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.
That’s funny.
tsk
Greatness. 👌
;>)
LOL I’ll have to try that.
I love this.
Got ’em.
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!
I like your son, Nancy!
I do too. 🙂
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.
;>)
🤣🤣🤣
Ohhh, my Mitch it’s funny but a bit naughty too.
Haha!
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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.
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!
Ha ha ha! Have you heard of the YouTube recording of How To Deal With a Telemarketer by Tom Mabe. It’s hilarious!
I checked it out. Mike sure wished he hadn’t called Mabe 😀
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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I would love to do that! 😉
Works for me every single time.
Too funny! My phone number is on solicitation overload…
Wow, that was fast!
Good one!
I love it!
Haha! Haha! Bet they won’t call again. Lol.
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!
Good one! I may use it! 😊
Loved this,.. started chuckling then a full blown laugh, …serve ‘em right!!! ✨🙏✨Penn✨
That’s the perfect way to handle it!
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.
;>)
😀
http://seekingdivineperspective.com/2021/01/08/talking-with-the-contact-tracer/
Clever! Mine are always someone calling from some political organization asking for money. I just don’t answer my home phone anymore 🤣.
Hilarious!!!
Good to hear from you, Gracie’s Dad!
Thanks, so much! It’s good to be back were we started. We lost Gracie near the end of February. The weather got too cold for her age and health issues. I’ve missed WordPress, so I started “My Life Without Gracie,” but don’t want that to sound too depressing, just hopefully celebratory of all the goodness she shared with the world. Thanks so much!
So sorry to hear that, John (right? it’s been a while). I’d love to follow your new blog site. Can you paste a link here? Blessings, my friend.
That’s hilarious, Mitch!
I understand your frustration, but remember to be polite when interacting with solicitors.