[selzer]

"Don't Hang up, this is NOT a sales call."

Uhm, don't tell me what to do, do you write my pay check, I bet it isn't a sales call, it is the SAME sales call I have gotten about 30 times already!

"There are "X" number of break-ins every minute, your name has been given to us by a neighbor or relative. We are going to install a security system into your home absolutely free and it will be monitored by local police, fire and ambulance service."

I am an obstinate person. Trying to scare me into buying something simply does not work, no way, no how.

"You must be a homeowner to accept this special program."
Because we all know that when you are renting, you won't be the victim of a robbery, burglary, fall, or fire.

"If you want the security system, please press 1 to speak to a representative, if you want to be removed from our call list, press 2."

This is a trick question. If you press too, they automatically hang up, but they keep calling and calling and calling and calling, for months, maybe years. If you press 1 to speak to someone about it, and tell them that pressing 2 doesn't work, they flat out hang up on you.

The Fiery Pitt will have reached -15 degrees Fahrenheit before I buy anything from these bozos.

Oh yeah, the system is installed free of charge because the monitoring service will drive you to bankruptcy. It IS a sales call, a nasty sales call.

I know I should just hang up on them. But it is irritating.