Doing cold calls can feel much the same as tiptoeing through a dangerous area, a small mistake and you hear the click of someone hanging up. Whenever I make a mistake, I find a way to laugh (and also gain knowledge). On today’s blog, you’ll see seven iconic memes that represent the fun and awkwardness of making cold outreach calls.
1. Distracted Boyfriend
Getting the prospect’s name wrong.
“Me: ‘Is this Sarah?’.
Prospect: ‘No.’
Me: ‘Oops…’”
There is nothing that disrupts momentum more quickly than a wrong name. It’s all in the Distracted Boyfriend meme: realizing who you’re not attracted to looks straight at you while you focus on someone else.
2. Two Buttons
Freezing on your opening line.
“Me: ‘Hi, this is Umair from XYZ Co—’
Prospect: presses wrong button
Me: ‘…Hello?’”
Having to choose between reading your lines or making them up can be challenging right then. That debate is perfectly summed up in the Two Buttons meme
3. Expanding Brain
When you debate how to deliver your pitch.
Brain 1: Read the script verbatim
Brain 2: Ad-lib some benefits
Brain 3: Wing it entirely
Brain 4: Blank out when you hit “call”
From stiff to spontaneous and then total silence, The expanding Brain nails every level of overthinking.
4. Mocking SpongeBob
When a prospect hangs up mid-sentence.
Me: “I’m just calling to see if you’d be interested in our…”
Prospect: click
Me: “i’M jUsT cAlLiNg tO sEe iF yOu’d Be InTeReStEd In OuR…”
Sometimes your recovery sounds as ridiculous as SpongeBob’s mocking tone.
5. UNO Draw 25 Cards
Prospect: “Send me an email.”
Me: hangs up
Then drafts a 500-word manifesto.
Obeying instructions? Not in our DNA.
6. Surprised Pikachu
When you ignore “no” and act shocked later.
Me: “Is this a good time?”
Prospect: “No.”
Me: “Oh…okay then.”
(Calls again 30 seconds later)
Prospect: “I said NO!”
Rejection doesn’t always register, until it hits you like a Pikachu thunderbolt.
7. “This Is Fine” Dog
When you leave ten voicemails and still dial again.
Denial never looked so…calm.
“Everything’s normal,” he says, surrounded by flames.
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