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Post by Coach2 on May 23, 2007 15:58:30 GMT -5
Monday, I got an interesting phone call. The phone rang, I looked at the caller ID and it was a call from Florida. I have an aunt who lives in Florida so I decided to pick the phone up.
Here's the conversation...
Coach ~ Hello
Telemarketer ~ This is blah blah blah from blah blah blah insurance company. Is (my real name) there?
Coach ~ No, he's not in. (I said this hoping they would hang up)
Telemarker ~ Are you his life partner?
Coach ~ Excuse me......
Telemarketer ~ Are you his life partner?
Coach ~ You didn't just ask me if I was some dude's boyfriend, did you?
Telemarketer ~ Yes.
Coach ~ Don't ever f**king call here again!
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Post by tbone421998 on May 24, 2007 7:14:33 GMT -5
Coach, even telemarketers know about you now. ;D ;D
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Post by Coach on May 24, 2007 8:50:36 GMT -5
Left myself wide open for that remark....
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Post by ikedilligas on May 29, 2007 10:26:09 GMT -5
My favorite thing to do to telemarketers is, when they ask if myself or my wife is home I say sure, hang on. Then I put the phone by one of our parrots. When you hear the dial tone, go back and pick up the phone.
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Post by notdead on May 29, 2007 12:39:23 GMT -5
Two Step Solution to Telemarketers:
1. A Whistle 2. A Deep Breath
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Post by Coach on May 29, 2007 12:51:44 GMT -5
A friend of mine always asks for the telemarketers home phone number. When the telemarketer asks why, my friend always says. "so, I can call you at your house and bug the piss out of you."
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Post by chandler44 on May 29, 2007 13:31:11 GMT -5
Thank god for the no call lists.
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Post by ikedilligas on May 30, 2007 13:07:28 GMT -5
Thank god for the no call lists. I agree but they are not perfect. I don't get bugged like I used to but I still get bugged by services I have. Fore example, Time Warner is always wanting upgrade my service. I joined the NRA once and I get calles from them almost daily. And Chase is always trung to offer me some new kind of loan. I think their excuses would be that I am an existing customer and not a new one and therefore the rules don't apply. I also thank God for caller ID. If it says "Unknown" or "Private" I answer and hang up or play the aforementioned game. Or just turn the ringer off.
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Post by texiban001 on May 30, 2007 15:27:22 GMT -5
Even better, get one of those distress air horns at a boating supply store. I guarantee that they will not call you back. I live way out in the country and I have also fired my .45 into the ground close to the mouthpiece. This works well too!
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Post by redbaron on May 30, 2007 21:48:50 GMT -5
Sounds like this telemarketer got Coach's phone number confused with Speedy08.
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