Codymoogle Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 So I answered the phone earlier. It was a telemarketer, or sounded like one. The beginning of the convo went like this: Me: Hello? Woman: Hello? Me (to confirm): Hello... Woman: Hi, how are you? Me: I'm...doing good, and you? Woman: I'm good, thank you! Are your parents home? Me (holding back laughter and trying to think of what to say): Umm... Woman (going ahead while I try to think of a response): Are your parents home? Mommy and Daddy? Me (starting to crack up now, still lost for words cause I'm finding this funny): Uhh...no...? Woman (it finally dawns on her): OH are you...Oh I'm so sorry, you sound so young! Then shortly after, I told her my roommate (the "man of the house") wasn't home and the call ended, then afterward I was still cracking up since that really made my day...So I had to share... ~ moogle Link to comment
beallucanb Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Those telemarketers don't get that far with me, I usually let them talk the blue streak, like they all do, and then tell them go away I don''t want to be bothered with there nonsense. Link to comment
Chippy Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 I'm on the do not call list... but prior to that... I used to talk to them for about 5 minutes and express a really strong interest in whatever it was they were selling, then tell them I had another call but if they would hold on I would be right back... I'd mute the phone and see how long they stayed on the line before hanging up lol Link to comment
babyvr6 Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 I generally talk about anything but what the want to talk about. The weather, their weekend, how their family is, how their jobs are going, the recent trend in the stock market, so on and so forth. Link to comment
SoCalAB Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 That is a good one! I had a couple of Jehovah Witness knock on my door the other day. I live in a Latino area in Long Beach and they were looking for Spanish speakers. I don't look Latino but I speak fluent Spanish having had lived in Mexico for 4 years. So I replied in perfect Spanish, "What a shame that I don't speak any Spanish!" They replied that was speaking in Spanish. I said, "No! I am speaking to you in English - I don't speak Spanish" After a bit of this contradiction I looked up at the heavens and thanked God for the gift of tongues. I had those guys so spooked that they left. Stay Pampered e='mooglelove' date='May 6 2009, 04:07 PM' post='200908']So I answered the phone earlier. It was a telemarketer, or sounded like one. The beginning of the convo went like this: Me: Hello? Woman: Hello? Me (to confirm): Hello... Woman: Hi, how are you? Me: I'm...doing good, and you? Woman: I'm good, thank you! Are your parents home? Me (holding back laughter and trying to think of what to say): Umm... Woman (going ahead while I try to think of a response): Are your parents home? Mommy and Daddy? Me (starting to crack up now, still lost for words cause I'm finding this funny): Uhh...no...? Woman (it finally dawns on her): OH are you...Oh I'm so sorry, you sound so young! Then shortly after, I told her my roommate (the "man of the house") wasn't home and the call ended, then afterward I was still cracking up since that really made my day...So I had to share... ~ moogle Link to comment
sarah_ab Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 as a once telemarketer, i too still have my fun with them.. but please keep in mind, most of us are just poor college students taking whatever job we can to pay for school so we can not have to be a telemarketer anymore.. and at most telemarketing jobs, you HAVE to wait for the person to say no three times before you are allowed to hang up and if you dont you have your manager breathing down your neck before you've even connected to the next call.. so go easy on some of those telemarketers.... we are just trying to get through school. Link to comment
Codymoogle Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share Posted May 7, 2009 as a once telemarketer, i too still have my fun with them.. but please keep in mind, most of us are just poor college students taking whatever job we can to pay for school so we can not have to be a telemarketer anymore.. and at most telemarketing jobs, you HAVE to wait for the person to say no three times before you are allowed to hang up and if you dont you have your manager breathing down your neck before you've even connected to the next call.. so go easy on some of those telemarketers.... we are just trying to get through school. Oh ya sarah, I know...my sister was a telemarketer. I meant that's just how the convo went. ~ moogle Link to comment
sarah_ab Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 haha yeah oh no it was a funny convo.. i used to get the other way around, i would answer when i was like 12 or 13 and people would think i was my mum and talk to me as if i were her Link to comment
Yvhuce Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Thank goodness for the no call list... Before that, I'd just tell them to stop calling and hang up on them. Or tell them that I was expecting calls about sick relatives or important work-related calls. My uncle used to answer the phone playing the part of a mortuary owner and string them along about how they're upsetting the family that's come to view a body. Link to comment
