The internet abounds with web sites to fill every imaginable need–including those of the conflict-avoiding multitudes.
Sorrygottago.com provides a sure-fire way to get off the phone and avoid annoying callers. Simply select a setting (at work, at home, telemarketer), turn up the volume, click on a sound file (traffic jam, airport, other line ringing, etc.) and let the sound effects do the dirty work for you.
(Thanks to Jim Calloway’s Law Practice Tips for the link.)
Now you’ll never know if I really have to go or….. Thanks for posting this. I needed it! Sometimes being conflict averse is just what’s needed to buy some time.