I got a call earlier in the month about qualifying for a market research study, now all previous market research studies have led to me either getting a) money or b) products. So I complied with what the woman was saying on the other end of the phone. She said she'd send me a tape and a packet for me to fill out after watching the tape. Blabbity blah, skip to Friday.
Friday I got the tape and the packets, it instructed me to watch the tape on Sunday and only Sunday. And while watching the tape, I was not allowed to Fast Forward or Rewind the tape because it was a "Special Tape." | Pic of Instructions
Anyway, Sunday = NFL playoffs, so screw that. I popped in the tape and was greeted by some annoying woman's voice shouting at me to complete one packet before watching the tape. Screw that, fast-forward. I ended up fast-forwarding through the first 5 minutes of the actual show due to me not really caring. So I started to watch the show, it seemed like some old poorly-produced and poorly-funded show about single dads raising kids. Except, it wasn't funny. Kind of like a Full House knock-off, but crappier. If Dad's ever makes it to a network, you guys will see what I mean.
Anyway, so the show sucked, there were COMMERCIALS on the tape, so I instinctively fast-forwarded through them. My VCR or the tape didn't blow up, so that was a good thing. Yeah, blabbity blah, watched the show, fastforwarded through the last 10 minutes because I was tired of the concept.
Come today, Monday. The guy calls and asks me about the tape and if I liked it, I told him no. He starts asking me about when I watched the tape and the conversation kind of went like this:
[him]: so when did you watch the tape?
[me]: friday
[him]: but it said to watch it Sunday
[me]: Sunday is NFL playoffs baby.
[him]: OK, when you were.... (cut off by me)
[me]: The Colts were screwed over. But how bout dem Panthers baby?
[him]: When you were ....
[me]: PANTHERS! WOOOOOOH!
I let him finish the question and he asks "Alright. Now, how did you like the commercials?" I told him I fast-forwarded through them and so he asked me about chocolate candies and which ones I've bought. I told him I was a diabetic and if I ate sugar I'd die. He still insisted on asking which one's I've eaten and bought though.
He then asks me to get the tape and assuming I stopped in the right position (where this big STOP SIGN came onto the screen after my fast-forwarding adventure), tells me to put in the tape and watch the last commercial.
Screw that, so I had a little fun. I told him I'd get the tape. Bleh, screw him. So I had a waiting contest, I left him on hold for 5 minutes while I consulted agnitrate on what I should do. agnitrate suggested holding music, so I got the BEST SONG to play through Winamp. (Download the song here)
I picked up the reciever and told him, one more second. Played the song into the reciever once and then told him I was watching the tape now. 5 minutes later, start playing the song some more. I think after the fourth time around the guy hangs up.
Success, I win. More of a "you had to be there" situation, but it's fun toying with telemarketers. I have tomorrow off and can probably guarantee a few telemarketing calls tomorrow, I need ideas.
Friday I got the tape and the packets, it instructed me to watch the tape on Sunday and only Sunday. And while watching the tape, I was not allowed to Fast Forward or Rewind the tape because it was a "Special Tape." | Pic of Instructions
Anyway, Sunday = NFL playoffs, so screw that. I popped in the tape and was greeted by some annoying woman's voice shouting at me to complete one packet before watching the tape. Screw that, fast-forward. I ended up fast-forwarding through the first 5 minutes of the actual show due to me not really caring. So I started to watch the show, it seemed like some old poorly-produced and poorly-funded show about single dads raising kids. Except, it wasn't funny. Kind of like a Full House knock-off, but crappier. If Dad's ever makes it to a network, you guys will see what I mean.
Anyway, so the show sucked, there were COMMERCIALS on the tape, so I instinctively fast-forwarded through them. My VCR or the tape didn't blow up, so that was a good thing.
Yeah, blabbity blah, watched the show, fastforwarded through the last 10 minutes because I was tired of the concept.Come today, Monday. The guy calls and asks me about the tape and if I liked it, I told him no. He starts asking me about when I watched the tape and the conversation kind of went like this:
[him]: so when did you watch the tape?
[me]: friday
[him]: but it said to watch it Sunday
[me]: Sunday is NFL playoffs baby.
[him]: OK, when you were.... (cut off by me)
[me]: The Colts were screwed over. But how bout dem Panthers baby?
[him]: When you were ....
[me]: PANTHERS! WOOOOOOH!
I let him finish the question and he asks "Alright. Now, how did you like the commercials?" I told him I fast-forwarded through them and so he asked me about chocolate candies and which ones I've bought. I told him I was a diabetic and if I ate sugar I'd die. He still insisted on asking which one's I've eaten and bought though.
He then asks me to get the tape and assuming I stopped in the right position (where this big STOP SIGN came onto the screen after my fast-forwarding adventure), tells me to put in the tape and watch the last commercial.
Screw that, so I had a little fun. I told him I'd get the tape. Bleh, screw him. So I had a waiting contest, I left him on hold for 5 minutes while I consulted agnitrate on what I should do. agnitrate suggested holding music, so I got the BEST SONG to play through Winamp. (Download the song here)
I picked up the reciever and told him, one more second. Played the song into the reciever once and then told him I was watching the tape now. 5 minutes later, start playing the song some more. I think after the fourth time around the guy hangs up.
Success, I win. More of a "you had to be there" situation, but it's fun toying with telemarketers. I have tomorrow off and can probably guarantee a few telemarketing calls tomorrow, I need ideas.
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