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prettymama asked in Social SciencePsychology · 2 decades ago

has anybody ever done something wicked with a telemarketer when they've called you?

I had to change my original question but have you ever done anything that has gone out of control with one?

Update:

read my first question on my file then you will understand why they took it off - then give me your answer

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  • 2 decades ago
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    A carpet cleaning company was attempting to convince me to buy their services. I told them that it was telepathy that made them call because there had just been a really terrible accident in my apartment and that there was blood everywhere! In the kitchen, bathroom, bedrooms and living room. I must have convinced them because they hung up and called the cops who showed up at my door maybe 5 minutes later.

    - I told the police the truth - that I had made up the story because I was tired of telemarketers calling my phone. They all laughed and got in their cars and left.

  • 2 decades ago

    Never anything wicked. I had someone who wanted me to change long-distance providers and I said no. She then got sort of belligerent and said, "You mean, you don't like to save money?" I just said, "Nope. I hate saving money." and hung up. Not really wicked.

    My mom likes to play games. She has a pretty thick accent, but her English is good. Whenever telemarketers call, she pulls the "Oh, I no speak a English."

  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    My friend, Ben, presses all the numbers on his phone at once and then hangs up! This makes the computerized dialing systems that telemarketers use go berserk.

  • 2 decades ago

    I have with someone that is a with a certain religious group who doesn't celebrate Christmas.. They called me on Christmas Eve telling me about their group and I had just gotten my collicky baby to sleep and it woke him up.. I asked this woman what day it was and she said that it was Christmas Eve. I told her that unlike her that my family does celebrate Christmas and futhermore if i wanted to join their group that I would have a long time ago and for them to never call my house again... you can imagine what language I really used though.

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  • 2 decades ago

    My friend agreed to have a conservatory put on the back of his property and it was going through until he told the company that he was on the first floor of a set of flats.

  • J.D.
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    2 decades ago

    Nothing other than put them on hold one time..they got the message after about 4 minutes.

  • 2 decades ago

    I know spanish some so i started to anwser them in spanish and they got really confused well i thought most telemaketers were imigrants anyway so. they should know there spanish well. but i guess not

  • 2 decades ago

    Not me, but once someone thought that I was a boy!!! She was rude.

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  • 2 decades ago

    No I cant say I have

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