Posted on 01/17/2016 7:53:02 AM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com
For most of us, the National Do Not Call Registry is a blessing we could scarcely live without. After all, it keeps us from getting annoying calls at all hours of the day.
However, for this gentleman, you can tell that a telemarketing call isn’t just an annoyance, it's an opportunity!
I remember it was posted a few months back in a better readable form whereby I copied it and it’s sitting by my phone whenever they call. It works. Thanks again for reminding me.
My experience is that most calls come in during the dinner hour. So I say:
“We’re having dinner right now. Give me your personal cell number and I’ll call you at your home during dinner.”
Most just hang up.
i blow a whistle into the phone and since they all use headsets i'm sure it goes in one ear and out the other...
If the caller is a female I ask them personal questions about their breasts. Males I ask them how long have they been gay. I usually get a hangup. Remember, they intruded upon me, not the other way around.
The “do not call” list has done wonders to reduce these calls; there are exceptions, but it had really gotten out of hand years ago (which is probably why the “do not call” law was passed).
They are indeed annoying calls. It’s another form of sales. However it is another human being on the other side of the line trying to make an honest living. Just hang up and move on.
I like these methods:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRh1CMC3OVw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQjp_c6ynU0
That’s a lot of work to go through just to be a dick to a person with a crappy job.
My Favorite approach is exactly this.
Depending on which foreign country “James” with the thick accent is in, learning a choice profanity or two helps. The little foul Hindi I know comes in handy and an “Allah is Satan” might make their head explode. Then again, nothing tops a high pitched siren or whistle to explode eardrums. If your job is annoying people you deserve whatever you hear.
If it’s not a number I recognize I graciously let them talk to the machine.
Shouldn’t this have been posted in chat?
The “Do Not Call” list has done NOTHING for me! I still get 6-8 calls a day. I complain, and nothing happens.
So now we have the answering machine hooked up, and only pick up if we recognize the voice.
Better to say the word “no” before you hang up. If you just hang up, you’ll get called again. If you refuse, they have to mark it “refused,” and you won’t get called again.
People I want to talk to leave a message. Others don't.
Being a registered Republican in NH during an election year means the phone never stops ringing. Last week I spent the day at home and never answered the phone. It rang 12 times and no one left a message.
Oh yeah, don't ever, ever give your phone number to Wayne Lapierre.
Our phone service has call forwarding. With caller ID I forward one telemarketer to another telemarketer. I’ve forwarded to D.C. recorded weather reports, too.
Or turn it into an obscene phone call. You’ll get on their do not call list faster than the government can ever accomplish.
Just don’t make any threats or you might get a visit from law enforcement.
“Sir, I’d like to talk to you about home security!”
“I’d rather talk about your panties...”
They’ll immediately hang up and you’ll never hear from them again.
The only function of the National Do Not Call List is to provide a list of working phone numbers to the telemarkers/scammers.
For the vast majority of junk callers, there is NOTHING you can do to discourage them from continuing to call you on a regular basis.
You can be nice, you can be nasty, but nothing works. I’m convinced they actually enjoy the nasty ones.
The only solution is to buy a programmable call blocker.
That is particularly important as we are getting deeper into the political season and money hungry candidates, parties, and PACs will be calling you.
Before that list thing, I used to tell them I had a brother recovering from a mental breakdown and the doctors said he needed to start interacting with strangers again. A short pause to get crazy bro and I would start gibbering about how their product was a front for the moon men that come to visit every night. Also sometimes crazy bro needed written and verified proof that he was talking to an actual mammal, because their voice sure sounded reptilian. “How can I say yes when you might have been hatched from an egg?!!” and “I sympathize, but you must realize an actual reptile would also deny it.”
Freegards
Years ago, when I lived in an Arab country, a friend who was learning Arabic taught me the phrase "Muhammed il-Nibbee ya hoon Himar." I'm not too sure how exactly accurate this phrase is, but it supposedly translates to "Muhammed the Prophet is a jackass."
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