Do you like talking on the phone?

Scapegoat Bob · **Wed Jun 15, 2005 10:58 pm**

Some of us do and some of us don't. Sometimes we argue on the phone. It scares away telemarketers.

Toad · **Wed Jun 15, 2005 11:06 pm**

^My dad handles telemarketers very well.

Scapegoat Bob · **Wed Jun 15, 2005 11:07 pm**

We threaten to chew on their shoe laces.

Toad · **Wed Jun 15, 2005 11:09 pm**

What if they don't wear shoes with shoe laces?^

Scapegoat Bob · **Wed Jun 15, 2005 11:15 pm**

Then we're up *beep* creek without a paddle. We have to get Shark to get out and pull us. The smell afterwards makes us cry.

Morphy · Forum Ogre Joined: 15 Jun 2001 Posts: 3858

I've had 3 people this week say, "you never answer your phone."

Jeremy · **Thu Jun 16, 2005 5:26 am**

So that's a no I guess,

I like it, although it depends who it is. I think I might take Bob's example for the next sales person, and see how they react to it,

Leo Wyatt · **Thu Jun 16, 2005 6:33 am**

How do you scare away tellermarketers? I always needing too

nadia · cookie Joined: 08 Apr 2005 Posts: 8560 Location: Australia

Leo Wyatt · **Thu Jun 16, 2005 6:43 am**

That never works with me. Itried that already. Yeeeeeees! You raaaang! This is the wacky Whitsel residents how may I help you?

nadia · cookie Joined: 08 Apr 2005 Posts: 8560 Location: Australia

Then Say "GET LOST OR I'LL HUNT YOU DOWN"!!

j/k

borgslayer · **Thu Jun 16, 2005 7:46 am**

I would say to a telemarketer... "This is Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the Federation Starship Enterprise... Calling this number violates Federation law there for you shall be punished for your actions."

Starbuck · **Thu Jun 16, 2005 9:05 am**

Or you could just do like I do and say "I'm on the DNC list" and hang up. That ususally works.

Piper Halliwell · **Thu Jun 16, 2005 9:15 am**

I go all nervous when I'm talking to someone on the phone. So my answer's no.

Leo Wyatt · **Thu Jun 16, 2005 9:20 am**

I just act like Tuvok. Maybe they go away

Birdy · Socialist Joined: 20 Sep 2004 Posts: 13502 Location: Here.

Toad · **Thu Jun 16, 2005 10:20 am**

You could always mention your lawyer 5 or 6 times.

Theresa · **Thu Jun 16, 2005 10:25 am**

Always, always be nice to telemarkters. Seriously. They have your address right there in front of them, and you may just be dealing with a nutcase. There are a couple of stories out about this, and it was enough to scare me,

Besides, remember, they are just people trying to earn a living, too, they don't mean any harm.

luit14 · **Thu Jun 16, 2005 1:09 pm**

We just don't pick up the phone because we have caller ID.

It says OUT OF AREA when it's a telemarketer so we don't really have to deal with them that much.

Theresa · **Thu Jun 16, 2005 1:13 pm**

Yeah, I like how callwave will say TELEMARKETER,

Captain.Dan V2 · **Thu Jun 16, 2005 1:18 pm**

I run up a 180 pound phone bill

Sam Kenobi · **Thu Jun 16, 2005 6:35 pm**

Noo... I'd rather talk online or in person. I always trip over words on the phone. I keep trying to say stuff and.... "So whuter... whater...what...are...we...doing?" It goes like that. Normally.

Ziona · **Thu Jun 16, 2005 9:23 pm**

Talking on the phone is why I have text messaging >.<