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tularetom

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5. If a real person is on the line I begin asking them irrelevant questions

Reply to TlalocW (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 1, 2013, 07:03 PM

Oct 2013

Like where do they live, how many kids do they have, how do they like working in a telemarketing office, anything to keep them on the defensive and prevent them from launching into their spiel. I can keep them going long enough that even the dumbest ones finally realize they aren't going to make a sale and hang up out of frustration.

I'm proudest of the moment when Bill Jones (obviously an alias for some guy in India) told me to go fuck myself after 20 minutes of inability to get in his sales pitch about the virus in my puter.

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Don't try contacting the National Do Not Call Registry [View all] Link Speed Oct 2013 OP

If the Do Not Call Registry disappeared completely I'd never know it tularetom Oct 2013 #1

I am painfully aware of that Link Speed Oct 2013 #2

I'm on it as well TlalocW Oct 2013 #3

If a real person is on the line I begin asking them irrelevant questions tularetom Oct 2013 #5

The best reply to some telemarketers was done by a friend of mine TlalocW Oct 2013 #6

It makes no difference if you do reach them - lynne Oct 2013 #4

I wish I'd get real live telemarketers, SheilaT Oct 2013 #7