Current pet peeve...

[KristinCB]

oh wow that would have made me soo mad, libby!!

That actually does remind me of my current pet peeve! For a MONTH at least once a week we have been getting a call from the people who try to scam you out of money and wreck your computer. I don't know if these calls happen as much in the states but they call from india with a private number and say they are from microsoft and try to get you to give them access to your computer and they'll "fix" what is wrong. Every time I tell them to stop calling or just hang up but yesterday i got SO SO mad and started yelling at the guy and I told him that I hope he sleeps well at night when he knows he is scamming people out of money. I was so close to swearing at him!

[Lizzy257]

Originally Posted by KristinCB

That actually does remind me of my current pet peeve! For a MONTH at least once a week we have been getting a call from the people who try to scam you out of money and wreck your computer. I don't know if these calls happen as much in the states but they call from india with a private number and say they are from microsoft and try to get you to give them access to your computer and they'll "fix" what is wrong. Every time I tell them to stop calling or just hang up but yesterday i got SO SO mad and started yelling at the guy and I told him that I hope he sleeps well at night when he knows he is scamming people out of money. I was so close to swearing at him!

This happens a lot here too I do what Jacinda suggested and blow a whistle down the phone at them, or sometimes ask them to wait a sec while I turn on the computer, then just leave the phone down and walk away....they eventually get bored and hang up

Hmmm, my pet peeve never changes. It's just people in general really

[cornelia]

Originally Posted by KristinCB

oh wow that would have made me soo mad, libby!!

That actually does remind me of my current pet peeve! For a MONTH at least once a week we have been getting a call from the people who try to scam you out of money and wreck your computer. I don't know if these calls happen as much in the states but they call from india with a private number and say they are from microsoft and try to get you to give them access to your computer and they'll "fix" what is wrong. Every time I tell them to stop calling or just hang up but yesterday i got SO SO mad and started yelling at the guy and I told him that I hope he sleeps well at night when he knows he is scamming people out of money. I was so close to swearing at him!

This one reminds me of the call I got from a strange phone number. Caller claimed he was from Microsoft and that they detected a virus in my computer so he called to help me remove it. Said it'll cost me a few bucks but at least, my computer would be working properly again. But I knew it was a bluff right away. Why wouldn't I? I don't have a Windows computer. I got a Mac.