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May 30, 2008, 2:58 AM
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Telemarketers
So we all know and hate it when they call and have something to sell you or ask you of that you neither care for nor want. So, how do you deal with them? Do you hang up on them, say some nasty things to them, pretend to be interested and then flatly decline them or what?
I've recently experimented on them by speaking to them in foreign languages.
It usually starts like this:
Me: Hallo.
Telemarketer: Hello, [insert typical introductory nonsense about some product or survey].
Me: Was? Wir ist das?
Telemarketer: I'm sorry?
Me: Ich verstande nicht.
Telemarketer: what?
Me: Ich verstande nicht. Im Deutsche sprachen bitte.
Telemarketer: Oh, okay. Have a good day. (they hang up)
Sometimes, they might ask if there's someone in the house who speaks English, or repeat what they say and finally get that you don't speak English. I once had a guy say he wasn't trying to sell me something after he didn't get what I said, but it turned out he was. And another time, this lady repeated the "Deutsche" part because she didn't know what I was saying, and so I repeated "Deutsche", and she asked if I spoke English, so I said "Was ist Englische?" And then at that point, she simply said good-bye and hung up. I admit I had a good laugh. Of course, if someone there happens to speak German, I could always switch to Latin or Chinese, particularly the former, considering the only people that speak in Latin now would be those in the Vatican.
Your stories?
(Feel free to correct my German grammar. I doubt they would have known the difference anyways.)
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May 30, 2008, 7:04 AM
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This almost gives me incentive to bother studying a foreign language, but not quite. I've always wanted to be an obnoxious cunt insulting people to their face and leaving them clueless as to what I'm saying.
I usually just lead the telemarketers on. It's satisfying to make them feel like they're actually going to get a customer, and then just hang up on them or tell them I don't want their crap and crush their hopes. Although sometimes I like to pretend I'm retarded and talk like I have down syndrome.
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May 30, 2008, 8:06 AM
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Ahh.... telemarketers.
There's nothing like strumming the guitar like crazy with the distortion on your amp and volume being cranked up to a significant measure and being blasted into your ears over a phone. I swear, it's the best way to piss anyone off over the phone. 
This tactic is not only used for telemarketers, but for people who won't stop calling me as well. 
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May 30, 2008, 8:11 AM
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The head office of Virgin Media is just outside the town I live and are now the biggest employer in the town so a good amount of my friends work there (or Vodaphone, another nearby call centre). I hear alot of story's about how customers treat them on the phone....so naturally I take notes for the next time some stupid foreign prick rings up asking if I want so and so even though we told the company hundreds of times NO.
Personal favorite is the whistle. They'll hang up before you do and hopefully in pain.
Or if its a woman, say she has a really pretty voice and then start making it seem like your wanking over the phone. Not only does it freak them out but depending on how well they 'deal with the situation' they may get good marks in their next assessment so its not all bad for them.
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May 30, 2008, 10:35 AM
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ahhh, I love telemarketers and their Indian accents
hmmm, I have many good memories of these dear old people, like, once I got to give me their Mobile phone number, and another one I convinced him that I lived in a fridge 
but, if I'm in a right pissy mood, I'll usually insult them and be as rude as possible.
but, for some reason, they've stopped calling me, maybe they no like me anymore
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May 30, 2008, 11:03 AM
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ahhh, I love telemarketers and their Indian accents |
Are you sure you're not talking about technical support? I've never gotten a call from a telemarketer that was an indian tbqh.
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May 30, 2008, 11:45 AM
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Are you sure you're not talking about technical support? I've never gotten a call from a telemarketer that was an indian tbqh. |
actually, 90% of telemarketers down here in Aussie are Indian
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May 30, 2008, 11:48 AM
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Are you sure you're not talking about technical support? I've never gotten a call from a telemarketer that was an indian tbqh. |
Every call we ever received from telemarketers was from an Indian person, my Dad would start mocking them before hanging up >< We blocked 0800 numbers or something, because now we never receive any telemarketing calls.
I just hang up when they phone, they're so damn annoying that I really can't be chewed with them.
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I don't bother answering the phone if it's a telemarketer. Sure, it would be fun to mess with them but I'm generally not good with phones and whatever I did would most likely backfire and it would end up them messing with me. >_>
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May 30, 2008, 2:00 PM
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