Just blew the mind of a phone survey caller. Critical Race, transgender and anti-zvaxer medical prof

[liberal N proud]

The caller asked me what I thought about hospitals firing people if they refused to get vaccinated.

Let him have an ear full on that. Wanted to know why I didn't support a law to protect those who don't get vaccinated.

Then he moved on to critical race where he asked why I support teaching it. I told him we should be teaching our kids everything then teach them how to think not what to think.

He wanted to know if I would support a law to ban transgender people from using their "chosen" restrooms. I said where are they suppose to go.

He asked me if I was a conservative or progressive. I said does your chart have bleeding heart liberal.

He was quick to get rid of me at that point.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Ya done good, my dear liberal N proud! That was completely and truly great! ♥

[FM123]

2. Good job, fellow BHL

[rurallib]

3. Sounds like someone doing a push poll

with questions designed to elicit the answers they want.
They hate it when someone screws up their routine.

Way to go!

I had one young lady crying one night. Every question she asked I gave an answer and a reason. When we got to one about health care she figured out that her husband and been lying to her for a long time. She said she was going to have it out with him that very night and started crying.

She thanked me for enlightening her and hung up.

[lagomorph777]

46. Seriously? WOW.

I didn't think it was even possible to turn off the Koch Chip in their heads.

[rurallib]

47. there was another one also

From Alabama - she was young and had just had a baby. The father deserted her. So I always ask questions because I am curious if it is a job or are they a believer.

At one point I said "do you really believe this?" She said 'no' and started crying. She told me about the baby and how she wished she would have had an abortion but at the time she believed it was best to finish the pregnancy. After the Dad lit out, this was the only job she could get. Minimum wage of course. That was about 10 to 15 years ago.

I felt bad cause I was afraid he would lose her job, but lord what a mess she was in.

[Scrivener7]

4. I always tell them, "Well, I used to be a conservative. But conservative politicians have been

abusing their followers so blatantly and horribly. Anyone who still buys into their obvious shit has to be stupid and masochistic. And I'll never vote for a republiQan again."

I've never been a conservative, but this demoralizes them a bit.

[zuul]

11. Ha! I'll have to try that.

[pandr32]

49. LMAO!

That sounds as fun as telling door knocking religious types that I belong to the Church of Satan.

[MiniMe]

5. I just don't answer the phone any more.

Growing up, you always answered the phone politely. Of course, it usually wasn't a telemarketer or somebody else trying to rip you off. I just don't want to deal with the crap any more.

If it is important, they can leave me a message. Can't remember the last time that a real message was left.

[thenelm1]

12. Right there with you MiniMe

When I used to answer and agree to participate, they would try and lead you with lots of questions with the end result being the caller asking some outrageously stupid &/or loaded question, trying to illicit the response they were looking for.

Or, they would ask your opinion on this or that, and when you tried to state an opinion, they'd come back with "is that a yes or a no."

Now I just hang up or don't even bother to answer. (Caller ID can be a wonderful thing!)

[William Gustafson]

34. I do this when they call.....

[AllyCat]

41. LOL!! Funny!!!

I used to hand the phone to my then toddler who just loved to talk.

[Raine]

36. Same here

I haven't answered the phone for years, they can leave a message.

[Blue Owl]

6. Nicely done!

[Ligyron]

7. I wish the hell they call me.

The ones I get are from Amy at the dealership wanting to talk about the extended warranty i’m letting slip by.

[leftieNanner]

9. I'm totally going to talk to Amy!

My 1990 Volvo station wagon should totally still be under warranty!

[smb]

16. Amy Hung Up On Me When I Told Her I Have A 1975 Trabant nt

[kirkuchiyo]

39. If you've really got one that still runs from that far back you've got to have the ONLY one... nt

[smb]

45. Yes, But The Same Could Be Said Of A 1975 Trabant In 1977 Or So

Jokes about them circulated back in the day:

Q: How do you double the value of a Trabant?
A: Fill the gas tank.

Q: Why are they considering a new Trabant model with two exhaust pipes?
A: So you can use it as a wheelbarrow.

[Old Okie]

48. Trabant

Had to google Trabant, on the worst cars ever made list.

[yellowdogintexas]

13. What? Is Amy cheating on me?

She calls me so often I just figured we were going steady.

Don't tell me the gal from Hilton and my newest admirer who is offering me help with paying my student loans! I have never had a student loan. Ever.

[AllaN01Bear]

8. eggscllent.

[TNNurse]

10. Excellent responses, each and every one.

[brooklynite]

14. No, you didn't "blow his/her mind"

I've worked as a poller. Their job is to complete the polls and log them, so they get paid. They have a script to follow, which may include outlets for respondents who aren't providing responses that can be coded. They didn't care what your answers were, as long as they could finish the survey.

[smb]

15. Some Answers I Might Give

"Why don't you support a law to protect those who don't get vaccinated?"
Because I'm too busy lobbying for a law to protect those who don't use toilets and just piss and shit on the ground.

