Legal Question

[Necamus]

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People still use phones?

[Tasselfoot]

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on my old land line, i had caller ID... and got a call from the Police Chiefs Association... they usually wanted me to donate my old car for some reason... but it was always fun answering the phone as a police department. They would always get confused and hang up.

dicking with telemarketers is so much fun... pity i rarely get any calls from them on my cell.

[25thhour]

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We had one call last night at like 3:30...

Picked it up and left in on all night.

xD

[phe0nixblade]

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whenever i see the phone say a number i dont know i normally pick it up and yell **** you
i stopped because one time
it was my grandma calling from a new cell
i didnt get xmas presents that year

[sarahxjane]

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Telemarketers are trying to get a paycheck.
They put up with a lot of crap from the people they call.

With that said, I've always wanted to mess around with one.

[Kairon]

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Telemarketers are trying to get a paycheck.
They put up with a lot of crap from the people they call.

I've occasionally thought these same things myself. But then I remember that these people CHOSE to be telemarketers. At some point in their life, these people made a conscious decision to get a job where all you do is annoy people via telephone. Now, these people could've decided to work at Wendy's or get their degrees in pharmacology...

...but no!

They had to become telemarketers. Which is why I have absolutely no moral problems with stringing one of them along for 5 minutes for my own amusement.

[TD_Project]

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The National No-Call list is new right? I heard about that on the news somewhere.

I get telemarketers once in a while, but I just repeat what they say until they sound unprofessional then just hang up.

Phone call in a nutshell:
"want a magazine?"
"do YOU want a magazine?"
(repeat)
*click*

[sarahxjane]

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I've occasionally thought these same things myself. But then I remember that these people CHOSE to be telemarketers. At some point in their life, these people made a conscious decision to get a job where all you do is annoy people via telephone. Now, these people could've decided to work at Wendy's or get their degrees in pharmacology...

Maybe they can't work with other people in close proximity.


Also, my quote has an ad in it.

I feel so spechul.

[rzr]

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ITT people who think they're cool by mocking someone doing their job.

In regards to the actual reason this thread was made, yes, if it's the same person you can take legal action. If it's all different ones you're screwed until you get on the List.

[Chrissi]

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The do-not-call list does not include charities and political organizations.

Just so you know.

[DoctorSerpentine]

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whenever i see the phone say a number i dont know i normally pick it up and yell **** you

wow good idea

[Crashfan3]

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I LOVE ****ing around with those guys! It's just one of life's little pleasures.

For a while I put on an Arabic voice and tried to convert telemarketers to Islam (of course without knowing anything about the religion :P).
Last few I've got, I pretend to be a male prostitute and try to sell them sex. XD

Anyway, @OP: if they're becoming a serious problem, you could probably file a complaint, but, come on, they're only telemarketers.

[UphoricSHD]

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I always say stuff like; Hello, Wong's Chinese Takeout!

[nuclearsamurai]

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Last few I've got, I pretend to be a male prostitute and try to sell them sex. XD

Ohmyeffinggod I'm still laughing at this.

I should do that.