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To: "shop-talk@autox.team.net" <Shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] annoying calls
From: Scott Hall via Shop-talk <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 10:12:57 -0500
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I used to torment call droids too...but now I think most of them are doing
that job because they can't find anything else. I prefer they do that than
sit at home. I assume every single one of them leaves the very second they
find something better.

I do what everyone else does: do not call list, everybody gets Google Voice
number. Then I don't answer calls I don't recognize. I block persistent
same numbers...and my ringer is always on silent so unless I'm looking at
the phone when you call...I won't answer anyway.

I'm doing pretty good--I get almost no spam calls to my cell.

On Tue, Mar 26, 2019, 7:07 AM eric--- via Shop-talk <
shop-talk@autox.team.net> wrote:

> One of the tricks I used to do (when a person would call you) was to
> pretend like I was really interested in what they were selling.  The
> conversation would go like...
>
> Caller-"Hello, have you thought about vinyl siding?"
> Me-"I can't believe it, yes I was.  Hold on, let me find the remote and
> turn off the TV."
>
> Then I would just continue watching TV until they hung up.  Every now and
> then I would pick up the phone and say, "I can't find this stupid remote.
> I'm sorry, hold on."
>
> I would see how long I could keep them going.
>
>
> Recently, if a person does call, I simply, and very politely ask, "Why do
> you do a job that makes eveyone hate you?  Really, do you enjoy getting
> these calls?  What makes you think anyone else does?  Are you parents proud
> that you have a job annoying people in their homes?"  and I go on.
>
> BTW, back in the 90's, I put up this site on my website...  It was "Fight
> Back!"  a place to share ways to annoy telemarketers or junk mail.
> https://www.megageek.com/fightbk/fightbk.nsf
>
> The stories are still there, and will be as long as I'm alive!
>
>
>
> Sent from my Commodore 64 on a 2400 Baud Modem.
> Tech Viper
> "Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational
> being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph
> Waldo Emerson
> -Who is John Galt?_______________________________________________
>
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<div dir=3D"auto">I used to torment call droids too...but now I think most =
of them are doing that job because they can&#39;t find anything else. I pre=
fer they do that than sit at home. I assume every single one of them leaves=
 the very second they find something better.=C2=A0<div dir=3D"auto"><br></d=
iv><div dir=3D"auto">I do what everyone else does: do not call list, everyb=
ody gets Google Voice number. Then I don&#39;t answer calls I don&#39;t rec=
ognize. I block persistent same numbers...and my ringer is always on silent=
 so unless I&#39;m looking at the phone when you call...I won&#39;t answer =
anyway.=C2=A0</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">I&#39;m do=
ing pretty good--I get almost no spam calls to my cell.=C2=A0 =C2=A0</div><=
/div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">O=
n Tue, Mar 26, 2019, 7:07 AM eric--- via Shop-talk &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:sh=
op-talk@autox.team.net">shop-talk@autox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><b=
lockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px =
#ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">One of th=
e tricks I used to do (when a
person would call you) was to pretend like I was really interested in what
they were selling.=C2=A0 The conversation would go like...</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">Caller-&quot;Hello, have you thoug=
ht
about vinyl siding?&quot;</font>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">Me-&quot;I can&#39;t believe it, y=
es I was.
=C2=A0Hold on, let me find the remote and turn off the TV.&quot;</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">Then I would just continue watchin=
g
TV until they hung up.=C2=A0 Every now and then I would pick up the phone
and say, &quot;I can&#39;t find this stupid remote.=C2=A0 I&#39;m sorry, ho=
ld on.&quot;</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">I would see how long I could keep =
them
going.</font>
<br>
<br>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">Recently, if a person does call, I=
 simply,
and very politely ask, &quot;Why do you do a job that makes eveyone hate
you?=C2=A0 Really, do you enjoy getting these calls?=C2=A0 What makes you
think anyone else does?=C2=A0 Are you parents proud that you have a job
annoying people in their homes?&quot; =C2=A0and I go on.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">BTW, back in the 90&#39;s, I put u=
p this
site on my website...=C2=A0 It was &quot;Fight Back!&quot; =C2=A0a place
to share ways to annoy telemarketers or junk mail.</font>
<br><a href=3D"https://www.megageek.com/fightbk/fightbk.nsf"; target=3D"_bla=
nk" rel=3D"noreferrer"><font size=3D"2" color=3D"blue" face=3D"sans-serif">=
https://www.megageek.com/fightbk/fightbk.nsf</font></a><font size=3D"2" fac=
e=3D"sans-serif"><br>
</font>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">The stories are still there, and w=
ill
be as long as I&#39;m alive!</font>
<br>
<br>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif"><br>
Sent from my Commodore 64 on a 2400 Baud Modem.<br>
Tech Viper<br>
&quot;Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a ratio=
nal
being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory.&quot; Ralph
Waldo Emerson <br>
-Who is John Galt?</font>_______________________________________________<br=
>
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