Ohh, this is great.

Back in the day when I had a landline it would ring incessantly with junk calls asking for either me or one of my roommates, and of course we knew this to be telemarketing.
I love to string them along and see how long they'll wait for whoever the hell they think they'll get to speak with to come to the phone, saying so and so is upstairs and will be right down. Phone is then laid to rest on kitchen table while said roomate is desperately being sought all the while he's lounging on the couch watching the same ballgame I am.
A minute or so later we'd direct the third roomate would answer the phone stating his name, and cut them off before they could direct their spiel at them stating he would go find the person being called.
Repeat until it isn't fun anymore.
A lot of them hung up by this point, how rude is that?
We had one guy on for five minutes once whereupon we'd just fess up that we'd wasted his time. Since he was being so nice and call us during football and waste ours, you know least we could do.
These days I've gone more scientific about it not just wasting their time, but actually turning the tables on them and digging for the same info they're trying to extract from me. Having a counterscript makes that task easier, have a look at this one, it covers most bases

http://www.xs4all.nl/~egbg/counterscript.html

Yeah, I realize the voice on the other end may be just like you and I, working stiffs trying to provide for them and theirs, but I truly want them to feel bad about what they do so that they won't bother me when I'm having dinner or any other time of day for that matter.

Leif

posted by 24.16.200...

• Just got to torture a telemarketting firm..., Chaz, Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:07:47
  • All calls go to answering machine..., REM in Seattle , Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:13:20
    • Re: All calls go to answering machine..., jp, Fri, 27 Oct 2006 07:40:53
  • Great response., Noel, Thu, 26 Oct 2006 05:35:26
  • Re: Just got to torture a telemarketting firm..., oldsaab, Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:55:10
  • failed link- trying again..., jonathan, Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:29:57
    • F'ing brilliant!, Chaz, Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:49:10
      • why record?, Trev, Wed, 25 Oct 2006 18:41:22
        • Thanks trev. The script was making me cross eyed..., Chaz, Fri, 27 Oct 2006 07:12:19
          • Easy way to do it, Trev, Fri, 27 Oct 2006 15:37:53
  • Dear Chaz, thought you might appreciate this link.NM, jonathan, Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:26:00
    • Okay here it is ( i hope), jonathan, Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:48:41
    • Linky not working,but is that the Brit yelling..., Chaz, Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:33:09
      • i'll try again..., jonathan, Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:40:12
        • It's okay to prank telemarketers (long and vengeful), Leif Aake, Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:39:18 <-- Viewing This Message
          • Re: It's okay to prank telemarketers (long and vengeful, SaabHubby, Thu, 26 Oct 2006 04:14:47
          • Cute link Leif.I also like the roomate thing n/m, Chaz, Thu, 26 Oct 2006 03:42:20
        • Try this, Trev, Wed, 25 Oct 2006 18:36:57

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