Incoming Phone call from a number I don't recognize. Normally, I don't pick up the phone with unknown phone number. Unfortunately, I thought someone else I knew was trying to contact me. So I stupidly pick up the phone.
Him: "Um, I am not sure I am reaching the right person. Are you the Matthew Chan with the Getty...."
I cut him off and say "Yes, I am."
Him: "Is this a scam?"
Me: "No, it's not a scam."
Him: "That means I have to pay $2,500?"
Me: "No, I didn't say you have to pay. I said it wasn't a scam. You need to get educated. Go visit extortionletterinfo.com. Lots of free information on my website."
Him with a confused voice: "All I want to know is do I have to pay or not pay?"
(I desperately restrain myself from saying, "Go pay the damned invoice if you are too stupid to hear what I am saying or too lazy to go visit extortionletterinfo.com.")
Me: "I don't take these kinds of calls. I get these types of calls all the time. Go get educated and visit extortionletterinfo.com."
Him: Tries to say something but I am not listening.
Me: I am not talking anymore about this. Go visit extortionletterinfo.com. Lots of good information there. Click. (I impatiently and annoyingly hang up on him as he is babbling about something.)
Another Punishing Reminder for Matthew: DON'T PICK UP THE FUCKING PHONE WHEN YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE THE NUMBER! IF IT'S IMPORTANT, SOMEONE WILL LEAVE A VOICEMAIL."
I need to modify my original Getty Images blog posts from 2008 and explicitly say "DON'T CALL ME!" I might even do a 5-second video telling people I won't blindly take their calls. I have links to ExtortionLetterInfo.com but apparently that isn't enough.
I normally don't root for the other side. But in some cases, if you are too lazy to get educated, you deserve to lose your money to Getty Images. Nearly 4 years of people calling me out of the blue without first visiting ELI has made me very cranky.
Topic: Rant: Stupid & lazy people should pay Getty Images full fare (Read 5510 times)