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I got bored of swearing and my 110DB air horn when they started using machines to make the initial connection. Now I just hang up and use "14258**" which blocks the last caller from ever ringing my phone again. Your provider may have a similar feature, or even use the same code.
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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It is the first call I have had after being back in the UK for almost 2 years, so I guess I am doing OK! 
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I often just set the phone down next to my radio.
Did you know that many of those robo callers are set to hangup after there is no sound. I've tied up their line for hours LIKE that.SO MAYBE I saved someoneA BS CALL.
Heh -- Gotcha.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr.PhD P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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I act REAL dumb and lead them on as long as I can by feeding them BS. I figure they're wasting my time the least I can do is waste theirs.
Technician
1. A person that fixes stuff you can't.
2. One who does precision guesswork based on unreliable data provided by those of questionable knowledge.
JaxCoder.com
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I actually couldnt understand what she was saying. India or Pakistan, her English was so shite, it was utter bollocks.
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What was her name? Mary Smith?
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Uh?
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Despite having incredibly strong Indian accents I always find these people have surprisingly British names.
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Oh, hmm, never noticed that myself. Anyway, I wasnt inclined to ask her!
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The calls I get are usually from that part of the world also and I have a hard time understanding them.
By the time I'm done with them, usually 10-15 minutes they are quite upset and I usually hear language that is rather crude. Makes my day!
Technician
1. A person that fixes stuff you can't.
2. One who does precision guesswork based on unreliable data provided by those of questionable knowledge.
JaxCoder.com
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I remember trying to active an MSDN subscription.
I phoned the English number, absolutely impossible to understand her, and she me. And believe me, I have the most middle class English accent.
So I phoned the French help line. NO problems as all. I dont know what they think they speak in India, but it sure as hell isnt English!
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Some moron used my mobile number to sign up for something sketchy and now I get calls and texts for Rasheed. I've started to amuse myself by telling the caller various ways in which Rasheed has died.
He has been
Hit by a bus
Mauled by a bear
Attacked by killer bees
Drown in a vat of chocolate
Contracted bubonic plague
Most just hang up, but sometimes you get a guy who gets really POed and starts ranting at you like you have done something wrong to THEM. My favorite said he would be calling me every day from then on, I am still waiting by the phone for his second call.
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Hahaha I never thought of that.
I got a phone a few yeas back and the previous owner must have owed everybody in the world. Got calls daily from collection agencies had to go through a lot of hoops to get them to quit calling. I should have thought of this scheme!
Technician
1. A person that fixes stuff you can't.
2. One who does precision guesswork based on unreliable data provided by those of questionable knowledge.
JaxCoder.com
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MarkTJohnson wrote: He has been
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Hit by a bus
Mauled by a bear
Attacked by killer bees
Drown in a vat of chocolate
Contracted bubonic plague...
Could just play this[^] song to them.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Yesterday (Sunday) afternoon, I got a call on my cellphone from an org raising money for the state troopers. 'Can we send a prepaid envelope and put you down for a donation?' I said, 'Not interested.' to which the caller started on a spiel about how many police are killed or hurt in the line of duty protecting me, my family, and neighbors. Surely, I could afford to send in the minimum $15 donation. Again, I said 'Not interested.' Apparently this must have ticked the guy off as he said, 'So you don't care about the people who risk their lives everyday for your safety?'....click
Just an hour later, I got the third call of the week regarding the extended warranty on my Hyundai Elantra. I've never owned a Hyundai, but my wife drove one as a fleet vehicle for her job a few years back. Once on a trip, I plugged up my phone to listen to some decent music...did it save my phone number? At least half a dozen times before I have explained this to which they usually ask 'what kind of car do you drive then?' I have asked repeatedly to be removed from their list which is usually when they just hang up. I've decided that it's just not worth the argument so now I simply don't hang up but just leave the phone on speaker to waste their time. 'Hello....hello...ummm, hello'...click.  Instead of it being an annoyance, it has become a chance annoy.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Why would you ever answer a phone?
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I always answer the phone, it may give me an opportunity to be rude to someone (quoted from Stranger in a Strange Land - Jubal I think).
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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I have fun with them in a variety of ways (e.g. telling them what their next move will be seems to annoy them e.g. "Shall I open up some Windows Error Logs now so we can pretend they are internet problems?" and "Is it time to visit your magic website that will solve all my issues or shall I download Team Viewer first?"
The one I enjoyed most was acting dumb when repeatedly asked to press my Windows key.
Eventually I am transferred to the "supervisor."
After going through the same stuff, he asks what is on my screen.
"Commodore Basic V2
3,583 bytes free.
Ready."
I think that was one of the times I got sworn at quite a lot.
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The main problem was I could barely, if at all, understand what the hell she was talking about. It was 80% gibberish, just English words thrown in without any respect for the language.
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Oh, my favorite thing to do nowadays is PLAY DUMB...
And see how long I can keep them on the line.
I will tell them: "Oh, Dear... Really... This is quite terrible, I am so sorry, what do you need?"
Them: Can you go to your computer?
Me: Yes, Should I turn it on?
Them: Of Course!
Me: Okay, there it goes. give it a couple of minutes, I will make a coffee (I mute myself, put them on speaker)
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They will usually ask if I am still there, I will apologize for the slow computer.
I can usually get 5 minutes out of them.
Then I tell them, okay, it says:
Welcome to MS-DOS 5.0
C:>
And they start asking about windows. LMAO. Playing dumb, to keep them on the line.
Eventually they yell at me, and call me a liar. But after 3 times of doing this to them,
I no longer get these calls!!! I guess I made it on their "Do Not Bother List!"
It's actually FUN...
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