When Telemarketers Call You

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MrFirebird
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You have to do this with a straight face and not crack up in the middle of the phone call. Or else they may cut it short.

Make a competition out of it and see how long you can keep the telemarketer on the line.
I bet you could bag some hilarious conversations ever heard.

I am thinking about talkin' to the telemarketer about astrology. You know, find out what they
think about Scorpio men and all. And if they don't know, then, I'll give them a brief lesson.

What you're doin' is taking over the phone call on their time. Hey, if you ain't got nothin' to
do, you might as well have a good time doin' nothing.

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rockyroadicecream
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With the house phone- I've programmed the known telemarketers numbers as "telemarketer" or "do not answer" so when the phone rings, it shows that and announces this when it rings.

Other than that, I usually don't answer numbers that come up all funky. Legit calls usually have legit caller ID.

Before I thought to ID the known numbers in the phone, I'd just pick up and hang up whenever they called. Make them think it was a bad number.

As for my cell, I just don't answer numbers I don't have in my phone or don't really have a caller ID. I figure if it's important and a legitimate call, they'll leave a message. And unless I'm not expecting a random call from someone important, I just let them go to voicemail.