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Getting back at tele-marketers�
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Join Date: Oct 2002
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*LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: THE BITCH HAS LEFT TEH BUILDING*
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: AB, Canada
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Good one. I will try the counterscript. It looks like it would be effective. 
Results however would not be forwarded to EGBG. This is something I will be sharing with friends and co-workers.
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As a man comes, so he departs.
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Seattle, WA
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I just hang up on them. Much quicker.
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The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive.
- Thomas Jefferson, 1787
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Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Madison, WI
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If they're cute I chat with them for up to 30 minutes. If they're selling credit cards I ask if Jesus approves of whatever they're selling. If they're doing surveys I come up with some tragic stories (My legs were cut off 2 weeks ago and bla bla bla).
Or I just start talking dirty to them.
- Ca$h
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Utah
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That is BEAUTIFUL. Thanks. 
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Nov 1999
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Now see, what I typically do is something which will attempt to get us off the list. Fir example, if a lawn care company calls, I say I don't have a lawn. If it's a credit card company, I ask them to hold on a sec while I shout out to an imaginary wife and kids that we're not going to have to declare bankruptcy after all. If it's from a telephone company, I say we don't have a telephone (this one really tends to mess with their heads, particularly if you get really adamant about the fact that you don't have a phone).
At the absolute least, you'll make their day a little more surreal. At best, you can feel for one brief shining moment like you've achieved the supreme general badassary that is Gord.
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You are in Soviet Russia. It is dark. Grue is likely to be eaten by YOU!
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Seattle, WA
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have you tried this, porche? how's it work? Our telemarketers are particularly... hmm.. persistent? I even had one come door to door once!!
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The short shall inherit the earth. Just you wait. You won't see us coming. We'll pop out from under tables, beds, and closets in hordes. So you're tall, huh? You won't be so tall when I chew off your ankles. Mofo
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Join Date: Oct 2002
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Originally posted by cheerios:
have you tried this, porche? how's it work? Our telemarketers are particularly... hmm.. persistent? I even had one come door to door once!!
I just saw it this morning on BBSpot, and of course, none of them have called today.
Hanging up is quicker, but not quite as satisfying as harassing the harasser.
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*LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: THE BITCH HAS LEFT TEH BUILDING*
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Seattle, WA
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Very true, and if they're gonna waste your time, ya may as well get soemthing out of it!
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The short shall inherit the earth. Just you wait. You won't see us coming. We'll pop out from under tables, beds, and closets in hordes. So you're tall, huh? You won't be so tall when I chew off your ankles. Mofo
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Baltimore
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Cool. Of course, I stand by my accomplishment of having actually called a telemarketer at his home! Woo-hoo!
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Youngsville, NC
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All telemarketers talk to my three year old. No telling what she signs me up for.
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Banned
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Madison, WI
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Behind the dryer, looking for a matching sock
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Cute, but way too much work. There's a state number you can call to your name on a "no-call" list, which is probably more effective than dealing with the poor schmuck on the other end of the line, who in reality is only trying to make a living.
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