[Shop-talk] annoying calls

[Scott Hall]

I used to torment call droids too...but now I think most of them are doing
that job because they can't find anything else. I prefer they do that than
sit at home. I assume every single one of them leaves the very second they
find something better.

I do what everyone else does: do not call list, everybody gets Google Voice
number. Then I don't answer calls I don't recognize. I block persistent
same numbers...and my ringer is always on silent so unless I'm looking at
the phone when you call...I won't answer anyway.

I'm doing pretty good--I get almost no spam calls to my cell.

On Tue, Mar 26, 2019, 7:07 AM eric--- via Shop-talk <
shop-talk at autox.team.net> wrote:

> One of the tricks I used to do (when a person would call you) was to
> pretend like I was really interested in what they were selling.  The
> conversation would go like...
>
> Caller-"Hello, have you thought about vinyl siding?"
> Me-"I can't believe it, yes I was.  Hold on, let me find the remote and
> turn off the TV."
>
> Then I would just continue watching TV until they hung up.  Every now and
> then I would pick up the phone and say, "I can't find this stupid remote.
> I'm sorry, hold on."
>
> I would see how long I could keep them going.
>
>
> Recently, if a person does call, I simply, and very politely ask, "Why do
> you do a job that makes eveyone hate you?  Really, do you enjoy getting
> these calls?  What makes you think anyone else does?  Are you parents proud
> that you have a job annoying people in their homes?"  and I go on.
>
> BTW, back in the 90's, I put up this site on my website...  It was "Fight
> Back!"  a place to share ways to annoy telemarketers or junk mail.
> https://www.megageek.com/fightbk/fightbk.nsf
>
> The stories are still there, and will be as long as I'm alive!
>
>
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