And Calvin told the person on the other end that he needs to get a pen in order to jot down the message. He inflates a balloon, pops with a pin and yells that he’s been shot.
Another trick is to pretend you’re interested in what they’re selling, and then right when you start telling them your (fake) credit card number, hang up.Count how many times they try to call you back.
Unless they’re an outright scammer (claiming to be from Microsoft tech support, for example), I just say ‘Sorry, not interested’ and hang up. Most of them are just poor schmucks trying to make a living, and making their lives miserable isn’t going to do anything to change the company’s policies or affect anyone who has any control over you getting called.
If they can waste my time, I can certainly waste theirs. Since I have started working from home and get the same calls over and over, it’s become a sport for me.
The people who work for the call centres must be very desperate, if that’s the only job they can find. I have no problem making their lives even more miserable for a few moments, if it will get them to stop calling. The REALLY rude ones get a Fox 40 whistle in the ear. I think, however, that I’ll start offering to sell them custom earphones to reduce the discomfot of long hours in a dreary room with other drones chattering in the background. Make them noise-cancelling (an extra-cost option) to make the workplace even less dreary.Excuse me, but I have to go work on my sales pitch.
Templo S.U.D. about 11 years ago
And Calvin told the person on the other end that he needs to get a pen in order to jot down the message. He inflates a balloon, pops with a pin and yells that he’s been shot.
i_am_the_jam about 11 years ago
Another trick is to pretend you’re interested in what they’re selling, and then right when you start telling them your (fake) credit card number, hang up.Count how many times they try to call you back.
mischugenah about 11 years ago
Unless they’re an outright scammer (claiming to be from Microsoft tech support, for example), I just say ‘Sorry, not interested’ and hang up. Most of them are just poor schmucks trying to make a living, and making their lives miserable isn’t going to do anything to change the company’s policies or affect anyone who has any control over you getting called.
p10knee about 11 years ago
If they can waste my time, I can certainly waste theirs. Since I have started working from home and get the same calls over and over, it’s become a sport for me.
gosfreikempe about 11 years ago
The people who work for the call centres must be very desperate, if that’s the only job they can find. I have no problem making their lives even more miserable for a few moments, if it will get them to stop calling. The REALLY rude ones get a Fox 40 whistle in the ear. I think, however, that I’ll start offering to sell them custom earphones to reduce the discomfot of long hours in a dreary room with other drones chattering in the background. Make them noise-cancelling (an extra-cost option) to make the workplace even less dreary.Excuse me, but I have to go work on my sales pitch.
rhtatro about 11 years ago
I tell all the callers I’m broke and then hang up.
Nighthawks Premium Member about 11 years ago
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RonBerg13 Premium Member about 11 years ago
I gotta remember this!