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    Nov 14, 2007, 06:57 PM
    What do you do when a telemarketer calls
    Sometimes, when they can't pronounce our last name right when they say it wrong we hang up. I asked one of them if they had a hang up button, he said that they weren't allowed to hang up! They literally don't have a hang up button!
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    #2

    Nov 14, 2007, 06:58 PM
    I am on the National Do Not Call Registry, so we don't have them calling here.
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    Nov 14, 2007, 07:02 PM
    HAHA! Did that to a while ago, but they still called back a few times. I love to start conversations with them, I asked them what their favorite color was once.
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    Nov 14, 2007, 07:16 PM
    My husband plays jokes on them... and I tell them I just don't have time... Sorry! LOL
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    Nov 14, 2007, 08:43 PM
    I ask them to hang on a second , then put the phone down and leave them hanging on.
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    Nov 14, 2007, 08:48 PM
    I don't get many calls since the Do Not Call Registry came out - I did both, the state and federal. Once in awhile someone does slip through and I have a great time with them. I like to interrupt their spiel - they get so flustered when they have to start all over again. That sounds kind of mean and maybe it is - the telemarketer's job must be pitiful.
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    Nov 14, 2007, 09:03 PM
    I pretend to speak chinese and then hang up. Or I tell them that those people moved to another country and no longer available. Or I just pretend to be dumb and keep them on as long as I can, I continually ask them questions. I also sometimes pretend to speak other languages. Oh, I am in tourable now. Lol
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    #8

    Nov 14, 2007, 09:05 PM
    I tell them I am busy and ask for their home phone number so that I can call them when I am not busy.
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    Nov 15, 2007, 11:04 AM
    I just go into Battlestar Galactica mode,and say "how the frack did you cylons get this fracking number anyway"

    It usually does the trick. :D
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    Nov 15, 2007, 03:57 PM
    That's the working poor on the other end of the line, some respect would be nice.
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    Nov 15, 2007, 04:04 PM
    They know going into the job that they will be annoying the hell out of people - they get what comes with that position.
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    Nov 15, 2007, 04:07 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by NeedKarma
    They know going into the job that they will be annoying the hell out of people - they get what comes with that position.
    Exactly my sentiment. I do not feel sorry for them one bit. They know they are going to get all kinds of responses and it comes with the job.
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    Nov 15, 2007, 04:10 PM
    Add to that the fact that they often prey on the elderly.
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    Nov 15, 2007, 04:14 PM
    Very true. Never even thought of that aspect. They do take advantage of that. I remember hearing so many stories of that happening. All to sell a product to people who give into the pressure they receive.
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    Nov 15, 2007, 04:22 PM
    I was a telemarketer in high school... Oh man, that lasted about two months, I just couldn't take it... people hated me, I mean they really really hated me... and all I usually got to say was. Hi, this is Startover22 from PBS... LOL Oh dang, I wouldn't wish that job on anyone...
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    Nov 15, 2007, 04:24 PM
    I even thought of taking up that job, for extra money. Not kidding. As long as they can not find out where I live and my phone number. I would take the abuse.
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    #17

    Nov 15, 2007, 04:27 PM
    Nooo, Joe, you need to be a happy man for your family, it would get to you! Don't do it Joe... I am the little angel on your shoulder saying no Joe no...
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    Nov 16, 2007, 12:10 AM
    YouTube - Tom Mabe funny phone call
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    Nov 16, 2007, 10:11 AM
    Simple pass the phone to my two year old trust me they find the hang up button then lol
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    Nov 16, 2007, 10:33 AM
    If it's a recorded call, I let them listen to the radio.
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