So, this is how it feels to be a phone salesman, huh?

The title says it all. My boss invited me to help him with phone sales to gain more clients and increase our revenue. I'm two weeks in and I've never been hung up on as many times as I have until today. I've made fifteen calls, and most of those people picked up, only to hang up after just hearing me introduce myself.

We've been reaching out to leads my boss acquire three years ago, for context. This is quite the demotivator. So, this is what it's like to be on the receiving end of this, huh?

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Confined · 56-60, M

One call I answered they said they wanted to speak to MR. xxxxxxx. I said HE'S DEAD!
pause.......Do you want to leave a message or what??! click.

GymRat584 · 36-40, M

@Confined A former neighbor did that out of frustration after multiple phone calls at home were stopping her and her mother from going to the mall to get a new radio for her 14th birthday at Sears (this was 1998). When her mother's credit card wasn't approved, the discovery was made that she was on Sears' Dead File. Turns out my neighbor unknowingly and angrily told the Sears credit card company that her mother was dead. Oops!