Hahah
Brring
“Hello?”
“…”
“Hello?”
“… ah hello, I’m calling from the AA, is the member there, a Mr. S. Carter?”
(Oh god what now?) “That’s me”
“Good evening Mr. Carter, how are you?”
“…”
“…”
“Fine”
“Mr Carter, as a member you will be glad to hear that we are now offering an improved service to make your [blah blah I switched off] we are offering parts & labour cover to make your life easier”
(Not phoning me in the middle of cooking would make my life easier)”…”
“Mr. Carter, to see whether you can qualify, can you tell me the age of your car, or it’s registration?”
“It’s 1965″
“1965? ah… right. Can you tell me how old it is?”
“It’s 38 years old”
“Ah.. er.. do you have any other cars in the household;-”
(uh-oh)
“… that are less than 10 years old?”
(phew! the other one’s about 14)”No.”
“can you tell me Mr. Carter when your MOT is due?”
“last week, I just had it done”
“ah… uh… ok… er… thankyou for your time”
“thank you, bye bye”
So much more stylish than a “piss off, I’m busy and in any case not interested” which can come across as a little curmudgeonly…