Junk calls everywhere.
The phone rings, and E out in the hallway asks if I could please get the call since she’s on her mobile phone at the moment.
“Hello?” No response. “Hello? Hello?” Nothing. click A man’s voice, slightly distant, greets me.
“Hello! I’m with Eircom and we’re just calling to confirm that our customers are satisfied with the current level of service with their broadband connection.” Hmm. When did Eircom start to care? “Have you run into any issues with your level of satisfaction with your broadband connection?”
I look up at E who’s entering the office. Bemused, I hold the phone away from me and ask, “Honey, can you think of any problems we’ve had with our broadband—”
click The caller is gone. And, shock of shocks, they don’t call back.
Is it legal in Ireland to cold-call random people with the sole purpose of finding out who’s not yet got DSL from a specific company? Granted, most of the telecom companies in Ireland are all desperate to overtake the monopoly-sans-punishment that is the predominant provider in the country, but this seems a bit desperate.
