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also, I wish when you did get those robo-calls, that they would be required to tell you who the hell they are. -- nm

Posted by groiny (aka groiny) Aug 16 '17, 14:08

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On cellphones I have solved this problem. Should I Answer app. the community of users post negative/telemarketers and if they are flagged they never - Bacon Aug 16, 16:37
The problem is that so many of them come from Indian call centers that flaunt their illegality. - David Aug 16, 14:12 23
- I've taken to effing with robo calls now. About 1 in 10 gets it. - Mel Profit Aug 16, 14:41 20
  - I used to just say "Could you hold on just a second, there's someone at the door?" the just set the phone down. - Cuzzin Todd Aug 16, 15:07
  - and whenver they ask you annual income, it's in poverty level or lower -- nm - peglegpete Aug 16, 14:51 2
    - oh, if you wanna keep them on the phone longer, you go the other direction. -- nm - groiny Aug 16, 14:52 1
      - not if it involves, "debt relief". -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 16, 14:56
  - can you solve a rubix cube in 120 seconds or less?! -- nm - mud Aug 16, 14:51 2
    - depends on how sticky the glue is on each individual cube. - Mel Profit Aug 16, 14:54
    - *throws rubiks cube out the window* - groiny Aug 16, 14:51
  - How giant is the bee? -- nm - David Aug 16, 14:46 6
    - bigger than a bread basket but smaller than kilbo's ass. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 16, 14:48 5
      - Okay, as long as the snake's not 20 feet or larger, my money's on The King. -- nm - David Aug 16, 14:50 4
        
        The snake, an amazonian python is 23ft long but we kept in the fridge for an hour to slow it up. Now what? - Mel Profit Aug 16, 14:53 3
        
        Wait wait wait, you can't unleash The Mountain and act like that's legal. -- nm - David Aug 16, 14:55 2
        
        you sound just like the guy trying to sell me on "debt relief". -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 16, 14:59 1
        
        He's right *and* he can save you thousands of dollars! - David Aug 16, 15:17
  - there was a time when I would do this as well, but they seem to always get me when I am at work. - groiny Aug 16, 14:44 5
    - and, there's an art to it. You can't blast them with crazy. You have to slowly escalate it. In fact... - Mel Profit Aug 16, 14:46 3
      - I had been known to hand my daughter the phone when she was 4 or 5 when they called. -- (edited) - groiny Aug 16, 14:48 2
        
        I love that bit. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 16, 14:49 1
        
        it was that, and telling them all about my garden and the weather. -- nm - groiny Aug 16, 14:50
    - best time, for me, was after hours obviously. Most of the time I don't pick up but there's a rare day or two when I feel like taking it out on someone -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 16, 14:45
- we start talking french or asking them to repeat themselves to drag it out as long as possible to piss them off -- nm - Beaker Aug 16, 14:16
- the ones I get ask me if I am who I am, and then to press 1 - groiny Aug 16, 14:13

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