https://ericcoleman.dreamwidth.org/ Eric's House Of Ego - Dreamwidth Studios Tue, 22 Apr 2014 18:29:55 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios ericcoleman personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/11241194/185329 https://ericcoleman.dreamwidth.org/ 100 82 https://ericcoleman.dreamwidth.org/41683.html Tue, 22 Apr 2014 18:29:55 GMT https://ericcoleman.dreamwidth.org/41683.html My boss gets on these lists occasionally. Boiler Room lists. They are trying to get him to buy bad stocks. If I get a call from the NYC area and it's not one of our offices, it is pretty much always a Boiler Room call. I won't use my bosses real name in this, or at least not his real last name, but I will use the name they tried to call him.<br /><br />Me: standard business greeting<br />BR: JOHN?<br />Me: NO!<br />BR: Is John there?<br />Me: Which John, I have several here (I know full well which he wants, but it's more fun this way)<br />BR: John .... ahhh ... Liedon<br />Me: Lead singer of the Sex Pistols?<br />BR: What?<br />Me: We don't have a John Liedon here.<br />BR: He then gets the last name right ...<br /><br />I am saved by the bell!<br />Phone rings ...<br /><br />Me: Please hold for a moment<br /><br />And when I came back, he was gone ... <br /><br />as before, I love giving people who are running cons a hard time!<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=ericcoleman&ditemid=41683" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://ericcoleman.dreamwidth.org/41683.html work phones public 4