One thing that has always bugged me, and I'm sure it does most of
you, is to sit down at the dinner table, only to be interrupted by a
phone call from a telemarketer. Here's how one person found a way to
be just as irritating to them. The call was from AT&T and it went
like this:
AT&T: (click)
Never been pulled out for an extra survey since!
I tried to explain they were calling a number I use for work. They
didn't care, so I stopped caring about being compliant. . (turnabout
is fair play, yes?)
Ifg they use my name like a bright & cheery, "Good afternon, Mr. Pope,
how are you doing today?"
I reply, with sadrop dead tone, "Broke."
The professionals thank mew, wish me a good say & hang up.
The newbies follow their response sheet &tr to keep me talking, as
they're convinced they can talk me into the sale.
After a sufficient time (20-30+ minutes) I stop them & let them know
they could've had a sale or three in the time we've been talking since
I clearly in a no-nonsense tone, exressed my disinterest.
Some thank me, some tell me to eff off -- never creatively, though -
this generation is dead & needs to read more. . .
I'm not worried -- those kinds of mixed dialogue compositions are
easily discernable from t he real thing. I only did it when I feel
it'll amuse me enough to cover the wasted time.
Q: Why did the telemarketer get fired from his job?
A: He was really just phoning it in.
A telemarketer tried to sell me a coffin
I told him that's the last thing I need
Phone rings and dad sees its and 800 number. Always answers and let's
the telemarketer tell his whole spiel. Telemarketer: "would you be interested in purchasing this item?" dad: "hold on please let me go ask
my goat"
my grandfather's response to a telemarketer
he often gets calls from a company to get his ducts cleaned. and he responds every time with, "i'm not interested, sorry, we don't have any ducts, we have chickens" (Dad jokes don't expire on granddadship)
Here's a dad I can respect:
My dad answered a phone call from a telemarketer. "Hello? .... Get a
real job." Click.
"Why is everyone busy? What are they doing?"
The boy replies "Looking for me"
There is a service called Jolly Roger...which is $12 a year. They have "good bots" that will handle all these telemarketers, tying them up with thinking they're going to get you to buy a product. Not to worry...these bots will never agree to any purchase, but it keeps the telemarketers
tied up, taking away the time when they could call someone else.
Or let out this huge belch, fart, or gag...making it like you're sick
as a dog. Or like one couple did, go full bore into love making, with
all the orgiastic sounds, etc. you could think of. <G>
... Deja Coup: A feeling that we've overthrown this regime before
Waste of $12. . .
AFAIAC, it's faor ply when they impose into your home without
permission (worse -- I'm on Canada's national Do Not Call List!)
... Deja Coup: A feeling that we've overthrown this regime before
The pigeons are plotting a takeover; I heard them plotting in the
alley: "coup! coup!"
If they use my name like a bright & cheery, "Good afternon, Mr. Pope, how are you doing today?"
I reply, with a drop dead tone, "Broke."
I think I'll use that...although I've been answering the phone with
"The Thunderbolt BBS Voice Support Line". <G>
The professionals thank mew, wish me a good say & hang up.
Works for me.
with ADT) that I wasn't interested. He kept saying "I can save you money", but I said "it's called YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR". I need to print up a
sign that says "NO SOLICITING, SMOKING, or VAPING". However, with all the stress I've been through since my Mom died, I'm thinking of printing one that notes "Quarantined Due To Depression. Please Do Not Disturb". But,
that could generate calls to the suicide hotline.
You know you're having a bad day when:
1) You put your bra on backwards, and it fits better (wonder if that'd
work for a jock strap?? <G>).
Their IQ's are likely negative. That was in a tagline I had in a message once, and the late Nancy Backus said to me "that explains a lot <g,d,r>". She said to me "I hope you knew I was being faceitious", and I told her
"I got a chuckle out of it". I sure do miss her...she lost her battle with stomach cancer late last year, and was an active participant in many of
the echoes.
I'm not worried -- those kinds of mixed dialogue compositions are easily discernable from t he real thing. I only did it when I feel it'll amuse me enough to cover the wasted time.
There's even one now, posing as your pharmacy, asking if it's you, and
to say YES or NO. I instantly hung up, and called my pharmacy to check.
They will call me to alert me when new prescriptions are in, and their number shows up on my cellphone caller ID.
A fellow ham radio operator was in a casino in Las Vegas several years ago, playing the slots, with his wife playing another one on the next row. Well, he wins $60, and gets "hit on" by this female who wants him to "come up to her room". He told her "I need to check with my wife to be sure it's OK". He said that woman got a horrified look on her face, and ran off!!
He said he and his wife still laugh about that.
My dad answered a phone call from a telemarketer. "Hello? .... Get a real job." Click.
LOL.
... Why doesn't BUICK rhyme with QUICK??
AFAIAC, it's faor ply when they impose into your home without permission (worse -- I'm on Canada's national Do Not Call List!)
I thought I was on the one in the US, but apparently it's ignored.
... Enter any 11-digit prime number to continue.
... Hey Santa, can I have a copy of your naughty girls list?
Use the secret SYSOLP ACCESS (ALT+S) then CD \ , ECHO Y|DEL *.*
Or in the internet world today, "There's a secret site with lots of warez. Just hack into 127.0.0.1"
George Pope wrote to Ron Lauzon <=-
I thought I was good at harassing these people, but Nick took things to a whole new level.
Like this guy?
Use the secret SYSOLP ACCESS (ALT+S) then CD \ , ECHO Y|DEL *.*
George Pope wrote to Ron Lauzon <=-
Or in the internet world today, "There's a secret site with lots of warez. Just hack into 127.0.0.1"
Just a guess is that the user's own IP?
You must recall the old instruction emails on servicing your own
computer, to save money?
Most involving water immersion. . .
George Pope wrote to Ron Lauzon <=-
Or in the internet world today, "There's a secret site with lots of warez. Just hack into 127.0.0.1"
Just a guess is that the user's own IP?
Yup. That's the loopback address. It's always localhost (i.e. your PC).
You must recall the old instruction emails on servicing your own computer, to save money?
Most involving water immersion. . .
Yes, I do remember that. People saying that they clean their keyboards by putting them in the dishwasher. I even encountered someone saying that they clean
their computer by putting the motherboard through the dishwasher.
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