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RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
edited January 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
How many people get phone calls where the phone rings and there's nothing on the other end...just nothing....then it eventually hangs up after about 30 seconds?

anyone else?
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  • mookie9999mookie9999 Posts: 4,677
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    How many people get phone calls where the phone rings and there's nothing on the other end...just nothing....then it eventually hangs up after about 30 seconds?

    anyone else?


    Sorry about that. One of these days I'll get the courage up to say hi.
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  • gobrowns19gobrowns19 Posts: 1,447
    Lol, just say hello a few times then a recording comes on.
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  • geniegenie Posts: 2,222
    mookie9999 wrote:
    Sorry about that. One of these days I'll get the courage up to say hi.

    :D
  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    mookie9999 wrote:
    Sorry about that. One of these days I'll get the courage up to say hi.
    I actually laughed out loud. :D
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  • Brain of J.LoBrain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    How many people get phone calls where the phone rings and there's nothing on the other end...just nothing....then it eventually hangs up after about 30 seconds?

    anyone else?

    I get them constantly. At least once or twice a day.

    Sometimes the caller ID says "out of area", and then sometimes it'll say something random that I've never heard of before.
  • geniegenie Posts: 2,222
    i had phone calls like these, but i think they weren't telesales people, but they were people who knew me, i mean i gave out my number to a hell of a lot of people who were my associates (or random people) at that time but in the long run weren't my friends, so with me it could've been anyone.

    as for me i just don't give a shit, i find it very funny that they would waste their god damn credit and call me :D calls like these haven't happend to me in a long while though :( :p:D
  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,140
    I never answer my phone-all calls are screened.
  • orig_long redorig_long red Posts: 2,029
    i'm a telemarketer. you have something to say, tough guy?

    you know, I'm just trying to earn money for school and this is the most convenient job i could find. so, fuck off.
    Jam out with your clam out.
  • Brain of J.LoBrain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    long red wrote:
    i'm a telemarketer. you have something to say, tough guy?

    you know, I'm just trying to earn money for school and this is the most convenient job i could find. so, fuck off.

    Ever have a call answered by a baby? If so, that was our house. ;) That's our new game with telemarketers. It's been pretty well-received. :D
  • orig_long redorig_long red Posts: 2,029
    Brain of J.Lo wrote:
    Ever have a call answered by a baby? If so, that was our house. ;) That's our new game with telemarketers. It's been pretty well-received. :D

    i hate when kids answer the phone. i feel creepy saying, "can i speak to mommy or daddy?"

    when a kid answers, i usually just hang up.
    Jam out with your clam out.
  • geniegenie Posts: 2,222
    long red wrote:
    i'm a telemarketer. you have something to say, tough guy?

    you know, I'm just trying to earn money for school and this is the most convenient job i could find. so, fuck off.


    well, i've got something to say :o and not i'm not a guy, and from what i know i'm not tough;)....but i won't fuck off :p

    it really annoys me when i'm either in the toilet or listening to music and some telemarketer calls me and interrupts me! so yeah i'm annoyed, what are YOU going to to about that??
  • upina2001upina2001 Posts: 764
    Brain of J.Lo wrote:
    Ever have a call answered by a baby? If so, that was our house. ;) That's our new game with telemarketers. It's been pretty well-received. :D


    What a prick move!
    You know, I used to be on the other end of those calls. All i would ask is to hear me out with what I have to say. Not always are the people calling trying to sell you something. You could at least be considerate.

    Otherwise, keep being a prick & good luck getting them to remove your name from any call list.

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  • Brain of J.LoBrain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    long red wrote:
    i hate when kids answer the phone. i feel creepy saying, "can i speak to mommy or daddy?"

    when a kid answers, i usually just hang up.

    She's only 1 and only knows a few words, so people usually just laugh and keep talking to her. :D
  • orig_long redorig_long red Posts: 2,029
    genie wrote:
    well, i've got something to say :o and not i'm not a guy, and from what i know i'm not tough;)....but i won't fuck off :p

    it really annoys me when i'm either in the toilet or listening to music and some telemarketer calls me and interrupts me! so yeah i'm annoyed, what are YOU going to to about that??

    you should get out of the toilet!

    and buy what I'm selling while you're at it!
    Jam out with your clam out.
  • Brain of J.LoBrain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    upina2001 wrote:
    What a prick move!
    You know, I used to be on the other end of those calls. All i would ask is to hear me out with what I have to say. Not always are the people calling trying to sell you something. You could at least be considerate.

    Otherwise, keep being a prick & good luck getting them to remove your name from any call list.

    ;)
  • geniegenie Posts: 2,222
    long red wrote:
    you should get out of the toilet!

    and buy what I'm selling while you're at it!

    and what is it that you're selling?
  • orig_long redorig_long red Posts: 2,029
    upina2001 wrote:
    What a prick move!
    You know, I used to be on the other end of those calls. All i would ask is to hear me out with what I have to say. Not always are the people calling trying to sell you something. You could at least be considerate.

