Re: Taking care of telemarketer.

["Allan Waghalter" <awaghalter@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

That was great!

My favorite is let the telemarketer talk for about a minute.  Then I take a
long breath, sigh into the phone and say in a low voice, "What are you
wearing?"  They usually hang up immediately.

Once I had received a call from a telemarketer from California selling
office supplies.  I kept him on the phone about 15 minutes with BS then
asked him why he had called.  He had almost forgotten.  He said he was
selling ball point pens.  I said, "Super, I think I need to reorder some
pens.  About 5 years ago, I ordered a whole case and I only have 2 or 3
left"
He excitedly asked if it had been a case of 144 boxes.  I paused and
explained no, the box had 12 pens in it.  We did a good job of keeping up
with them.  He hung up too.

When I have time, I always mess around with them.  Makes my day.
Allan


"A.J." <aj@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:38_xf.108273$tl.11136@xxxxxxxxxxx
> The phone rang as I was setting down to my anticipated evening meal, and
> as
> I answered it I was greeted with " is this William Wagenhoss" not sounding
> anything like my name, so I said who is calling?
>
> The telemarketer said he was with The Rubber band Powered Freezer company
> or something like that and then  I asked him if he knew William personally
> and why was he calling this number.   I then said off to the side,  "get
> really good pictures of the body and all the blood" then turned back to
> the
> phone and advised the  caller that he had entered a murder scene and must
> stay on the line because we had already traced this call and he would be
> receiving a summons to appear in the local courthouse to testify in this
> murder case.
>
> I then questioned the caller at great length as to his name, address,
> phone number at home, at work, who he worked for, how he knew the dead guy
> and could he prove where he had been about one hour before he made this
> call.
>
>
> The telemarketer was getting very concerned and his answers were given in
> a
> shakey voice. I then told him we had located his position at his work
> place
> and the police were entering the building to take him into custody.  At
> that
> point I heard the phone fall and the scurrying of his running away.
>
> My wife asked me as I returned to our table why I had tears streaming down
> my face and so help me, I couldn't tell her for about fifteen minutes.
>
>
> My meal was cold, but after what I had pulled, very enjoyable.
>


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