FA, I've had a lot who claim to be 'specialists' but, as you say, none from anyone claiming to be a solicitor. That said, in most peoples minds, anyone who goes through the legal system on their behalf is a solicitor, right or wrong.



I'm plagues by these locusts, regardless, and I've never actually had an accident that has caused me an injury - the call usually goes through a lot of scenarios; work, travel, tripping over a paving stone in decreasing order of likely injury.



Every now and again I like to let them run towards the end and then try and get into an argument about personal culpability and clumsiness. My record is a little over three minute.

Try it some time.

I got one of those automated calls this afternoon, from a company calling itself Haddon Legal (iirc) telling me that records indicated that I was in line for a substantial personal injury pay-out; all I had to do was press 5 to be put through to a 'claims specialist.'



For devilment, I pressed 5 and when I spoke to James the 'claims specialist,' he asked, "Have you had an accident or injury in the past 3 years?" I replied no, because I haven't. He then asked, "Then why are you calling?" I replied - "It was you who called me - apparently I've had an accident." He went on, "If you haven't had an accident, we can't help you." I then shouted, "Then why did I get the call in the first place and who regulates this industry - I want to make a complaint about your shoddy fishing expedition!"



James hung up, the shameless puppet of a parasitic plague on modern society.

...who is probably a 16 year old kid with a very carefully written script in front of him and a b1tch of a female boss walking the floor shouting and bawling at him and all his co-workers to answer more calls, working for £3.68 per hour and thinking what a shoite job he's fallen into.

Indeed - I wasn't proud of myself.



Rather worrying though that they are fishing on this scale and I wonder if the script includes instructions to hang up if a mark questions the practice?

Undoubtably it will, they don't really give a damn about you or your imaginary accident, all they want is a "catch" to sell on to another trader and chalk another mark up on the board on the wall so that they can all go home at 9pm (the call centre watershed).

This country.