"Why do you support teaching critical race theory?"
Hey, somebody has to tell Republicans what the heck it is....

"Would you support a law to ban transgender people from using their "chosen" restrooms?"
Weren't you listening to my first answer? I already gave you my solution for that problem.

"Are you a conservative or progressive?"
Put me down for "libertarian communist".

[liberal N proud]

22. Love it

[keithbvadu2]

17. If you have time to kill... How to answer spam/telemarketer phone calls...

If you have time to kill...

How to answer spam/telemarketer phone calls...

Keep asking: What is your name?
... until you get an answer.

What is your company/org name?
... until you get an answer.

What is your company/org address?
... until you get an answer.

What is your company/org phone number?
... until you get an answer.

What number can I get in contact with you?
... until you get an answer.

So what if they lie?
You're just going to hang up on them anyway.
Even better if you say 'sorry, not interested'.
.
Their time is also important to them.

[liberal N proud]

21. I was in a rare mood because I usually try to get them to hang up on me

[Marrah_Goodman]

18. I bet your answers went right in the trashcan

[liberal N proud]

20. Probably

[NoMoreRepugs]

19. B4 I got old and crusty I would just ask them if I could have their personal phone

number so I could call them back when it was convenient for me, I never got a #.

[Initech]

23. My opinion: if you don't get the vaccine, you have no business being anywhere near a hospital.

End of debate.

[pnwmom]

24. I think you should have said you were a conservative. Mess with his mind even more.

I'm sure there are conservative arguments that could be used for any of these positions, though I'm too lazy to try to construct any right now. It would be doable.

[smb]

27. Conservative Arguments

I'm sure there are conservative arguments that could be used for any of these positions

"Why don't you support a law to protect those who don't get vaccinated?"
We have too much Identity Politics in this country, with all kinds of special laws for this group and that group and the other group... enough, already!

"Why do you support teaching critical race theory?"
Did you ever read school books from back in the Good Old Days? They made kids learn all kinds of stuff, whether they wanted to or not! Nowadays, everybody's a whiny snowflake who needs their "safe space" from anything that "offends" them!

"Would you support a law to ban transgender people from using their "chosen" restrooms?"
Aren't you listening? I just said we have too dadgum many laws already!

"Are you a conservative or progressive?"
I'm a real conservative, not a wimpy fake conservative like Cadet Bone Spurs!

[pnwmom]

30. There you go! Good job! n/t

[Hekate]

25. I just love push-polls like that

[niyad]

26. on the VERY are occasions when I actually get one of these idiot pollsters, my first

question is, "exactly who is funding this?" Mumble mumble. . . "I don't answer polls conducted by reichwng idiots." And hang up.

[struggle4progress]

28. "Sex-reassignment surgery should be required for telemarketers. They should also be

vaccinated as punishment every time they fail the weekly quiz on Critical Race Theory"

[love_katz]

29. Bwhahahaha!

Perfect reply.

[fescuerescue]

31. The pollsters get an earful from everyone

But they just click the boxes and then call the next person.

And then your data is summarized and statistically normalized.

What I'm saying is that it's not worth expending emotion over. A "HELL NO" with a 5 minute rant is recorded exactly the same as "no".

And if this was a Push-poll (which I think it was), the responses aren't even recorded at all.

It's about pushing a message, not listening.

[luckone]

32. They are fishing for what hate works best to stir up votes for 22 what's popular

[pansypoo53219]

33. i love playing w/push polls.

[William Gustafson]

35. Any time I get one of these calls, I do this....

[Skittles]

37. I remember the very first time I voted in Texas

I had just registered, and I received a political message on my answering machine from a Republican. It was so homophobic and hateful I got up early (night shift worker) and drove a ways to vote against him. I absolutely DESPISE repukes......fuck them ALL.

[NurseJackie]

38. Cool. 👍

[The Wizard]

40. You should have told the surveyor

you were an arch conservative to the far right of Himmler. Just for confusion purposes.

[lark]

42. Yeah, I've found when I state I'm a total far left person they hang up on me pretty quick.

Usually that's the last thing they ask me, lol.

[KS Toronado]

43. Had a push-pull call from The Right To Life group

Basically promoting reQublicans, so I interrupted her with this question.....Can you tell me of any law reQublicans
have proposed or passed in the last 40 years making abortion illegal? Her... "blah blah Democrats" Me, sorry
lady every reQublican president during their term has had a reQublican House & Senate for at least 2 years and
that's when laws get passed. We went back and forth about 5 minutes when I started in with...reQublicans
don't give a shit about abortion until reelection time, they pass no laws but talk about laws they're gonna pass
if reelected. She ended by thanking me for the education and stated she'll be talking to friends why they vote
for politicians who never live up to their promises.

[Loki Liesmith]

44. They are just doing a job

Someone hired them to call you. They don’t care what your opinions are.

[relayerbob]

50. Good answers, except

I tell them a "moderate", to keep them from pigeon-holing that the support for these things only comes from the "far left"

[jimlup]

51. I'll bet they will find a way to exclude your response from their count /nt