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Ways to irritate telemarketers.

#1 {lang:macro__useroffline}   Nate {lang:icon}

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Posted 19 October 2005 - 08:47 PM

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When they ask "How are you today?" Tell them! "I'm

so glad you asked because no one these days seems to

care, and I have all these problems; my arthritis is

acting up, my eyelashes are sore, my dog just died..."



If they say they're John Doe from XYZ Company, ask

them to spell their name. Then ask them to spell the

company name. Then ask them where it is located.

Continue asking them personal questions or questions

about their company for as long as necessary.



Cry out in surprise, "Judy! Is that you? Oh my God!

Judy, how have you been?" Hopefully, this will give Judy

a few brief moments of pause as she tries to figure out

where the hell she could know you from.



If MCI calls trying to get you to sign up for the Family

and Friends plan, reply, in as SINISTER a voice as you can,

"I don't have any friends... would you be my friend?"



If they want to loan you money, tell them you just filed for

bankruptcy and you could sure use some money.



Tell the telemarketer you are busy at the moment and ask

them if they will give you their HOME phone number so you

can call them back. When the telemarketer explains that they

cannot give out their HOME number, you say "I guess you don't

want anyone bothering you at home, right?" The telemarketer

will agree and you say, "Now you know how I feel!"



Insist that the caller is really your buddy Leon, playing a joke.

"Come on Leon, cut it out! Seriously, Leon, how's ya been?"

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#2 {lang:macro__useroffline}   Nuu™™ {lang:icon}

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Posted 20 October 2005 - 02:32 AM

You didn't write that just then, did you?
I have trademarked the symbol: '™'. You fail at display names.



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Things which you should look at:

SKoA - http://skoa.cspacezone.com/ , if you have any Age of Empires games.

The DS Garden Festival Minigame - Link , whether you play DStorm or not.

The Most Mysterious SSSS - Link For people who don't care about...things.

Like LEGO? Play Blockland!


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#3 {lang:macro__useroffline}   ©allum {lang:icon}

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Posted 20 October 2005 - 04:40 AM

Tell them you're not interested, but ask if they know where you can get a cleaner that can get goats' blood out of ceremonial satanic robes.

If it's a female, ask them questions like what age they are, then tell them to come round on Tuesday cos the wife won't be home then.
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Posted 20 October 2005 - 10:51 AM

Most of them sound like they came from George Carlin, but i'm not sure. i know i've heard 'em before somewhere. as in, heard, not read bluetongue.gif.

Best way i've seen is to repeat the word "What?" after they say there company name or what they're selling, which will make them repeat themselves, and say the word "hi" or something after each time they say there own name. May not be extremely irritating, but if they're slow they will repeat themselves for ages, and you'll be happy in the knowledge you saved some other people from being irritated by the telemarketers bluetongue.gif.
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#5 {lang:macro__useroffline}   Nate {lang:icon}

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Posted 20 October 2005 - 11:05 AM

QUOTE(Nuu @ Oct 19 2005, 09:32 PM)
You didn't write that just then, did you?
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Forgot to add qoutes bluetongue.gif

Another one is just to imitate the telemarketer as good as possible.

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Posted 22 October 2005 - 06:04 PM

good post! I love irritating telemarketers. I'll be sure to try the "wouldn't want people bothering you at home" one A.S.A.P.

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Posted 22 October 2005 - 06:21 PM

when they introduce themselves, start acting as if you work in a resturaunt. keep insisting that they have fries with thier order.
This was totally out-dated.
Now it's updated.
I think?
Yeah.

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Posted 23 October 2005 - 03:24 AM

the telemarketers dont call me anymore sad.gif
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Post icon  Posted 27 October 2005 - 03:18 PM

wonder why...

jokin round im not being mean lol bluetongue.gif
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Posted 28 October 2005 - 12:25 AM

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Tell the telemarketer you are busy at the moment and ask

them if they will give you their HOME phone number so you

can call them back. When the telemarketer explains that they

cannot give out their HOME number, you say "I guess you don't

want anyone bothering you at home, right?" The telemarketer

will agree and you say, "Now you know how I feel!"

Lol, that one is from Seinfeld. bluetongue.gif

If you answer and it's a telemarketer, just say "Okay hang on, let me get my dad". Wait a few moments then start breathing into the phone for as long as you want. bluetongue.gif "Evil breathing" if you can pull that off lol.

Another one like that is to start coughing and gradually cough more and louder. They won't know what to do. bluetongue.gif

I think one of the most embarassing thing is trying to pull of a trick and find out you have a recording. biglaugh.gif
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Posted 29 October 2005 - 05:10 PM

Yeah most telemarketers are recordings now sad.gif
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Posted 30 October 2005 - 12:50 AM

QUOTE(Uncle Shadow @ Oct 30 2005, 03:10 AM)
Yeah most telemarketers are recordings now  sad.gif
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I know, that is annoying...
I have trademarked the symbol: '™'. You fail at display names.



^ Thanks to Nazy for the... thingy ^

Things which you should look at:

SKoA - http://skoa.cspacezone.com/ , if you have any Age of Empires games.

The DS Garden Festival Minigame - Link , whether you play DStorm or not.

The Most Mysterious SSSS - Link For people who don't care about...things.

Like LEGO? Play Blockland!


I may be an Arbiter, but I'll always be a SeeDy little man.™™
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Posted 08 December 2005 - 08:39 PM

Ask them to call you back.


They use automatic calling machines, they can't call you back.

Or even better, ask if you can call THEM back
HI! I'M BACK SPORADICALLY! Nobody probably remembers me :(
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Posted 08 December 2005 - 09:16 PM

Keep saying Hi

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#15 {lang:macro__useroffline}   Jake {lang:icon}

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Posted 01 February 2006 - 11:07 PM

POST!

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