I don’t like telephone solicitation. But that doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy it. I mean, robocalls–meh. But I took real pleasure in having this conversation with an actual live solicitor:
Telephone rings
Me: Hello?
Solicitor: Hello, I’m from Hearing Solutions.
Me: Who?
Solicitor: Is there anyone in your family who may be hard of hearing?
Me: What?
Solicitor: This is Nathan calling to help.
Me: “Satan calling from hell?”
Pause – Dial Tone
Me: Heh-heh.
Mitch Teemley 
That’s funny.
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tsk
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Greatness. 👌
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;>)
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LOL I’ll have to try that.
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I love this.
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Got ’em.
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Love it. It’s also fun to pretend not to speak English (or Spanish).
My son took some time once to assure someone selling a credit card that he was far too irresponsible to have such a product.
Responsible and funny.
God bless, Mitch!
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I like your son, Nancy!
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I do too. 🙂
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I did that once to a guy who was trying to sell me a credit card. It was a long time ago (in the days before caller I.D.), but if I remember correctly, I told him what he was doing was like to offering whiskey to an alcoholic.
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;>)
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🤣🤣🤣
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Ohhh, my Mitch it’s funny but a bit naughty too.
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Haha!
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😊😊
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I’m getting two dozen calls a day. It’s making me really aggravated. Seems “do not call list” doesn’t mean anything.
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Me too, Carl. There’s a big multi-state lawsuit currently against one of the major computer-dialing service providers. They’ve literally made billions of calls to people on the Do Not Call list!
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Ha ha ha! Have you heard of the YouTube recording of How To Deal With a Telemarketer by Tom Mabe. It’s hilarious!
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I checked it out. Mike sure wished he hadn’t called Mabe 😀
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If you need those digital wizards in your ears, I found Costco has them priced appealingly as a loss leader to draw us oldies into the store. At least, that’s my take. If you can actually hear well Mitch, good for you.
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😀 😀 😀
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I would love to do that! 😉
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Works for me every single time.
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Too funny! My phone number is on solicitation overload…
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Wow, that was fast!
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Good one!
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I love it!
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Haha! Haha! Bet they won’t call again. Lol.
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I LOVE it!!! I have a call blocker so that only people on my contact list are allowed through, but I do love your responses! I’ll keep it in mind for future reference!
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Good one! I may use it! 😊
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Loved this,.. started chuckling then a full blown laugh, …serve ‘em right!!! ✨🙏✨Penn✨
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That’s the perfect way to handle it!
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A few clever options: My mom would just start speaking in German; my sister once stayed on the phone, rambling on and on about how many bills and debts she already had (I’m pretty sure almost all of them were made up); a friend of mine once started pretending to be selling a rival’s version of the same product or service and started sharing his “sales pitch” right back at them.
Unfortunately, you can’t do any of this with recorded messages.
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;>)
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😀
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Clever! Mine are always someone calling from some political organization asking for money. I just don’t answer my home phone anymore 🤣.
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Hilarious!!!
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Good to hear from you, Gracie’s Dad!
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That’s hilarious, Mitch!
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