LOL Well done.
Today I got a telemarketing call for someone else in the household. "Is [xxx] there?" No. "Do you know when [xxx] will be back." NO. "Who am I speaking to?" Someone else, click.
:-) My wife plays along with them. Drives me nuts. Usually something like this:
Telemarketer: "Is [xxx] there?"
Wife: "May I ask what this is in reference to?"
T: "Oh, well we have blah, blah, blah and ..."
W: "Is he expecting your call?"
T: "Well, he did sign this card asking for information."
W: "I'm sorry to say I haven't seen him."
T: "Do you know when he'll be back?"
W: "Unfortunately, no. He died last week."
Or just anything without really saying whether the guy lives there or not.
We keep getting a recorded message calling asking us to call another toll free number and it says emphatically, "This is not a sales call." Sure it isn't.
All our bills are paid up, so I figure if they really want to talk to me they will have an actual person call.