dear insurance agents…
I wish you’d stopped coming by our office ‘just to ask a few questions for a health survey that we are conducting’.
We both know that there is no such survey — I’m just too polite to tell it to your face. We both know that it is a sales/ introductory tactic you learned from motivational seminars organised by the insurance company you work for. It is in fact your own initiative; the insurance company you work for did not send you to this area to conduct surveys. You do in fact have something to sell when you claimed you did not. You are not really writing down anything when I layan-ed you with my gibberish. No, I do not want to give you my name card nor my mobile number so we could ‘keep in touch’.
If I had all the time in the world, I would layan you better because I know you are just trying to earn a living. Nothing wrong with that, except that I don’t have all the time in the world to layan you because I’m also trying to earn my keep. So, kthxbai.
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soo true, cant agree more, its all their marketing strategy for being so ‘caring’. quite annoying i would say.
give them your boss’ biz card and ask them to contact him/her…..
fou: very. told them that we are already insured etc.. but i understand they cannot pretend to abandon all hopes of ‘completing surveys’ haha
ken: cannot la. have to insulate my boss also, i need him to be busy with work
never mind, just tell them, that your personal insurance agent and financial planner has already done the survey with you, thank them, and say, you have to get back to your conference call.
If this is a cold call at the ofice, just ask your administrator to handle. if YOU are the administrator, tell them, you are not empowered/authorised to reveal any information to external parties without a written request from them to your office, on their company letterhead.
If they said it’s for individuals, not for office, refer to first para
hahahahahahhaa
LT,
they will ask you who is your personal insurance agent, that is when you tell them he is your dad. or something like that.
Just tell me and I’ll tell them to FO.
omg someone just did this at my office about 2 hours ago. i was particularly rude to her but felt really bad afterwards until i saw this!
LT: oO great advice… thanks
KY: another awesome line
ST: heh will do!
sfighter: i don’t feel bad at all, cos i know for SURE the surveys are fake. insider’s tip
ah, KY, that’s why u must perfect that “i dont think it’s any of your business now can you get out of my face” look
Come to think about it, if they survive the cold call, then they are in the field, otherwise they must look for employment.
I always have the same answer to those annoying phone ‘marketing’ calls:
- ermmmm, sorry… what pizza would you like to order???
It works
Doesn’t sound like anything to do with Insurance. Is he just flirting with you perhaps?
Good one! If they can’t do their ’survey’, normally, they will ask for namecard. And if they can’t get any namecards, they will ask for company stamp (with phone number) just to ‘prove to their supervisors that they had been there’. Then they will ask your name. And the rest is history…
I’m kinda passive-aggressive with these people nowadays. Sometimes I can be unspeakably rude, sometimes stupidly polite..
I can’t agree more! I’m just too polite, but I save them their time by telling them that I’m already fully covered, with investments. I’ll always give a chance to a salesperson to wow me though, but there’s no point when the services/product that they are selling, I already have.
haizz… poor sales person. but some really annoying actually. hehehe.
So far I’ve not encountered any health surveys nor irritating insurance agents! Lucky.
I once had a salesperson call me from the UK at night: she got my number from a shipping service I used, and I don’t remember consenting to having my personal details shared.
LT: i tried it today hehahehaae this time this one is not v. persistent
moo_t: well they’d have a wealth of experience so good for them. i’ve always maintained that sales is a great thing to do, because of what you can learn
VivaDomo: haha. calls are easier. it’s when they show up in your office, i don’t always have the heart to turn them away
jeff: two girls and i’m straight
Chong: just told one this morning that it’s nothing personal but i don’t want to give out my name card because it has my mobile number on it
suertes: yah depends on mood mah. you should see how ShaolinTiger does it. i always feel like chuckling after
nick: same here. then they will try to tell you that their product has lower investment higher returns, maybe can change your mind bla bla
horng: some la. good for their ‘do not take no for an answer’ but irritating for the rest of us
eiling: you are insulated, nice
The Envoy: hahaha. unfortunately privacy doesn’t mean much these days