Sorrygottago
by Maggie Van Ostrand
Ever been called in the middle of a meal by a telemarketer? Ever been stuck for an excuse that will get your talkative friend off the phone? Ever wanted to get back to what you were doing before the phone rang but your mom keeps on talking?
Then you've gotta go to the website www.sorrygottago.com.
Sorrygottago.com has the most interesting, useful, and humorous excuses to get off the phone that you could ever want. Here are a few of your choices of messages and sound effects that can make your excuses seem totally legit:
Door Bell Rings and you say, "There's the door bell. Gotta go."
Crying Baby Noises and you say, "The baby is crying. I've gotta go."
Depending on your pet, either cat or cats meowing or dog/dogs barking, and you say, "I've got to feed the cat (or dog)."
Noisy kids in background and you say, "The kids are fighting. I've gotta take care of that right away."
Loud Whistle and you say, "The tea kettle is boiling over. Gotta go."
Helicopter Sounds, and you say, "I can't hear you. I'll call you back later."
Noisy Street Sounds, and you say, "I can't hear you. I'll get back to you later."
Doorbell rings, and you say, "My wife/husband just got home. They must've forgotten their keys." Or you can say, "There's my ride."
Sound of breaking glass, and you say, "Uh oh, something just broke. Sorry gotta go."
Phone ringing, and you say, "My other line is ringing. It's the school. I've gotta take it."
Sorrygottago.com also covers these aggressive callers with recorded responses designed to discourage and/or irritate them:
Opinion Pollsters call and get this message: "At the tone, please take down my answers to your questions. Yes. No. No. No. Yes. Yes. No. No. Yes. No. Yes. and No. (dial tone)"
or they get this message: "Your call is very important to us. That's why we have you on hold with almost no chance of someone coming over to take the call. If you would like to hold for an indefinite period of time because you have nothing better to do, then be our guest. Thank you for calling."
or "We're sorry. Your call cannot be completed as dialed. Please take the hint and don't call back."
Exasperating Telemarketers call and get this message: "How am I today? Why do you want to know? I'm so glad you asked because no one seems to care these days and (starts to cry) my sciatica is acting up and my dog that I've had for 35 years has just died because we didn't have the money for an operation and my elbow bothers me all the time and my computer's acting up and I can't get any help. Do you know anything about computers? and in my back yard a piece of space rocket just hit my birdbath and ... " it goes on. And on. And on.
or this message: "Um hum. Yes, I see what you mean. That's interesting. Would you tell me that again? That's really interesting. Oh I'm here, I'm listening ... "
or "At the tone, please leave your name, number, and the time you sit down to dinner and when you're about to take your first bite, I'll be sure to call you back right then."
And there are also creative excuses for being somewhere else, such as background PA announcements over crowd sounds if you want to claim you're at an airport; keyboard and muted voice sounds if you want to say you're still at the office; traffic sounds if you want to say you're caught in a jam, or on the subway, at a bowling alley, on the train, or staying at work so late the caller hears the office cleaning crew.
There are any number of convenient and helpful sounds to get you off the phone when you've gotta go, all available free on the website.
These are every bit as good as Jerry Seinfeld's "Sure, I'd love those magazines. Put me down for a year's subscription for all of them. You want me to write down an order confirmation number? I can't. They don't allow pencils or any pointy objects in here."
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