You wanna see how much I hate telemarketers?

[ViperGTS]

My phone rang just now (approximately 8:44 PM EDT). The vibrating phone snatched my attention away from the all-encompassing American Idol, which immediately put me in a distasteful mood.

I sat up from my reclining position in my swivel chair, and reached for the noisy cell. The lit-up caller-ID display showed me the phone number started with an area code of 786, originating in Florida. I live in Pennsylvania, and I know no-one in Florida.

Cutting off my custom ringtone of Tenacious D's "Tribute", I flipped oven the cover of the phone, pressing the earpiece against my head.

"Hello?"

"Yes, good afternoon, is this Mark F******? Sir, one of your recent purchases on your (unintelligible, accented English) card makes you eligible for..."

At this point, my temper has reached a fever pitch (no pun intended) and I've decided to stop being the nice guy.

"Listen, Muhammad, if you and your terrorist buddies don't stop calling me on my cell phone, I'm going to trace this number, find your warehouse, twist off your fucking balls, and shove them down your god-damned throat! Now STOP CALLING ME!!!"

That bastard started talking right through me, too.

[isabeau]

didnt you sign up for the list that the phone companies give to telemarkets so they wont call you? i get charity calls and other annoying calls, and what i do is just put the phone down and let them yak away to empty air.

isabeau

[TklDuo-Ann]

They're trying new tactics too. I had one call yesterday who never even introduced herself. She just said "Hi there. How ya doing?", leading me to think it was a friend calling. She got cut off very quickly when I found out it wasn't anyone I wanted to talk to. And I DO have our name on the do not call list.

Ann

[milagros317]

I hang up on them in midsentence as soon as I know it's a telemarketer.

[venray]

I answer no calls that have a caller ID I dont recognize or no caller ID at all. If it is someone I want to talk with they will leave me a message.....

If a telemarketer leaves a voicemail, (extremely rare) then I code the number in under geek on my cell and know better than to bother with them.....

[kurchatovium]

It could be worse you coud have to deal with Hyperdimensional Telemarketers. :D See below:

http://www.kurchatoviumsworld.com/PleaseDoNotPressB5fin.jpg

[CaptainQuantum]

About 8 years ago, I applied for a job at DialAmerica (I think its the largest telemarketing firm in the US). The lady who interviewed me asked me if I get telemarketing calls and how I deal with them. I said that I just hang up on them, because I know that no matter what I say they're going to have a rebuttal for it so I don't even bother. She asked me "well after doing telemarketing yourself, do you think you'll view telemarketing differently?" I said no, I'll still hang up on them. She hired me. :wow:

[Illtcklu]

Oh I F#@K with them. If it's a woman I start flirting and asking her out..................
If it's a man I say "excuse me I have a dead body here and I need to chop her up, is this going to take long?"...........................this makes them very uncomfortable

[locker669]

Try yelling SMURF whenever they start talking