In my line of work (doesn't that sound fancy?!) I get a lot of calls from vendors looking for work. It's hard because I really wish I had enough work for everyone, but I just don’t. But if I did have enough work for everyone I still wouldn’t give any to this one rep I shall refer to as Derek. Basically, he is both extremely annoying and creepy. He calls me about once a month, and then follows up with an email stating the same exact thing he said in his voicemail. I have nicely emailed him back three times telling him I am not interested in working with him. That was in 2009, but he stills continues to call me monthly.
Because of my anal retentive nature, I keep notes of all my phone calls including voicemails. Here’s a sampling of some notes I wrote during Derek’s voicemails:
- BIG GIANT stalker pants
- still annoying
- tells bad jokes
- ANNOYING, slightly less creepy, but still not creepy
- wants to “help my career with his company’s big benefits" – is he a molester?
- vomit, vomit, vomit
Any suggestions on how to get rid of him without actually having to speak to him? He obviously is not getting the hint and I don’t think I can speak to him without cursing at him.
[I'm trying really hard to not write (aka complain) about work all the time, but I'm there 40 hours a week, and it's really hard not to. I think the only other things I do that much is sleep, and that's really uninteresting.]
