Any stories of what people have done to you? :D

Yes, I know! They always start with 'how are you today?' like that makes the call more pleasant and personal. It doesn't, it just wastes more time, not to mention being presumptuous because they don't know me! Whenever they ask me how I am I just respond with 'what can I do for you?' I'm always polite to telemarketers - it's their job and they're not personally doing it to annoy me, and yelling at them and being rude isn't going to stop their companies from using the technique. Which obviously must work or they wouldn't do it! Dunno how though. But I have a lot of trouble being polite with some - we usually just say 'we don't deal with telemarketers' so they might get the message that it isn't that we just don't want their product, like when they call to 'help us' with our home loan (out of the goodness of their hearts, like :rolleyes: ;) ) but we don't have one, but that we wouldn't want their product regardless because of the way they're selling it. But sometimes they say 'oh, we're not telemarketers!' Uuorrr!! Very annoying! [img]graemlins/idontagreeatall.gif[/img]

The one thing I find with telemarketers is that the Canadian based ones are actually polite. [img]tongue.gif[/img] They don't keep trying to sell you stuff (for the most part) if you tell them your not interested. If only more were like them....

We're on the Do Not Call list, but non-profits and religious groups can call. I don't mind when the blood bank calls, or other non-profits like that (Even though they're basically saying "Ve vant your blood!!"). A Jehovah's Witness called yesterday though, and I was pretty surprised. Maybe they do not go door-to-door anymore?

Anyway, I don't appreciate being preached to over the phone by strangers. I said no to the free Bible, as I don't want to give out any addresses. I said simply, "I'm going to save us both some time and hang up. You have a nice day."

I love Bungleau's suggestions. They should come on a cue-card with every phone purchased, but I can't think to do anything but play defense when someone catches me off guard like that.

A few years ago a telemarketer called me on a saturdaymorning !!! Usually they stick to workdays, but this one took it to the next level i guess. :rolleyes:

Unfortunately for the woman i just went to bed, pretty much wasted from beer and stuff. :D So i started out "oh yeah, just what i needed. Talk dirty to me baby... i'm so hot right now... For a moment it was silent, then she hung up. :D

Yeah, Aelia, I don't bother to yell at *them*, but in my head... ;)

And LOL Johnny! I don't think I could get away with that! [img]tongue.gif[/img] At least, not if it's one of the male telemarketers calling. ;)

Sure you can, just call a sexline sometime and listen how they do it. Be creative. :D I bet i could do it to a male as well. Just lower your voice and whisper what naughty things you'd do to him. :D

NONOnoooo! [img]tongue.gif[/img] Silly creature. ;)

I don't think I could say what YOU said to the woman on the phone! The guy might take me seriously and THEN where would I be!?

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Different approach perhaps ? Involving whips ? :D And use your best Butch voice. [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

*snort...giggle* [img]tongue.gif[/img] yeah...maybe I'll try that. ;)