Wow! I just got the rudest telemarketing call

[Yami]

It is hard being a telemarketeer :P

And I fail at it =] When someone says they're not interested I kinda don't even try. I'm like: okay buh byeeeeeez!

[Hyper]

LOOOOOL.

I'm going to move to Australia just to expirience that.

Aye, Hessah needs to learn that you're not supposed to actually socialize with telemarketers. xD

[Hessah]

I was a telemarketer for about 6 months for a charity...

yeah its not easy.. in fact is really boring.. to repeat yourself over and over again.. then get hung up on over and over again...

or i get an old lady that says -very slowly- "ohh i'm very sorry, that's for a great cause, but i'm very poor myself, i would love to help, but i'm just a pensioner and.... .... .... .... "

oooookaaaaaaaaaaay... thank you...




@Hyper - i wasnt socialising with him

[MikeyG]

My numbers private so i dun get em but if im at my aunts or nana and poppas
I answer the phone and as soon as they say hello i hang up or i do the sienfeld

Me: Im busy right now why dont u give me your number and ill call u back when im ready
Them:im sry i cant do that
Me: cause u dont wanna be bothered at home?
Them: exactly
me: now you know how i feel
-hangs up-

[Hessah]

Seinfeld FTW!

[Andromeda]

My numbers private so i dun get em

Don't expect that to protect you. Telemarketers have ways of getting your phone number

[Yami]

I'd laugh hard if someone would say that to me XD

[Hyper]

I was a telemarketer for about 6 months for a charity...

yeah its not easy.. in fact is really boring.. to repeat yourself over and over again.. then get hung up on over and over again...

or i get an old lady that says -very slowly- "ohh i'm very sorry, that's for a great cause, but i'm very poor myself, i would love to help, but i'm just a pensioner and.... .... .... .... "

oooookaaaaaaaaaaay... thank you...




@Hyper - i wasnt socialising with him

LOL! I've never heard of anyone talking with a telemarketer for that long!

Them: Hello, can I interest you in trying out _____________?

For me it's either:
"Stop calling."
"Call me again and I'll sue." (Usually gets them to hang up instantly.)
or
"Screw off. If I didn't want that product yesterday, what makes you think I'd want it today?"

One time I asked how it was in India, and that conversation lasted about 5 seconds...

[MikeyG]

Don't expect that to protect you. Telemarketers have ways of getting your phone number

Yeah it has actually i dont believe ive ever had a telemarketer call my house in
all my life that i can remember.

[Ivramire]

My grandmother usually answered the phone. They called once and never again.


She has a hacking cough that makes a normal flow of conversation impossible. Despite this she still refuses to put down her cigarettes.


And she has a tendency to ask the most awkward questions. Guess she hates telemarketers too. A classic moment was when she asked the person what kind of contraception they used o_o