While Alexander Graham Bell did us a massive favour by inventing the phone,
opening the way for cross-continent communication and a means to organise
evenings of massive excess, he also gave us one of the most devastating tools of
annoyance known to man. You see what Al, if we can call him Al, didn't bank on
was the ruthlessly capitalistic era we now live in.
His invention allows our bank to bother us with talk of massive overdrafts,
missed loan payments and foreclosure, and other companies to generally hassle us
with customer satisfaction surveys and promises of free money.
Sadly, avoiding these calls isn't always as simple as simply hanging up. No, in
order to maintain the pretence of calm, level-headedness, sometimes it's
necessary to come up with a plausible excuse as to why you can't take the call.
The problem with excuses, though, is that once you've used one, you can't use
the same one again, unless you can back it up with evidence, which is where the
Phone Excuse Gadget comes into its own.
By using each excuse sound effect sparingly - crying baby, door bell, siren,
interference, car crashing and food delivery - you can get out of more or less
any tricky situation. Your boss is on one line wondering where your crucial
report is, simply play him the sound of a panel-bending car crash and then see
if he's so keen to interrogate you when he calls back, 'I'm fine, honest. No
there's not much blood. But then again I can't see...' should just about do it.
I've had my phone excuse gadget a few days now, and have to say it's the best 6 quid I've ever spent. Whether it's a stressful sales call, or a chat with my gran that's spilled over the 60 minute mark, I just select one of the 6 buttons, and I'm off the phone in a few secs. Was thinking about using it at work to get rid of colleagues that pester me, but maybe my boss would have something to say about that...Brilliant and Fun gadget. Simon, Hammersmith
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An ideal gadget to get rid of unwanted sales calls. Webgadets
Phone Excuse Gadget
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