<p>Has anyone else been getting a TON of calls from the national guard recently?</p>
<p>Someone called me (8 times!!) the other day on my cell phone and I called back and it turn out to be the National Guard recruitment center, apparently, I had express "strong" interest, which I did not know about, maybe in an alternate universe (?????)</p>
<p>And I don't even know where she got all my contact information from, like my private emails and etc......</p>
<p>Your friends were pranking you. You’re not the first nor the last.</p>
<p>The only thing you ever say to these people is “No”.</p>
<p>that’s it.</p>
<p>Tell them: I am only interested in the position of General of the Army.</p>
<p>Tell them you can’t wait to join, and ask them if you’ll be close to a pharmacy so you can get refills for your schizophrenia/psychosis meds.</p>
<p>They won’t call back…</p>
<p>Tell them you’re gay. Don’t ask don’t tell ftw.</p>
<p>you don’t need to be a dick as many of these suggestions indicate. They are just doing their job. If you want to be a dick to someone about it, do it to whoever filled out paperwork for you expressing “strong” interest.</p>
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<p>Unless you want to join.</p>
<p>“you don’t need to be a dick as many of these suggestions indicate. They are just doing their job. If you want to be a dick to someone about it, do it to whoever filled out paperwork for you expressing “strong” interest.”</p>
<p>Yes. While many youth feel that disrespect is the way to “take it to the man”, the reality is that they would be mainly disrespecting the 28 year old Army recruiter with a family at home and a quota to meet who’s likely under a lot of stress anyway from his chain of command.</p>
<p>I don’t know if this applies to them since they’re military, but have you tried the Do Not Call List? I get no calls from any organization or company.</p>
<p>just don’t pick up. they’ll eventually give up</p>
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<p>Did he not know when he became a recruiter that this is part of the job? Sucks for him, but that’s his job. If you’re going to bother and interrupt people with a phone call they don’t want, then you should expect this sort of reaction.</p>
<p>I think Seinfeld handles the unsolicited calls the best.</p>
<p>Calls from recruiters aren’t an excuse to vent your feelings on whatever issue is at hand. Just give them a polite “no, I’m not interested, thank you” and hang up. If you honestly think you’re justified abusing the person on the other end of the phone “because that’s what they signed up for,” I suggest you reevaluate your motives.</p>
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<p>“Oh gee, I can’t talk right now, why don’t you give me your home number and I’ll call you later? …Oh, you don’t want people calling you at home? Now you know how I feel.”</p>
<p>Classic!</p>
<p>Seinfeld references are always gold.</p>
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<p>Nobody said anything of venting feelings. People aren’t always rational, and that is life. If you ever get a job dealing with people, you’ve got to just accept it. I’m not condoning it, but it’s not going to change any time soon. </p>
<p>When they call me, I give them a “take me off of your list, and never call me again”. Not really mean, just straight-forward.</p>
<p>I actually got one today for the marines. After saying I had asthma (he asked), he said I was disqualified for all branches of the military and he ended the call.</p>
<p>Just say that you want your entire $200k Harvard Law School education fully paid for with a $50k/year stipend, and when you finish law school, you want to join at some ridiculously high rank, have your own 2 bedroom apartment during all stages of training, and be paid $150k a year plus a bonus matching the New York law firms. Then watch how quickly they hang up.</p>
<p>Or try to recruit HIM for whatever company your parents work for lol. My friend said her mom tried to sell a telemarketer something when they called. Apparently they haven’t called back since. Plus it’s a lot of fun.</p>
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<p>if you wouldn’t say it to them in person, don’t say it to them on the phone. Generally good advice to follow. Don’t puff your chest out to try to be a tough guy because there is a phone line between you and the person on the other end.</p>
<p>The armed services are having no problems reaching their recruiting goals. The weak economy has a lot of men and women looking at this option.</p>
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He would need to hang up because a typical recruiter does not recruit for JAG. I believe that is a “boarded” branch and not a standard or 09S enlistment.</p>
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That’s probably not true.
The entire NG is over-strength right now and has eliminated a massive amount of incentives for anything that signed after April 2009 I believe. Regardless, it is over-strength.</p>