Thank goodness for Caller I.D.! If I don’t know the number, I don’t answer!!! Or, if I happen to have the phone close by, I click on the call and immediately hang up!
John Oliver may not have the solution but he has a satisfying way to get the attention of those that do….. every 90 minutes the board of the FCC gets their very own call until they take action…..
My wife entertains herself on occasion by messing with scam callers:
1. “Microsoft Technical Support – there’s a problem with your Windows software.” (And you can hear the noise of a “boiler room” in the background.) She’ll say “but we don’t have a computer!!” Listening to them sputter in bafflement can be quite entertaining.
2. Or she says something like “tell me all about it!” And then, once they get rolling, she sets the phone down on her desk and ignores them, figuring that every minute wasted by them is a minute they won’t be scamming someone more vulnerable.
3. Or, when the Caller ID claims to be from an entire state (“California”) she just answers as Eleanor Roosevelt (in honor of Walter Matthau in Hopscotch, a great movie) and acts totally baffled, again delaying them from someone else.
Daeder almost 5 years ago
He’s not the one who should be there.
Ajit Pai and the rest of his corporate stooges who sold OUR FCC, which rightfully belongs to the citizens of the United States, to the highest bidder!
That’s who’s going to hell, not inventors.
amethyst52 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Hell is going to be crowded when this administration arrives.
Masterskrain Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Thank goodness for Caller I.D.! If I don’t know the number, I don’t answer!!! Or, if I happen to have the phone close by, I click on the call and immediately hang up!
DaBoogadie almost 5 years ago
The atomic bomb was a great leap forward in science…but the people that used it…
Zebrastripes almost 5 years ago
Arrrrrrgh!
feverjr Premium Member almost 5 years ago
John Oliver may not have the solution but he has a satisfying way to get the attention of those that do….. every 90 minutes the board of the FCC gets their very own call until they take action…..
http://time.com/5547555/john-oliver-robocalls-last-week-tonight/superposition almost 5 years ago
Odd that corporate drones mostly seem to get appointed to head agencies that were designed to benefit everyone.
wirepunchr almost 5 years ago
One mans heaven is another’s hell.
Motivemagus almost 5 years ago
My wife entertains herself on occasion by messing with scam callers:
1. “Microsoft Technical Support – there’s a problem with your Windows software.” (And you can hear the noise of a “boiler room” in the background.) She’ll say “but we don’t have a computer!!” Listening to them sputter in bafflement can be quite entertaining.
2. Or she says something like “tell me all about it!” And then, once they get rolling, she sets the phone down on her desk and ignores them, figuring that every minute wasted by them is a minute they won’t be scamming someone more vulnerable.
3. Or, when the Caller ID claims to be from an entire state (“California”) she just answers as Eleanor Roosevelt (in honor of Walter Matthau in Hopscotch, a great movie) and acts totally baffled, again delaying them from someone else.
Concretionist almost 5 years ago
Inventing something isn’t the issue. Making evil use of the invention is. But yeah.