Poll: Screwing with telemarketers

[QXR2]

I know we all dislike when you get a call from the telemarketing swarm, and I was wondering if you would like to share your strategies of getting back at them if at you do anything at all.
Usually I don't screw with telemarketers as I have better things to do with my time, but I do enjoy thinking up ways to yank their chain around a bit.

 

[Trivun]

I'd love to, but here in Blighty the only telemarketing calls I ever get are machines, so there's no point. And I don't have a landline in my new flat, and they never call my mobile, so...

 

[Insanum]

Just answer all their questions with "And then" - i occasionally mess with one, but its very rare.

 

[Seerio]

Having a private number ftw I guess. As such, I have no experience.

 

[Kevonovitch]

every time, and they call like 4x a day, it's better than the comics in the paper XD

 

[Julianking93]

Never fucked with them myself, but I always find it funny when people do:

 

[icame]

I've only done it once, and it was glorious. I copied a youtuber and just kept saying 'yes'

 

[NotYetForsaken]

Some guy was talking about a time share in Orlando and I started blurting nonsense like how my dad my brother my mother my sister and a host of fictional family members had died when a telemarketer called them asking about a time share in Orlando. It was quite funny to hear his response:

"Huh,I'm sorry, wha-, no I didn't. No no sorry sir, no please don't, no don't kill yourself, no."

and then to really freak him out I had set my computer to play a gunshot.

Funny because telemarketers don't call me anymore. Almost miss toying with them.

 

[PrimoThePro]

Some guy was talking about a time share in Orlando and I started blurting nonsense like how my dad my brother my mother my sister and a host of fictional family members had died when a telemarketer called them asking about a time share in Orlando. It was quite funny to hear his response:

"Huh,I'm sorry, wha-, no I didn't. No no sorry sir, no please don't, no don't kill yourself, no."

and then to really freak him out I had set my computer to play a gunshot.

Funny because telemarketers don't call me anymore. Almost miss toying with them.

That was glorious.
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OT: With telemarketers, I know they're just trying to do their job, but it's so fun to mess with them! I just put the phone up to my dog, and he does all the barking. And apparently when I was a baby, my dad would put the phone up to me and I would just blurt baby noises on the phone.

 

[Free Thinker]

Never fucked with them myself, but I always find it funny when people do:

That reminds me of the Onyxia Wipe audio.
OT: I mess with them every now and then. Since I do impersonations, I either go with 7/11 store clerk or stereotypical Chinese person. Does keep me entertained when I get very bored.

 

[PrimoThePro]

Just answer all their questions with "And then" - i occasionally mess with one, but its very rare.

AND DEN!
Lady, if you say And Then one more time...
AND DEN AND DEN AND DEN AND DEN AND DEN AND DEN AND DEN!!
Ahh. Classic.

 

[ChromeAlchemist]

God yes. I just can't pass it up. It's all about "I'm sorry can you repeat the question please?" See how many times you can ask that whenever they say a really long revised statement.

 

[Quala]

Not often, don't get too many calls from them anymore, and when they do call I've usually gt better stuf to do. My best strategy is to just pick up and not say anything, not always good, but great when it is.

 

[Agent_Nahmen_Jayden]

Never gotten a call from one, which makes me sad as I kinda want to screw with them.

 

[lewism247]

I know we all dislike when you get a call from the telemarketing swarm, and I was wondering if you would like to share your strategies of getting back at them if at you do anything at all.
Usually I don't screw with telemarketers as I have better things to do with my time, but I do enjoy thinking up ways to yank their chain around a bit.

I rarely answer the house phone but there have been a few occasions. I tend to wait until about halfway through the call and then say "IT'S YOU! GIVE ME MY MONEY YOU SON OF A *****, I GONNA COME ROUND YOUR HOUSE AND BREAK YOU LEGS WITH A PLUNGER, YOU OWE ME MONEY!" Then hang up.

once I was on my laptop at the time so I answered and...

Well....

I played this...

 

[Deathkingo]

Only if it is for something incredibly stupid, like asking for a survey or the like.

 

[Amberella]

Psh, I have more fun when those jehovah's witnesses come to my door. hahaha

 

[QXR2]

I know we all dislike when you get a call from the telemarketing swarm, and I was wondering if you would like to share your strategies of getting back at them if at you do anything at all.
Usually I don't screw with telemarketers as I have better things to do with my time, but I do enjoy thinking up ways to yank their chain around a bit.

I rarely answer the house phone but there have been a few occasions. I tend to wait until about halfway through the call and then say "IT'S YOU! GIVE ME MY MONEY YOU SON OF A *****, I GONNA COME ROUND YOUR HOUSE AND BREAK YOU LEGS WITH A PLUNGER, YOU OWE ME MONEY!" Then hang up.

once I was on my laptop at the time so I answered and...

Well....

I played this...

this one would be pretty good as well

 

[Timmehexas]

I say I'm under 16/18 and get the hell out of there, works like a charm.

 

[dangitall]

Telemarketer-Hello, may I-
Me: this is the Rogers customer service line, please wait while I get a correspond-
*telemarketer hangs up*
Not the best one, but usually works.
As for pure amusement, sometimes I do an accent that is really hard to figure out. When they ask me to repeat what I said, I shout into the telephone with the same accent.