MrWally Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 A man decides to have a little fun with some telemarketers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milo Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 Oh my god, that's hilarious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Obi-Wan Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 LMAO. I pity those telemarkers. It's not one of the preferrable jobs on my list. But, that was pretty damn funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWally Posted October 14, 2006 Author Share Posted October 14, 2006 You gotta wonder just how much they get paid, considering all the crap they have to put up with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BongoBob Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 That. Was the best thing I've heard. Ever. My friends mom used to do that **** to telemarketers. One time, I was there, we were in her livingroom watching a movie, we pause it, and she puts it on the speaker, and it's a telemarketer offering her a "Free Make-Up Bag!". She starts bawling her eyes out like someone just killed her own family, and didn't say a word. The lady asked what's wrong, and she replied (while still bawling, god she should have been in hollywood for her fake crying talent) "It's just that, my husband dumped a boiling pot of soup on my head, and melted half my face off!" The telemarketer sounded so horrible, she started apologizing, and said her company would never call again. And in an instant, she stopped bawling, and said "I'm just kidding, but do that anyways", and hung up the phone. My god, it was so hard to keep from lauging till that point, and we didn't start the movie back up for like 2 minutes because we were laughing so damn hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWally Posted October 14, 2006 Author Share Posted October 14, 2006 That. Was the best thing I've heard. Ever. My friends mom used to do that **** to telemarketers. One time, I was there, we were in her livingroom watching a movie, we pause it, and she puts it on the speaker, and it's a telemarketer offering her a "Free Make-Up Bag!". She starts bawling her eyes out like someone just killed her own family, and didn't say a word. The lady asked what's wrong, and she replied (while still bawling, god she should have been in hollywood for her fake crying talent) "It's just that, my husband dumped a boiling pot of soup on my head, and melted half my face off!" The telemarketer sounded so horrible, she started apologizing, and said her company would never call again. And in an instant, she stopped bawling, and said "I'm just kidding, but do that anyways", and hung up the phone. My god, it was so hard to keep from lauging till that point, and we didn't start the movie back up for like 2 minutes because we were laughing so damn hard. Next time that happens get it on tape ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narfblat Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 My brother always tries to sell something to the telemarketer or door-to-door salesperson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swphreak Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 Here's an nifty email my boss forwarded to me. Andy Rooney Tips for Handling Telemarketers Three Little Words That Work !! (1)The three little words are: "Hold On, Please..." Saying this, while putting down your phone and walking off (instead of hanging-up immediately) would make each telemarketing call so much more time-consuming that boiler room sales would grind to a halt. Then when you eventually hear the phone company's "beep-beep-beep" tone, you know it's time to go back and hang up your handset, which has efficiently completed its task. These three little words will help eliminate telephone soliciting. (2) Do you ever get those annoying phone calls with no one on the other end? This is a telemarketing technique where a machine makes phone calls and records the time of day when a person answers the phone. This technique is used to determine the best time of day for a "real" sales person to call back and get someone at home. What you can do after answering, if you notice there is no one there, is to immediately start hitting your # button on the phone, 6 or 7 times, as quickly as possible This confuses the machine that dialed the call and it kicks your number out of their system. Gosh, what a shame not to have your name in their system any longer !!! (3) Junk Mail Help: When you get "ads" enclosed with your phone or utility bill, return these "ads" with your payment. Let the sending companies throw their own junk mail away. When you get those "pre-approved" letters in the mail for everything from credit cards to 2nd mortgages and similar type junk, do not throw away the return envelope. Most of these come with postage-paid return envelopes, right? It costs them more than the regular 37 cents postage "IF" and when they receive them back. It costs them nothing if you throw them away! The postage was around 50 cents before the last increase and it is according to the weight. In that case, why not get rid of some of your other junk mail and put it in these cool little, postage-paid return envelopes. One of Andy Rooney's (60 minutes) ideas. Send an ad for your local chimney cleaner to American Express. Send a pizza coupon to Citibank. If you didn't get anything else that day, then just send them their blank application back! If you want to remain anonymous, just make sure your name isn't on anything you send them. You can even send the envelope back empty if you want to just to keep them guessing! It still costs them 37 cents. The banks and credit card companies are currently getting a lot of their own junk back in the mail, but folks, we need to OVERWHELM them. Let's let them know what it's like to get lots of junk mail, and best of all they're paying for it...Twice! Let's help keep our postal service busy since they are saying that e-mail is cutting into their business profits, and that's why they need to increase postage costs again. You get the idea ! If enough people follow these tips, it will work ---- I have been doing this for years, and I get very little junk mail anymore. THIS JUST MIGHT BE ONE E-MAIL THAT YOU WILL WANT TO FORWARD TO YOUR FRIENDS! Ever since Caller I.D., I haven't gotten too many telemarketers, but I still get the occasional "charity telemarketer" and those annoying recorded messages from various politicians. Since charities and political campaigns are exempt from the Do Not Call list, I have to deal with those. Will have to try that confusing the machine thing when I get those calls with no one at the other end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
generalvaklu321 Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 I dont dislkike telemarketers. I dont get angry when they call, but, I think that it's everybody's right to mess with them. I like to talk in German to them, throws them off completely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 Telemarketing must be a popular subject today. My nemesis started a Telemarketers thread over in Ahto. The topic of discussion is suggested responses to telemarketers.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nalukai Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 omfg that is ungodly funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiE23 Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 I d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 That was hilarious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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