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From: krw on 24 Feb 2007 09:02 In article <12tukb673knkh7c(a)corp.supernews.com>, geoffm(a)lava.net says... > > > BeaForoni <BeaForoni(a)msn.com> writes: > > > I've had this problem also. I just pretended to break down and cry, > > telling them the person they asked for had recently died in a tragic > > car accident. I layed it on thick with gory details and included most > > of the family except three year old Tiffany who lay in a coma as we > > spoke. The calls stopped. > > > One afternoon after having a couple of beers, I decided to have > a little fun and get creative with the next telemarketer who > called me. This was about a decade ago, before the federal "do > not call" list was so much as a bulge in the legislative Levis, > and when annoying sales calls were at their infuriating peak. > > I remember that it was also at around the time when either Dear > Abby or Ann Landers caused a stir by giving her approval to a > reader's suggestion of keeping a coach's whistle next to the > phone to use on these vermin. "B-but you'll blow their eardrums > out!", people protested, not realizing that phones don't have > nearly that sort of frequency range. > > <Ring!> > > Me: "Hello?" > > Telemarketress: "Hi, I'm <so-and-so> with <FooCo>, and I--" > > Me (interrupting): "I have *cancer!*" <pause> "Why can't you > people let me die in peace?" <blubbering> > "Dear *God,* why can't you people just let > me die in peace?!" > > Telemarketress: <silence> > > Then I hung up. > > The two friends I was with were looking at me saucer-eyed, in > stunned silence (I'd taken the call on the living room phone). > > "That," I explained, "is how to deal with telemarketers!" A friend used to tell them that he was th ebrother of Mr. X and that he's passed away. How dare you interrupt us at our time of grief! HOne time he decided it wasn't a good idea so just answered the phone. Good thing. It was Visa asking about a suspicious purchase. If he... I once held a salesman of kids books on the phone for 20 minutes. "Is it _really_ the best series of books for kids?". I then yelled at the dumb fool, "good, I've been subscribing to them for five years!". > I bet that woman not only didn't make any more sales calls that > day, but probably tore off her headset and ran screaming from > whatever "boiler room" she'd been working in. > > Heh... > > > > Geoff > > -- BTW, a proper sig separator is "--<space><lf>". You're missing the space. -- Keith
From: betrtimes on 24 Feb 2007 12:18 I used to keep one of those freon powered air horns handy got a call one day..... let the dweeb have it <FWOOOP!!!> he called back, asked me why I did that.... put your supervisor on, I will explain it to him guy was that stupid.... <FWOOOP!!!> wish I had been there to see what happened next
From: akd on 27 Feb 2007 04:15 I got all of the calls to stop by 1. boring them to death, and 2. leaving them in an utter state of frustrated futility. Record the following message on your answering machine, set your machine to immediately answer and turn off your ringer: "Hello, you have reached the number that you have dialed, but not the party to whom you are listening. "This is a dedicated data line only: it is not answered, messages are not taken, a ringer does not ring. "The only evidence of your call is upon the weekly perusal of a caller id listing, upon that weekly perusal, known numbers are returned, unknown numbers are not returned. "All parties should have been given the new home telephone number of the previous occupants. "Again, please do not leave a message, as no message will be taken, thank you for calling." Record the above message speaking very slowly and deliberately, leaving long tedious pauses at the comma points and between paragraphs; record in a monotone. If you are ever caught on the phone, and someone asks you "who is this?," or "who are you?,"just say to them slowly and calmly: "This is the party to whom you are speaking." Such a response will leave them in a state of perplexed confusion, after which you say "and thank you for calling." and quickly hang up. They won't be sure what exactly happened or how whatever happened happened, but you will have escaped elegantly and with poise and aplomb. Needless to say, do not answer the phone when they immediately call back, just let the above recording confuse them again and even more. After a week or so, they will all die a natural death.
From: Geoff Miller on 27 Feb 2007 12:07 krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> writes: > BTW, a proper sig separator is "--<space><lf>". You're missing the > space. I didn't configure that. Take it up with Supernews. (I haven't been criticized for something that geeky and esoteric on Usenet since about 1992. What next, the return of flaming people for "wasting bandwidth?") Geoff -- "Cutting the space budget really restores my faith in humanity. It eliminates dreams, goals, and ideals and lets us get straight to the business of hate, debauchery, and self-annihilation." -- Johnny Hart
From: krw on 27 Feb 2007 13:37
In article <12u8pb4hd37an68(a)corp.supernews.com>, geoffm(a)lava.net says... > > > krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> writes: > > > BTW, a proper sig separator is "--<space><lf>". You're missing the > > space. > > > I didn't configure that. Take it up with Supernews. It's in your newsreaders settings, somewhere. Somewhere you set your sig, it's likely in there. The space is important. > > (I haven't been criticized for something that geeky and esoteric > on Usenet since about 1992. What next, the return of flaming > people for "wasting bandwidth?" The sig separator is there for a reason (and it must be standardized to work). Do note that it was an offhand suggestion, not the reason for the post. You don't take ANY criticism well, eh? -- Keith |