PampersPete Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 I still say Seinfeld's response was by far the very best Link to comment
DL88 Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 We're on the "Do not call list" and the phone literally rings every 10 minutes, all...day...long. Everything from a vacation to re-do'ing a VA loan... I hate them so much, last year we even had someone call us 15 minutes before the Super Bowl... Link to comment
sarah_ab Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 I hate them so much, last year we even had someone call us 15 minutes before the Super Bowl... ohhhhhhhhhhhh the inhumanity!!!!!! Link to comment
DL88 Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 ohhhhhhhhhhhh the inhumanity!!!!!! It's criminal I tell you! Link to comment
ranger Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Answers that I have given telemarketers over the years: Chiropractor: No thank you I am invertebrate. Carpet Cleaner: I have dirt floors. Window sales: I live in a tent Link to comment
Pollyanna Fleshman Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 I, too, have been mistaken to be the child in the household rather than the adult, since my voice is so shrill. When they ask if my parents are home, I simply say that they are banging themselves to death in the bedroom. When I'm not mistaken for the child, I give the following responses to the following marketers: Magazine Sales: "Wow! Those sould like awesome deals! Now, I have one question." They ask what it is. "Do you have subscriptions to porn?" Of course, they say no. "Damn! That's what I was looking forward to reading! Well, if you don't have some porn, I'm really not interested. Damn! I'm pissed! I was feeling pretty frisky today!" They go on to tell me how their other subscriptions may b just as good if not better. "Porn! I want porn!" They appologize and hang up. Some will ask to speak to my husband, and the conversation goes like: "Hello," I say. "Hi, may I speak with Edward Fleshman?" "Well, there is a bit of a problem with that, yu see?" "It is a personal matter, and I need to speak with Edward Fleshman." "Right now, he is in the backyard slaughtering animals. His hands are pretty bloody, and he cannt talk to you." "Have a good day." "I was," I say, "until you called." Then, I hang up. I've also given the excuse that he is knocking boots in the bedroom and does not like to be interrupted. Or, I tellhim that he is committing bestiality and takes his fucking of animals as a very serious ritual. Window Sales: "Sorry, that would be a worthless investment, since my hyperactive child will just break them in less than a week. Right now, we just make do with plastic bags." Burglar Alarm Systems: "Naw! There is no need for that. We invite the burglars in for an orgie." Link to comment
leafy kille Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 i dont have a land line so i dont get many but when they do call me on my mobile i try and take up as much of their time as i can since i have a hands free kit, i just get on with what im doing and string them along for as long as possible! the record is about 4 hours! Link to comment
barnburner Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 i still have my phone company calling me ma'am even tho my name is right there on their computers( i dont think my name can be feminine) Link to comment
DL88 Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Makes me think of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEG0idJrS28 Link to comment
Codymoogle Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share Posted May 7, 2009 Makes me think of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEG0idJrS28 I love Charlie! ~ moogle Link to comment
DL88 Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 I love Charlie! ~ moogle Charlie is awsome, though with this latest episode I have the feeling the guy that makes it has a thing for marine life. The Magical Liopleurodon Narwhal and all the other fish listed throughout the series lol Link to comment
aron in a nappy Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Telemarketers always make me think of the phonejacker, its a really funny tv series in the UK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrfML3Es4QM Link to comment
beallucanb Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Yeah I'm on the do not call list, I was in the first people to sign up for that, but that dosen't stop the people looking for donations for this and that, I do give donations, but I give them to the local people charitys's, like the fire dept, and our local park, and I always give to the salvation army.. Link to comment
DailyDi Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Best telemarketer response ever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5z4Vs26-TI Link to comment
PampersPete Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Telemarketers always make me think of the phonejacker, its a really funny tv series in the UK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrfML3Es4QM The Internet Service Providings call was fuckin' HILARIOUS! Link to comment
PampersPete Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Best telemarketer response ever:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5z4Vs26-TI This is a classic phonecall Link to comment
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