Just2Candid
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They always ask, "how are you today".
Well we tell them a long sad story that just goes on and on. My wife had a woman crying and apologizing for calling. |
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in vino veritas
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When people call my mobile to ask me whether I want to upgrade (or whatever), I pretend I don't have a mobile.
Then I say I don't even have a land line and they're talking to me via my radio or computer or something.
They get very confused, which makes me laugh.
I wonder what they write down as a result for the call - "Woman was a complete nutter" probably!
EDIT: I also totally agree with other responders about the crappiness of the job. However, I hate getting sales calls and I have signed up to the Telephone Preference Service. This means that I should not be getting ANY sales calls, so any I do get are from disreputable companies which I reason are fair game. I'm never rude and I don't shout. After all, it's not their fault that they work for a horrible company. I don't mind wasting their time though - it's the company's money I'm spending. |
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gyrene71
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I understand that the calls are irritating. However, if you have caller ID, why do you answer the phone?
I have a part-time job in a call center, but I don't sell anything. Mutual funds hire my company to call their shareholders for their proxy votes. We have no control over the calls,as they're done by an automatic dialer. I've had people chewing food as they talk to me, even though I've offered to arrange a call back at a more convenient time. I've had people blast me because they're on the Do Not Call List (it doesn't apply to us), and I've even had people scream at me because I've called too late (sometimes 7:30 or 8 PM). I try to be as polite as possible, even when I get jerks like some of the ones who've supplied answers to this question. Unless you've done the job, keep your stupid suggestions to yourselves. |
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Aurora
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A crap job it might be and maybe one call from someone is forgiveable, but I don't see anything wrong with winding these people up when they persist in calling night after night. We have one company who persist in calling despite us asking them not to, so they deserve everything they get. |
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mculasso
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nothing, they have a crappy job as is. At least they're working instead of on welfare. I'm taking it you've never had to work one of these crappy jobs before. Lucky you. |
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Maid Angela
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No I do not wind up these unfortunate people. It is one of the worst jobs in the world. I have done a bit. They would not be doing it of they did not have too so they have my sympathy and I just say sorry I am not interested |
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Chick
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i usually just hang up when they start spouting off the information in the handbook in front of them!! |
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nickynoodle
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My favorite is the free vacations, I go along with them, tell them an outrageous income and when they ask When they can book this trip I tell them My probation states I can't leave the state. Gets them every time. |
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Princess_Moonpoppy
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Thankfully I don't get telesales callers now that I've moved, but when I was in a particularly naughty mood, I'd let the window-companies rattle on with their fantastic offers and be really delighted with all that they said. When they'd made an appointment time to come round and chatter on some more, I'd politely ask whether being a council tenant mattered ... ohhhhhh, such joy to hear the phone slammed down! (however, if the telesales staff sounded human, I would just tell them upfront that I wasn't interested ... after all, I'd done a stint in telesales (medical) too!). |
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Sir Sidney Snot
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A referees whistle does the trick! |
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Sjean
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I politely say no thank you and hang up the phone because the telemarketers are people just trying to make a living. |
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Whoosher
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Sorry, but I think it's really mean to wind them up. Like someone upthread said, at least they're working not on the dole! They're doing a poorly paid job, probably in poor conditions, with really tough targets to meet.
All you have to do is politely say "Not interested thanks" and hang up.
If you don't like getting these calls, make sure you're registered with the Telephone Preference Service |
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mharrop@sbcglobal.net
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I ask them to hold on for a minute, then I put the phone down and just leave it that way until they hang-up. You would be surprised at how many don't call back. |
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i always get calls from a foreign people trying to sell me mobile phones, so i now answer the phone and say they have phone a sexual health clinic and what is their problem, makes me laugh anyway. |
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Adoptive Father
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Sorry, the dog just dragged in a dead (blank)
Or
Sorry, I am changing the baby
Then launch into details |
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sixcannonballs
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I get them going so they are so excited they are actually going to get a sale then tell them to "hang on a sec while I go get my credit card" put the phone down and don't get back to it for a while. I've actually still had a guy on there about some cruise deal for 45 minutes because it was a computer generated call and it couldn't disconnect with me until I hung up the phone. Really killed his call times for that day!!! HaHaHa!!! |
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Alterfemego
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Put your phone number on the Do Not Call List! |
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Al
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play along with them until the end, ask awkward questions, then ask how much the phone bill has cost them from india |
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ms. abby
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If i know that the call is from a tellemarketer i pick up the phone and place it in front of my speaker then play some pleasant music or some bob marley or somthing and let them listen to that. it doesn't wind them up but at least i don't have to listen to them and they get to hear some nice music! |
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QueenB
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we joined the telephone preerancial so it's illegal for them to ring so if they do we just say "we're on the telephone preerancial" and then hang up. i do feel sorry for them as there getting paid peanuts but they are extremely annoying. |
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Muledancer
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I alternate among selling my dog to them, telling them that I have just been arrested and am on the way to jail, and asking them to 'wait a sec' then unhook the handset so they can't hear anything on my line. |
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tiny
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I never tried this but someone told me just tell that person to hold on, then lay the phone down and wait until you hear the recording saying if you like to make a call please hang up. |
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Aren't they the most irritating people on earth? My response depends on how I feel when they phone. I have been plagued for about six weeks by daily phone calls from an overseas investment company wishing to send me their newsletter. I have tried being nice and nasty, but nothing works, so I've decided to accept the offer of newsletters from now on and, when I have a stack of them, I'll send them back marked 'return to sender.'
A friend of mine had a double glazing salesman who would not take no for an answer. He insisted that she'd be better off with a conservatory. In the end she made an appointment in the hope that he would finally stop pestering her when he saw that she lived on the third floor of the block. |
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Jo Maxi
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Do the Nambarrie tea advert - put them on hold and switch on the talking Barney!! "You wake up in the morning, you brush your teeth,doo doo doo doo" |
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air traffic rock!
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We don't get any but it sounds like fun, can i join in? Please! i'll be you bestest friend!!! |
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Fairy Nuff
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This is a good un...
"Sorry, I'm too busy to discuss this right now but I am interested, tell you what, give your home number and I'll give you a ring back later."
But I'm usually in too much of a bad mood to use it, I usually demand to know where they got my number from, then I demand they take my number off the list, my son once witnessed me screaming "are you f-ing stupid" at them, he won't ever forget it lol I don't usually swear around him, but they wound me up sooo much = ) |
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sweetgcandi85
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Haha I love these answers! I usually say I can't hear you or keep repeating "hello?" I don't feel sorry for them, I think it's ridiculous that they call during dinner time, and I KNOW THEY MAKE MORE $ THAN ME! |
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UPALLNIGHT
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I kike to ask them to "spell" everything. And I mean EVERYTHING, they say something, and I ask them to spell it, like I am stupid, and I'm writing it ALL down.
Usually, they will get bored of me and go away. If I get bored first, I just hang up. |
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SweetKiti
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i say hi, pause for a moment, then pretend im the answering machine
"Hi......(they start speaking)...........youve reached the the house of ___________. Were not home right now, but our caller ID is picking up your number, so we will be sure to call you back." |
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willowGSD
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It depends on what they are trying to sell? My son usually tells someone trying to get us to change to their phone service that we dont have a phone. You'd be surprised how often they apologise and hang up! Or he leaves the phone on the table and waits ages before picking it up to see if they've hung up, if not he puts it back down He never says anything! |
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neil h
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best one to do with the double glazing calls if you already have double glazing, get them to come round say u want the full house doing,then watch a confused look as a vectra pulls up with a rep full of designs and a tape measure |
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