I usually am wary of answering such unless I expect someone, but when you have a 3 year old running about the place its sometimes hard to stop em from getting to the door before they open it.............energy companies asking me do I "not like to save money" can fuck off

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

I once had a young lad cold call to my door and ask if I would be interested in a quote for upvc double glazing. I pointed to the upvc double glazing at the front of my house and said that I had no need for a quote as I already had it. I felt sorry for the lad after because he was either gormless or was just that wracked off with getting rejections and his job on the whole that he had mentally just turned off.

 

Many, many years ago me my brothers and my mom and dad built our own house. Before it had been finished we were cold called by a pair of  Jehovah’s Witnesses. I was busy talking to them when my dad turned up and asked who they were. When I explained to him he pronounced that I was to tell them to fuck off. I didn't really need to do this as being stood right next to me they had heard themselves. They must really get some abuse thrown at them that lot.

[feral chile]

I once had a young lad cold call to my door and ask if I would be interested in a quote for upvc double glazing. I pointed to the upvc double glazing at the front of my house and said that I had no need for a quote as I already had it. I felt sorry for the lad after because he was either gormless or was just that wracked off with getting rejections and his job on the whole that he had mentally just turned off.

 

Many, many years ago me my brothers and my mom and dad built our own house. Before it had been finished we were cold called by a pair of  Jehovah’s Witnesses. I was busy talking to them when my dad turned up and asked who they were. When I explained to him he pronounced that I was to tell them to fuck off. I didn't really need to do this as being stood right next to me they had heard themselves. They must really get some abuse thrown at them that lot.

I normally try to be tolerant of other religions, and I understand that most JW's sincerely worry that if they don't convert you, you're damned, and that they're saving your soul.

But sometimes their timing is so inopportune. When my nan died, there they were, trying to get at my grandfather when he was at his most vulnerable.

And I know for a fact that they're trained in sales tactics, because I used to know some quite well.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

I normally try to be tolerant of other religions, and I understand that most JW's sincerely worry that if they don't convert you, you're damned, and that they're saving your soul.

But sometimes their timing is so inopportune. When my nan died, there they were, trying to get at my grandfather when he was at his most vulnerable.

And I know for a fact that they're trained in sales tactics, because I used to know some quite well.

 

Personally I would have politely told them thanks but no thanks, but didn't get the chance.

 

I have a friend who loves it when they call around as it provides him with an opportunity to theologically rip their view points to shreds - well, in his mind anyway.

 

I also have another friend who (many many years ago) was cold called by some Jehovah’s Witnesses with their small children on Christmas Day! My friend told me this and then said that it must have been so hard for those children to go from door to door all day on Christmas Day watching other children play with their presents in warm flats, houses etc. That thought has stuck with me ever since.

[feral chile]

Personally I would have politely told them thanks but no thanks, but didn't get the chance.

 

I have a friend who loves it when they call around as it provides him with an opportunity to theologically rip their view points to shreds - well, in his mind anyway.

 

I also have another friend who (many many years ago) was cold called by some Jehovah’s Witnesses with their small children on Christmas Day! My friend told me this and then said that it must have been so hard for those children to go from door to door all day on Christmas Day watching other children play with their presents in warm flats, houses etc. That thought has stuck with me ever since.

Yes, they believe that they'll literally inherit the earth after Armegeddon, don't they, so they don't celebrate birthdays. it used to creep me out listening to them gleefully looking forward to, and trying to predict, the end (beginning, in their minds) of life on earth.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Yes, they believe that they'll literally inherit the earth after Armegeddon, don't they, so they don't celebrate birthdays. it used to creep me out listening to them gleefully looking forward to, and trying to predict, the end (beginning, in their minds) of life on earth.

 

I'd heard that was the angle that they were coming in from. I was also told that they believe that only a certain number will actually get in to heaven. Not sure if it's true or not. If it is then it means that everytime you see a Jehovah’s Witness you are actually watching somebody who is crapping their pants with fear every moment of every day worrying about it.

[justanotheronethen]

Some years back a couple of Jehovah's Witnesses rang my doorbell, unfortunately for them not long after I'd come up from a batch of very nice mushrooms. I was in a fantastic mood and nearly an hour later they forcefully insisted on leaving me alone. If I remember correctly I'd yabbered ceaselessly about how brilliant koalas were.

None of us really benefited that day.

[fred quimby]

. so skipping past those threads to get to the ones I do contribute to is irritating.

 

this made me laugh out loud where I am sat. Thank you

 

think the saying is 1st world problems

 

 

and we are now on page 2 of a cold calling thread so it certainly has had people chatting

Edited October 2, 2015 by fred quimby

[fred quimby]

i like the chap who set up one of the 08 numbers and is now earning money from cold callers

 

I used to play around with them but can't be arsed now.

 

One was to say "oh this sounds interesting let me just get a pen" then see how long they hang on for 

 

loads of times just pretending they were selling me something else, so if they asked about solar panels I would be saying that yes I needed a garage and go on about what they could do for me. Loved it when they are persistent and stay on the phone.

 

Did have one guy when I said "nah I am hanging up now" say "if you do we will keep ringing you back every day all day"

Me I laughed and just said go on then

[feral chile]

I'd heard that was the angle that they were coming in from. I was also told that they believe that only a certain number will actually get in to heaven. Not sure if it's true or not. If it is then it means that everytime you see a Jehovah’s Witness you are actually watching somebody who is crapping their pants with fear every moment of every day worrying about it.

if you say you're a lapsed Witness they have to shun you. and they think the pope is the anti Christ.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

if you say you're a lapsed Witness they have to shun you. and they think the pope is the anti Christ.

 

I had no idea about the lapsed Witness defence. Mind you, I had no idea that they thought of the pope in such unfavourable terms either. I'm going to have to look them up and see what it is they are all about. The only danger there is that this must have been what a lot of Witness converts must have initially done in the first place. Hopefully my Cynical Shield will protect me. I also expect my bullshit detector to go in to overide and explode. If I fail then it's knocking on doors for me for the rest of my natural. Now hear the name of the Lord!

[feral chile]

I had no idea about the lapsed Witness defence. Mind you, I had no idea that they thought of the pope in such unfavourable terms either. I'm going to have to look them up and see what it is they are all about. The only danger there is that this must have been what a lot of Witness converts must have initially done in the first place. Hopefully my Cynical Shield will protect me. I also expect my bullshit detector to go in to overide and explode. If I fail then it's knocking on doors for me for the rest of my natural. Now hear the name of the Lord!

careful, I was curious and engaged one in conversation, I nearly got adopted - Bible reading, going to some of their meetings - they were so nice it was difficult to offend them.

And most of them are very nice people - they behaved honourably in atrocious conditions in Nazi concentration camps.

[LondonTom]

When I was about 15, I answered the door (stupidly) to a one of the Jehovah Witnesses, anyway being a good catholic lad (well I went to a catholic school )  then.  We had a little talk about God and what it meant to be good. The guy at the door then invited me to study the bible, said we could go study the bible in his car around the corner if I didn't want to my parents. The door got shut rather swiftly after that!

 

On topic: Bristol Greenpeace seem quite desperate to get in contact with me this week!