Thread: Phoney baloney phone calls.

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When I have the time, and I usually do have all the time in the universe, I go along with the spiel on the computer generated calls, when they start asking for information about you and your bank accounts I just say, "Well, if you are my bank you already know all these details" and that is enough for them to disconnect the call, A lot of times of I use a word like f*** or sh**, they say they don't have to sit there and listen to you swear or they will cancel the call if you do not refrain from using that language! Then I just swear again and they hang up.. I like the other ones that ask if you are the personal buyer of your Diabetes Meds and then when I say yes, they tell me that I can get them at a discounted rate from them and they go on talking about their low rates, after they have finished their spiel I ask them if I can get them cheaper elsewhere would they refund me the difference and most times they will lie and say yes, to which I tell them that I get them for free from the VAMC near where I live so send me a check for 35 dollars and I'll be happy. BY that time they are hanging up the phone.. IF you let them run their spiel for about 10 lines and then interrupt them with a silly type question they have to start all over again on their sales pitch because they haven't memorized it yet and don't remember where they left off and just hang up on ya after a few more interupts..
Then there are the times when I excuse myself and say I have to answer the front door, set the phone down and walk away, back to my TV station or where ever I wanna go to screw off and kill time, the real dumb marketers will still be waiting 5 minutes later when you pick up the phone just long enough to ask if they are still there and then hang up on them.. I don't have caller ID anyway and their number wouldn't show up either so I sometimes just ask them what their number is so I could call them back and then if its a toll free number, I call up and start my own spiel trying to sell my 1932 Henway automobile for el cheapo bucks.. Most of them have an IQ they can show you on just 1 hand
It is more fun to screw with them and I usually don't have anything else to do anyway so I just play the role of Mr. John Dough..

When I call Frontier Telephone to ask about my bill, and I get a sweet sounding young woman to help me, I turn on my charm and ask where she is located and if it is close by I ask her to have dinner with me, That has worked 9 times so far and 6 of them I scored with and 3 of them got me a weekend get-a-way at the Marriott Hotel..
Love talking to people on the telephone..