Current Events > I just cursed out a telemarketer

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I feel bad but not that bad. They've been non-stop and I keep telling them to take me off their list when I answer every fifteenth call. He kept apologizing as I swore at him worse and worse for calling me on a weekend morning which just made me angrier. Finally he hung up when I refused to tell him my zip code.

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i bet it was an indian scam artist.
we don't have time for that shit.

used to get those calls all the time.
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kingdrake2 posted...

i bet it was an indian scam artist.
we don't have time for that shit.

used to get those calls all the time.

could have been.

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Telemarketer will remember this.

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XxKrazyChaosxX posted...

Telemarketer will remember this.

that's what I'm afraid of

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You did good.

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why'd you pick up your phone?

if the call's important enough, the person will leave a message.

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Ive heard they cant start talking until you say hello twice, so when I would get the calls I would say hello once and then just enjoy the pause until I hung up.

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boxington posted...

why'd you pick up your phone?

if the call's important enough, the person will leave a message.

I've been getting at least two calls a day for weeks without picking up.

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Add your number to the FCC no call list

Those are annoying. The ones I really have fun with are the scam artists that used to call me saying shit like "Hello I'm calling from Microsoft Security department. We have been monitoring your network and have discovered a virus on your pc"

It's so fun to play along. "oh no sir that's scary how do I get rid of the virus" "ohh well we need your ip address so we can remote in and manually remove it". "where do I find the ip address sir?" ....then for 25 minutes he'll try everything on earth to help me find the IP address when I finally tell him "Ohhhhh ya know what sorry I was looking at the toaster and no wonder I didn't see any of those settings". They actually cuss me out at that point and I just start laughing.

I kinda miss those phone calls.

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gatorsPENSbucs posted...

Ive heard they cant start talking until you say hello twice, so when I would get the calls I would say hello once and then just enjoy the pause until I hung up.

that may be true. it was in this case. is that a business thing? like only talk to the sucker who would shout into a void?

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I did the same thing at work a few months ago. Every five seconds my phone would start vibrating in my pocket and I kept ignoring it. They would instantly call back over and over. It was an out of state number that I had never even been to. If it was a friend they would have sent a text or left a voice message instead of calling over and over.

My manager was like dayum.

JACKBUTTMOMMY posted...

Oooh, big man! How about I buy you a pack of gum, show you how to chew it? ~ Al Scarface/Serpico Pacino

If someone fucks with me I'm saying "oh so now you want to be the big guy." try me!!

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gatorsPENSbucs posted...

Ive heard they cant start talking until you say hello twice, so when I would get the calls I would say hello once and then just enjoy the pause until I hung up.

This

Always after the second hello.

These days though, if you dont say hello twice they wait a little bit, and then start talking anyway

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My husband just pretends to go along with what they want then puts them on hold forever. They cant hang up until you do. He had one for an hour on hold. He ended up cussing my husband out and waiting for my husband to hang up, but he wouldnt and it was hilarious. The scammer ended up hanging up but you could tell he was furious.