Annoying Credit Card Companies

Still 14 days till we get our puppy. 🙂

I came home today to find I had just received my replacement credit card, y’know how the expire and they send you new one’s every so often. Well, I had to call to activate the stupid thing of course. I called expecting it to be automated and it was, somewhat. As soon as I finished entering my information the recording said they were going to transfer me to a real person. He took my name, asked me to spell my last name. I did.

He took the last four digits of my social security number, my address and my telephone number and then he said something inaudible: “Mrs. Niles blah blah muah blah la la now?” “O-kaaayyyy.” I said. And he proceeded to go into a long ass spill about the rewards program for 48 dollars every so often. On and on and on he went, finally he said “So Mrs. Niles, would you like me to enroll you in our rewards program?” “No, I’m not interested.” “Mrs. Niles can you tell me why you’re not interested in our rewards program?” “Um, I’m just not.” “Hmm, Okay Mrs. Niles, well what if I told you about our free travel vouchers blah blah blah blah blah, Mrs. Niles?” “Nope, I’m still not interested.” “Okay, well, your card is activated have a nice day.” “Yeah, whatever.” I responded. I spent a good 5 minutes listening to him talk.

You see, I don’t like talking on the phone to begin with and I don’t like people you can’t hardly understand or interrupt. He has no idea I wasn’t really even listening to him. I know I don’t want a rewards program because I can’t even use my god damned card for anything that would earn me rewards. Maybe someday I will be interested but you know what? When I am I’ll go to the website and I’ll enroll.

I called to re-activate my new card, that’s all, not to enroll in a rewards program that’s just going to end up putting my card over the limit when it renews because I almost always have the damn thing maxxed out.

So my question: When annoying credit card guy goes into his spill about the rewards program, and goes on and on and on w/o giving me a chance to interrupt, can I hang up on him? Will I still have my card be activated or will he get pissed off and unactivate it? Hmm. I understand they think they need to advertise their products but c’mon, they already plaster their website with it, they plaster all my bills with it and they periodically send me letters about it. They could at least leave me the hell alone when all I want to do is reactivate my god-damned credit card! *sigh* Okay, rant over, I’m going to get back to playing Neverwinter Nights now.