Ring

I have had the quietest Friday on record - apart, that is, from cold calls. For some reason my telephone number is doing the rounds. It rings at 10am, it rings again at 11:15am and yet again at 4:30pm. Each time the caller spoke in Spanish even though I answer the call 'Hello?' - it's like they don't actually hear me. Generally I have to interrupt them to say 'No hablo espanol' at which point generally they put the phone down (without even saying sorry/excuse me/ok). If I don't answer the call a message is left on the answerphone, I get all excited - and for nothing! In addition, sometimes they don't even use real people but an automatic system. This annoys me the most. I have got into the habit of just saying 'Do you speak English?' and 'I have absolutely no idea what you are saying' before just putting the phone down.

So if you call me (unlikely I know) and I seem abrupt, it's probably because I've already had several cold calls that day.