{"id":2651,"date":"2020-11-12T18:01:35","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T23:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=2651"},"modified":"2020-11-12T18:05:04","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T23:05:04","slug":"2020-phone-call-manners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=2651","title":{"rendered":"2020 Phone Call Manners"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I am now responding to my many unidentified phone calls with a bright and cheery, “Hello! How can I help you?”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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95% of the time, the phone goes dead as the Robo caller is programmed to hang up on that kind of response. Today, however, there was a really long pause and I heard, “Uh, I am calling you with an offer to refinance your credit card debt…”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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To which I cheerfully responded, “No, Thank you!” and hung up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Instead of resisting these calls, I am eagerly responding to them and disposing of them in seconds with no lingering regrets or annoyance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Try this and see if it improves your day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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