Tyme's response to a telemarketer

[Tyme2fish]

Re: Tyme's response to a telemarketer

At our city house, we get inner city kids being dropped off to go door to door selling candy bars of an unknown heritage. They need so many sales to get points towards a scholarship.

For these individuals, I try to be extra kind, but still say no. They are on a quarterly sales cycle.

Scholarship?? Yeh, right. SCAM

 

[Shizzy]

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Jehovah Witnesses - OMG

Back when I was in the Navy, we lived in an off-base apartment in Long Beach. These two two young things came to our door. I promptly told them that I was a Druid and found great offense to them chopping down trees to spread their "word" and politely closed the door.

Unfortunately, they went to my neighbor. He was a very big and burly ex-seminary graduate, ex-Baptist minister, but I never did learn what he actually did for a living. Well, he had those two youngsters on the ropes for a good 45 minutes telling them how mis-guided they were and where they were headed. He was giving them a good old fashioned sermon. I almost thought that had them converted, when he promptly stopped mid-sentence, said "Ah nevermind" and slammed his door shut.

We then watched them as they decided to go downstairs and across the "green area" and knock on a door. The couple who lived there (both women) smoked pot on a regular basis. When the door opened, a cloud rolled out. We heard them invite them in for a little . . . . They left in a hurry.

They promptly left our complex and we never had any bible thumpers ever come back.

Damn, that brought back a flood of memories.

we had two knock on the door at my buddies place while we were in the middle of a Bachelor party a few years ago. We told them to come in, we had 2 strippers doing what they do, one more on the way, a keg of beer in back, a box of cigars and a pile of steaks cooking on the grille they sure left in a hurry!!!!!

Since I live in an apartment I always let "home fix" type callers go all through their deal and then tell them Im very interested and start to set up the apointment. its all cool till I say APARTMENT NUMBER 2!!!!!

About all you can do with these people is waste their time.

 

[180shabah]

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Scholarship?? Yeh, right. SCAM

Yup, they are just selling candy bars. Nothing more.

 

[jay_merrill]

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I have two more, both of which happened a long time ago. Gee, maybe I'm just that much nastier now and they don't bother with me any more!

First was the cemetary plot sales folks. They called when I was in college too. Just what I needed - out of the military and into college, so I was all of about 23 or so, and some nut wants to sell me a couple of cemetary plots! The game was to open the conversation and keep me on the line by telling me that I had "won" the two plots. The next part was a series of questions, until I answered no to something, then it was "we're sorry, you don't qualify for the free ones, but we'll make you a really good deal to buy them!" Click.

Well, don't you know that since this was pre-desktop compuer and automated call days, the idiots called back a couple of days later. Heh, heh, heh, ole JayM decided to have some fun! I just said yes to everything that came out of the callers mouth. I guess I did this for about 15 minutes before my roommate (who was watching the whole thing) just "lost it" and I couldn't help but start laughing too. The timing was just about right, because the caller was getting really exasperated! Bye, bye, "DA!" Click!

The second bit of fun was probably my favorite of all. I was walking through the terminal at San Fran International in about 1974, when one of the Hari Krishna guys pounced. Their deal was to try to give you a very ornate book of plates (pictures) as a "gift" for letting them "enlighten" you. The catch was that they expected a gift back in the form of money and those books aren't cheap. I had the usual military haircut and looked like I what I was - very young. Mr. Hari Krishna figured he had some hayseed from the middle of nowhere and was really working me, pleased with himself because I was pretending to be absolutely entralled with his wonderful message.

It was all great fun, until I abrubtly thanked him for the book, which I had in my hands by then, and started to walk away rapidly. LOL! You'd have thought ole Harry the Hari was gonna have a stroke, because he hadn't gotten any money out of me. I kept walking and let the whole thing escalate until we had pretty much made a scene and every one (including the cops) were glaring at the Krishna dude. The last time I saw him, my "short term spiritual guide" was arguing with the cops about his "rights." I hope he had a nice day. Peace, man!

 

[fishrdan]

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I opened the door to an ADT security salesman one day (big fellow he was) and, as per the norm, politely said "no thanks". He was persistent about the safety and security of my family and I bluntly told him "No thanks dude, I've got a big black dog out in the back yard that does just fine!" He was a bit shocked at my attitude, but none the less, turned away to go onto the next house.

I closed the door and looked at my wife, she had a similar look as the salesman. I asked her what the problem was and went off on a tangent about how rude it was for sales people go door-door and not take no for an answer.

When my rant was finished, my wife said I shouldn't have told the nice African-American gentleman that we had a Big Black Dog out in the back yard as he could have thought it was some sort of racial slur. I thought for a quick second and said, "Aww Carp",,, "But there is a big black dog in the back yard,,,,,, honey..."

(And NO, I'm not a racist)

 

[OldePharte]

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Bring back more memories.

Back in the day, I was latch key kid. Arthur Murray Studios called one afternoon and said that if I could answer some questions, I could win free dance lessons. So they played some old tunes and all I had to do was "name that tune." Since I used to listen to my mother's old LPs, I knew everyone. So I won!! Woo Hoo. I told my mother when she got home what had happened. She promptly called them and asked if they were going to pick up and be responsible for a 9-year? So much for my winnings.

Then a number of years later, while eating dinner, (now married with 2 kids) they called again. Same con. So, much to the Bossladys displeasure, we did the whole "name that tune" game again. But this time, after my great fortune of winning and getting the dance lessons, I ask "So how is this going to work since I an in a wheel chair?" They profusely apologize and hang up.

So now I get "The Look" from the Bosslady. What? "Do you realize that you have just lied in front of your children?" Drat, forgot they were listening to my part of the conversation. But that is a different story.

 

[Nos4r2]

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Y'know, that gas powered horn could be useful for the door to door salesmen too...

 

[Reel Poor]

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I have a couple of ways I deal with them. They call my business, seems like a daily practice, and ask for the owner or manager. I ask them if they can hold for a moment. I never put them on hold but lay the phone on the deck so they can hear everything that goes on. I yell for myself using my name, "Hey RP, telephone". I usually let the phone sit there for a few then pick it up and say hello. They usually reply with, "is this the owner or manager", and I say no, but tell them he said he would be there in just a minute. I then again lay the phone down. You can usually do this a couple of times and they will keep hanging on. I finally answer the phone pretending to be out of breath. I politely tell them I'm not interested but they seem to always continue. Once they're done with the spill I tell them, "you should have known I wasn't interested"and they always ask, how's that? That's when I reply,"Because I didn't call you", and I hang up on em.

 

[SS MAYFLOAT]

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One of the funniest moments I had witnessed was at a friends house. His wife was having one of those "TOY" parties that only women have. Two young gentlemen came knocking at the door. My bud opened the door seeing the two well dressed men and hollered into the house "HEY GIRLS,,,,,,,YOUR SEXY SLAVES ARE HERE!" Then one of the biggest girls that was wearing hardly anything rushed to the door. When they saw her, they turned and RAN to their car to leave.