[Patentpractice] Is it rude... and do you care

[Chico Gholz]

My French brother-in-law taught me the phrase.  He was very fond of it.

     CHICO


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Subject: RE: Is it rude... and do you care

Because a British accent makes people sound so smart and important (:

I love “Perfidious Albion”… (though I admittedly had to look it up :)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfidious_Albion<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfidious_Albion>

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Subject: Re: [Patentpractice] Is it rude... and do you care

Why would the British accent make you feel worse?  Just mutter “Perfidious Albion!” under your breath and get on with your life!



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I just interrupt them and say, “Sorry, but I am not interested.” And then I hang up with waiting to see how they respond.

-Bruce Young
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Subject: [Patentpractice] Is it rude... and do you care

When receiving a cold call by some vendor who is in the process of giving their 10+ minute spew (without pausing for a breath) of the IP services they provide, e.g., docketing, processing, drawings… yada yada yada…

Do you think it is rude to interrupt and simply tell them you are not interested… and when they jump right back into their 10+ minute spew again… to interrupt again and tell them you are not interested?
And, do you care if you are rude when you do it?

When we bill by the hour and time is so precious to us… and one little interruption that lasts a minute or so actually results in a disruption of at least 15 minutes for one’s brain to get back to doing what it was doing…

I interrupt the spew and tell them I’m not interested and when they insist, I more assertively tell them I am not interested… and I’ve had a few where they still insist, so I’ve hung up on them.

Then I briefly feel bad for being rude… but again… When we bill by the hour and time is so precious to us… and one little interruption that lasts a minute or so actually results in a disruption of at least 15 minutes for one’s brain to get back to doing what it was doing…

Wondering what others do/think…

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