    Otherwise, keep being a prick & good luck getting them to remove your name from any call list.

    yea i love when people are dicks. those are the ones i call repeatedly.

    if you're nice and just say "no, thank you," then i'll leave you alone.

    all i ask is that u non-telemarketers realize that this is a job, not a career.

    be nice!
    Jam out with your clam out.
  • orig_long redorig_long red Posts: 2,029
    genie wrote:
    and what is it that you're selling?

    subscriptions for crappy local long island newspapers.

    and you'd be surprised how many morons buy this junk.
    Jam out with your clam out.
  • mookie9999mookie9999 Posts: 4,677
    I'm on the do not call list so whenever bored I have to reverse it on the telemarketers. I will call a late night infomercial two seconds after the little clock runs out for the "special price" and state that "I am very interested in purchasing your fine product, but since I missed the special price I will gladly pay whatever the suggested retail is." They will say it's ok and that they can still give me the deal. "No, what's fair is fair, and any product promising to remove the wrinkles from my ass without surgery is well worth the cost!". Usually at this point they will admit that there isn't any other price than the "special one" to which I reply "Well, if you people can't even tell the truth about the price of an item, why the hell would I believe any other claims the show has made. I already had the celebratory cards on order for having a smooth ass, and now my dreams are shattered". They usually hang up at this point.
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  • blacknapkinsblacknapkins Posts: 2,176
    long red wrote:
    i'm a telemarketer. you have something to say, tough guy?

    you know, I'm just trying to earn money for school and this is the most convenient job i could find. so, fuck off.

    I take into consideration that I'm probably hanging up on a student when my dinner's interrupted every day ... or when I run to the phone, only to hear dead air for a few seconds. So sorry. If it's a really good day and I don't hang up right off, I inform the callers (who ALWAYS mispronounce my name) that I don't buy anything solicited over the phone. Ever.

    It's an intrusion and I hate it. I'm getting six or seven calls a day, in spite of the fact that our number is unlisted and we've registered on the do no call list. And again, I won't buy what you're selling. Ever.
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  • Brain of J.LoBrain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    long red wrote:
    yea i love when people are dicks. those are the ones i call repeatedly.

    if you're nice and just say "no, thank you," then i'll leave you alone.

    all i ask is that u non-telemarketers realize that this is a job, not a career.

    be nice!

    Yeah, it's a job...but it's one that allows people to intrude on my personal time at home. If I want to buy a service, I will call you. Not the other way around. (Not speaking directly to you, long red, but rather the companies that employ these practices.)
  • upina2001upina2001 Posts: 764
    long red wrote:
    yea i love when people are dicks. those are the ones i call repeatedly.

    if you're nice and just say "no, thank you," then i'll leave you alone.

    all i ask is that u non-telemarketers realize that this is a job, not a career.

    be nice!


    For some reason, the general public doesnt realize that being mean to telemarketors only means they will call you back.

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  • orig_long redorig_long red Posts: 2,029
    upina2001 wrote:
    For some reason, the general public doesnt realize that being mean to telemarketors only means they will call you back.

    ya see, the general public is stupid.
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  • geniegenie Posts: 2,222
    long red wrote:
    newspaper subscriptions for crappy local long island newspapers.

    and you'd be surprised how many morons buy this junk.

    my, my is that how you sell your products :D so do you go "Hello is this Mr. Moron, how are you today sir?" :D

    i would really love to one day hear my dad talk with those people because he doesn't understand English very well, so it would be hilarious to hear him extend the conversation for hours and then to just say no.


    but the little kid idea is genius! :)
  • Brain of J.LoBrain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    upina2001 wrote:
    For some reason, the general public doesnt realize that being mean to telemarketors only means they will call you back.

    My baby doesn't mind. She likes talking on the phone. :)
  • orig_long redorig_long red Posts: 2,029
    genie wrote:
    my, my is that how you sell your products :D so do you go "Hello is this Mr. Moron, how are you today sir?" :D

    i would really love to one day hear my dad talk with those people because he doesn't understand English very well, so it would be hilarious to hear him extend the conversation for hours and then to just say no.


    but the little kid idea is genius! :)


    oh its great when the other person doesnt speak english. i'm very upfront about it..."Do you speak English?" I hang up if there is any pause or stutter. Next call.
    Jam out with your clam out.
  • geniegenie Posts: 2,222
    however mad i may be at those people i must say i've never swore at them, and always said no i'm not interested, but when i do say i always cut them and then don't wait for them to say bye

    there was once where i was in a really shitty mood and i just put the phone down on a guy and then he called me again, so as soon as i picked up the phone i cut him off again
  • geniegenie Posts: 2,222
    long red wrote:
    oh its great when the other person doesnt speak english. i'm very upfront about it..."Do you speak English?" I hang up if there is any pause or stutter. Next call.

    hehe, how rude, everyone should be treated equally :D i will tell my dad to trace your call and tell everyone you're racist :D
  • orig_long redorig_long red Posts: 2,029
    genie wrote:
    however mad i may be at those people i must say i've never swore at them, and always said no i'm not interesting, but when i do say i always cut them and then don't wait for them to say bye

    there was once where i was in a really shitty mood and i just put the phone down on a guy and then he called me again, so as soon as i picked up the phone i cut him off again

    i always try to be extra nice, no matter how shitty the other person is.

    Me: "Hi I'm calling from blah blah blah..."

    Them: "Do you know what time it is? We're eating! How dare you bother me at home! I'm helping little Timmy with his homework you fucking jerk!"

    Me: "Okay well you have yourself a great night, bye bye."
    Jam out with your clam out.
  • senninsennin Posts: 2,146
    I thought this thread was going to be about skiing. :p
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