Should telemarketers be tortured and killed?

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Kirnwaffen
My step-dad used to feign interest for the entire spiel, and then say no and hang up at the end.

That's what I do. I let them ramble on for 5 minutes while I ignore them, then say I'm not interested when they finally stop. I can tell it really annoys them, one guy sounded like he was about to go postal when he gave me the manditory thank you and said good bye.

[General Ludd]

Another thing I do is just tell them that the people who live here aren't here, and to call back the next day. They call back the next day and I tell them the same thing. This can go on for months sometimes, and it's usually the same person making the call.

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by mrmitchell
"Hi, this is Todd's carpet cleaning service...we just wanted to tell you about our great new deal"

"Oh man, can you get blood out of the carpet?"

"Er, yes..."

"Oh, thank God, good, cause I got blood everywhere, man...I mean, it's all over the carpets, the drapes, the couch, everything..."

"Well, is there anything I can do?"

"No, no, no--wait, can you come over right now?"

That sounds like Thom Mabe to me: Revenge on the Telemarketers!

ACK!

[Agathon]

Just say, "No she isn't here, she was the victim of a terrible slasher murder".

[mrmitchell]

Tuber: Yes. Sorry for not mentioning the source.

hm.

"Hello, this is Jane from Great Deal Incorporated, we just wanted to call you about the great hotel rates we had on rooms in Orlando, Florida, merely miles away from Disneyland."

(get an accomplice)
Friend: *sob* Oh don't hurt me *sob
You: I'LL KILL YOU *****!
Tele: Er, could I call at a better time?
You: No....how great were the rates?
Tele: Well, for single rooms it's --
You: Excuse me. Could you hold on for a minute?
You: *****! (At this point in the conversation, you should throw something very loud across the room.)
Tele: Are you sure I can't call back later?
You: No. Just hold for a second. (Right now, you can either throw the phone across the room, yell random profanities, or fake a gunshot sound. The conversation will end quickly either way. )

[TCO]

farkers/

[Ted Striker]

word

[geeslaka]

Why stop with telemarketers? Why not get rid of the people who make commercials as well?

[Sikander]

I keep my girlfriend amused by doing several of the things mentioned above. I'm fond of setting the phone down and going back to whatever I was doing, letting them ramble on into oblivion. If I want to keep the line open, I hang up immediately, or leave them with a snappy answer and hang up. When the telemarketers for the police union / sheriff's association call I give them special attention. They are almost uniformly ex-cons, and try to scare you into contributing. I let them go through their spiel, pretending to be scared so that they think I'm convinced that they are actually the police. Then when they stop for air I ask them how long they've been out of prison. They always hang up immediately.

Oh, and one more thing for Red Jon. Hooking up wires to scrotums for the Hussein brothers is only a job as well.

[st_swithin]

Japher: Thanks! Now I have something to do on Saturday nights!