Really, this is an example of why the FR set can get a reputation of being assholes. I think it better to be frank and say that I’m not in a position to accept phone sales calls but that I hope the next person they call is, and have a great day, goodbye.
My wife has a better sense of humor than you. And she has none.
You are a nice person.
>>Really, this is an example of why the FR set can get a reputation of being assholes.
These people are using my phone to call me and do not compensate me for it. I block their numbers so they spoof a local number. Most of them are selling a borderline fraudulent service. Every FReeper should be such an asshole that they abuse these scum.
When you hope the next person can accept their call, remember that it might be a older person who doesn’t have full mental acuity and they might just buy their third extended warranty on the car they don’t drive anymore.
I say that because it happened to my parents. The warranty company is Palmer Administrative Services in NJ and they are a vile bunch of thieving MFers and they get very abusive when you call to cancel the warranty in the first 30 days (as they claim you can do).
These people are calling up others to harass or intimidate or scare them into falling for their scams to steal their money and you’re wishing them well?
I’ll bet you’re so proud of yourself.
Your holier-than-thouness is showing.
Obviously you don’t get 50 calls a day from these annoying types. You certainly think you are holier then thou though. Gotta give you that.
Sadly, 9/11 truthers and Corsi/Infowars types are running around making things unpleasant as well.
“Really, this is an example of why the FR set can get a reputation of being assholes.”
A salesman jumps through your window, starts his sales pitch - and it is rude to throw him out?
Me? My answering machine says, “We never answer our phone. If we know you, leave a message. If we don’t know you, don’t bother. We’ll delete whatever message you leave.”
Very few strangers leave messages.
I might have agreed with you several years ago, when solicitors were just trying to be persistent in selling their product. Now, however, virtually every call I get is some criminal in India trying to scam people. That’s a very different situation, and those perpetrating these calls deserve no mercy. Tying up as much of their time as possible is therefore performing a public service as it at least slows them down a bit in their effort to defraud others.
Personally, I wish I could reach through the phone line like a cartoon character, grab the scammer's throat, slowly squeeze every last breath of life from his body, and then throw the corpse into a back alley where it would be devoured by rats and feral dogs.
And that's if they call me when we're not eating dinner.
I don't think any Freepers would get a bad rep for this. My guess is that there are millions of RINOs and liberals who feel exactly as I do.
You used to be a telemarketer. What were your worst experiences?
As long as you’re on the line, can you tell us where you were on the evening of July 22, 1973...?