How do you mess with telemarketers?

[KillyKillall]

#1
<ring>
me: Hello
telemarketer: May I speak to Mr...<pause> <insert mispronounced last name>
me: sure, one second
<set phone down......check it again in 30 minutes to make sure they eventually hung up>

#2
<ring>
me: Hello
telemarketer: May I speak to Mr...<pause> <insert mispronounced last name>
me: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! <literally screaming into the phone as loud as I can until they hang up>

 

[iwearnosox]

While I agree telemarketers suck I also understand there's someone trying to feed their family on the other end. I just let the answering machine answer any call whose number I don't recognize.

 

[DanJ]

I just pick it up and instantly hang it up so i don't need to listen to the ringer anymore.

 

[slightlyhuman]

me: jacks mule barn, head ass speaking







me:hello
tele: may i speak to....
me: try the west wing of the house

 

[KillyKillall]

I do that sometimes too sox...but don't tell me I'm the only poster here that gets frustrated on a day where you get like 2-3 in a 1 hour period or something like that.

btw..the posting said to post..."if you do..." you don't...so no postie here.

 

[DaveJ]

Telemarketer: Hello, can I interest you in our new improved long distance plan?
Me: No thanks... I don't have a phone.



Dave

 

[KarenMarie]

i dont mess with telemarketers...

i politely tell them that while i understand that they have a job to do... i am not interested and it would be a waste of time to continue any further cause i will not buy, not matter what... so they should use that time trying to find someone they might have a shot at selling to.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

i tell them i am not interested and if they continue i just hang up

i get pissed bc they waste my time, why on earth am I going to solve that problem by wasting theirs?

 

[MartyMcFly3]

Pulled it from Seinfeld:

Telemarketer: Hello. Would you be interested in <insert product they are trying to sell>?
Me: Yes.
<hang up>

 

[Ausm]

Tell them to fvck off and die...

I am on the don not call list have not been harrased in years.


Ausm

 

[thereds]

Originally posted by: MartyMcFly3
Pulled it from Seinfeld:

Telemarketer: Hello. Would you be interested in <insert product they are trying to sell>?
Me: Yes.
<hang up>

Which episode is that in?

If you're referring to the Season 4 Ep when Susan comes to Jerry's apt., I don't believe you've quoted that right.

 

[alien42]

if you speak in a foreign language they just hang up, every time

 

[JoLLyRoGer]

Text

 

[conjur]

My grandfather would use something like:

"Can you excuse me for a minute? I need to clean the blood out of the sink."


And then he'd hang up!

 

[MartyMcFly3]

Originally posted by: thereds

Originally posted by: MartyMcFly3
Pulled it from Seinfeld:

Telemarketer: Hello. Would you be interested in <insert product they are trying to sell>?
Me: Yes.
<hang up>

Which episode is that in?

If you're referring to the Season 4 Ep when Susan comes to Jerry's apt., I don't believe you've quoted that right.

Its the Yada Yada Episode. Directly quoting script now:

Phone: Would you be interested in a subscription to the New York Times?
Jerry: Yes. (Slams down phone. Kramer and Mickey enter)

 

[sonambulo]

i just say yes, i'd like to buy one and then hang up.

 

[MoPHo]

I usually just answer my phone; "County morgue you kill 'em, we chill 'em." They usually hang up after that...

 

[gar3555]

Joe's Crematorium
You Kill em
We Grill em

or tell them that the person in question just died

 

[MoPHo]

Originally posted by: gar3555
Joe's Crematorium
You Kill em
We Grill em

or tell them that the person in question just died

HA! I BEAT YOU!

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: MartyMcFly3
Pulled it from Seinfeld:

Telemarketer: Hello. Would you be interested in <insert product they are trying to sell>?
Me: Yes.
<hang up>

LOL i do that too... and yes, i got it from Seinfeld.

 

[gar3555]

Originally posted by: MoPHo

Originally posted by: gar3555
Joe's Crematorium
You Kill em
We Grill em

or tell them that the person in question just died

HA! I BEAT YOU!

kind of...mines has a different twist...im more of BBQer..thanks ATOT

 

[Looney]

What i've always wanted to do, was eat doritos while talking to them... but i never have any on hand when i actually talk to them.

 

[imported_Tick]

I usually just say hello, then when ever they start talking, make a beeping sound into the microphone, stop when they stop, start when they start.