i am mr. tan
Sunday, July 05, 2009 (12:59 PM)
some weeks ago, i received a call from a travelling company whose name thou shalt not know. anyway, the lady said her name was grace and this was how the conversation went.
grace: hi, i am calling from ** *****, we are a travelling company. is it ok to do a short survey with you?
me: sorry? may i know where did you get my number from?
grace: oh, i am calling from ** *****, and i got your number from my management and i called at random.
that was it. when i heard the word 'random' i decided to give random answers too.
me: oh i see.
grace: so may i do a short survey with you? it's only 5 minutes.
me: ok sure.
grace: ok may i know what are you working as? just the job title will do.
me: i'm a sales executive.
grace: oh. sales... selling what? insurance, automobile or what?
me: er... services.
grace: oh servicing ah...
me: er... serv... ya.
grace: then how about your wife? is she working or is she a housewife?
me: er... she's a housewife.
grace: oh so may i know how much you make a month?
me: huh?
grace: er... is it above $2k or above $3k or above $5k?
me: above $2k
grace: ok one last question. what is your name? just the surname will do.
me: oh, tan.
grace: mr. tan is it?
me: yup!
grace: ok thank you so much mr. tan.
a week later, i received a call from another lady from the same company looking for mr. tan. i almost said "wrong number" until i remembered my alter-ego so i said "speaking". and the rest of the conversation was about getting free stuff which i obviously declined. =)