I'm 100% the same. I'm an engineering director at a tech company so basically one of my top strengths is ignoring sales attempts.
That said, during university I worked for the development center of the school (fundraising) at the Phonathon (alumni cold-call center) and rose the ranks to the top donation earner and then supervisor.
I had a memorized script with branching IF statements all the way down and brought in hundreds of thousands to different departments at the university. This type of thing absolutely works. Especially on older generations in departments that made more money.
Pity party calls were the easiest. Medical school alumns that were inching toward retirement reaaaally go for the "we don't have enough doctors for our population, help" angle.
That said, during university I worked for the development center of the school (fundraising) at the Phonathon (alumni cold-call center) and rose the ranks to the top donation earner and then supervisor.
I had a memorized script with branching IF statements all the way down and brought in hundreds of thousands to different departments at the university. This type of thing absolutely works. Especially on older generations in departments that made more money.
Pity party calls were the easiest. Medical school alumns that were inching toward retirement reaaaally go for the "we don't have enough doctors for our population, help" angle.