Fuming

[Slug]

Phone rings...I pick up

 

Asian sounding man asks " Am I speaking to the owner of this telephone number ?"

 

My Reply "What the #### has it got to do with you?"

 

Dink..Phone goes down...

 

I think I am getting grumpy in my old age..

[Beretta28g]

Like the style mate, I just play music down the phone or hang up.

[Beardo]

i keep getting sales calls from India (crackly line, asian sounding person) - but they keep saying their name is "richard williams" or "mary hughes" and similar!

[Gobfish]

Why get angry? just say "one moment, I'll go and get him" put the phone on the side and forget about it for 20 minutes or so. Then hang up. It uses up their time, costs 'em, and hacks them off........ keeps me amused

[magman]

Why get angry? just say "one moment, I'll go and get him" put the phone on the side and forget about it for 20 minutes or so. Then hang up. It uses up their time, costs 'em, and hacks them off........ keeps me amused

 

[duncan]

i just put the phone to one side make a pot of tea then hang up

[foxnet22]

got one once tuned in to the shipping channel and left the phone next to radio.like i say got one once think i left the asian bloke a bit confused.com.

[TonySmith]

I give them the run around, they ask to speak to Mr Smith, I ask what one this is the Smith Institute, there are hundreds of us here......

 

Or inform them they have phoned in the middle of a murder investigation, and ask what relationship do you have with the deceased....

[bullet boy]

i just put the phone to one side make a pot of tea then hang up

 

Great answer!

[njc110381]

Or inform them they have phoned in the middle of a murder investigation, and ask what relationship do you have with the deceased....

 

Could be good for a laugh as long as they understand what you're saying to them!

 

May be good to find out who's calling first though. Imagine if it was a relative who you hadn't spoken to for years!

[DSPUK]

I got a call from an 0800 number and just lifted and replaced handset - this happened four times then I told them not to ring this ******g number again - well it rang again so lifted and very politely asked who they were when they said is that Mr P - Yes -- We are delivering the goods you ordered next Friday -- Opppps - Still they should use a recognisable number

I only ignore International calls now. and if I do answer just hold it to ear and say nothing.

 

Dave

[harpoonlouis]

ACME Thunderer of ebay, best six quid I ever spent.

[MJN]

sign up to the TPS (telephone prefericial service)

it eases the problem.

there is a similar for spam snail mail, I only wish there was one for SPAM Email

I do not want Viagra and my little man is big enough thankyou.

M.

[wymberley]

The ones that get me are the automated dialling calls. Having picked up the phone if there's no one available at the other end the call is terminated.

Cheers

[MM]

the house im in now was sold to my by the owners son. I still after 6 years get phone calls asking for Mr Woods. The poor chap died long ago, and they cant be bothered to update the details

[TonySmith]

I got some ideas from this-

 

[Aled]

In the past this has become quite amusing, i've done the following:

Answered the phone in Welsh, and pretended i cant speak English, "and you live in the UK sir," my reply "ye ie ia no no english talk"

The other is "do you have a Welsh speaker available" no..... well i want to speak to the manager now, this is disgusting in the 21st century, then given the Manager a reall load of cr*p about no Welsh speakers available. "but Sir you speak really good English" "i know but if you want to sell me something over the phone then i will only do business in Welsh"

Some of you out there will not be impressed but .....

I've not had a call from thse people in over a year.......the phone rings i've answered "noswaith dda (Good evening)" the phone has gone down at the other end! I wonder why?

Priceless! LOL

Tight Lines

Aled

Edited April 30, 2010 by Aled

[Beretta28g]

In the past this has become quite amusing, i've done the following:

Answered the phone in Welsh, and pretended i cant speak English, "and you live in the UK sir," my reply "ye ie ia no no english talk"

The other is "do you have a Welsh speaker available" no..... well i want to speak to the manager now, this is disgusting in the 21st century, then given the Manager a reall load of cr*p about no Welsh speakers available. "but Sir you speak really good English" "i know but if you want to sell me something over the phone then i will only do business in Welsh"

Some of you out there will not be impressed but .....

I've not had a call from thse people in over a year.......the phone rings i've answered "noswaith dda (Good evening)" the phone has gone down at the other end! I wonder why?

Priceless! LOL

Tight Lines

Aled

 

 

How do you prounonce that

[maverick123]

trick ive found is when the recorded ones ring, press buttons and u get through to the manager person who will remove you from the lists and apologises for waisting your time! bought me a day or two of peace

[TheDarkPassenger]

Apparently the automated ones are exempt from TPS, which explains why they're on the increase.

 

I agree the best way, is to leave em on hold and/or answer all their stupid questions until the end and then express disinterest

 

Telling them to get lost early on, only allows them to move to another poor sod.

[hushpower]

i usually answer,hello , hello,hello they usually hang up.or no they are on holiday for 2 weeks .or the one that does wind them up ,are you selling ? when they say yes ,say ,not interested.or they say i can save you money ,its ok have to much has it is

[Willxx]

the ones that really annoy me are the banks/insurance/credit card type ones where they ring you then ask you to confirm some "security details" - I tell them I don't do that as I'm concerned aboout telephone scams and to ring back on the alternate number I have registered - I don't have another number registered so it makes it interesting!

[notsosureshot]

Depending on where the call is from I am usually busy eating either a beef or pork sandwich which is something I feel compelled to bring up when cold called internationally, for some reason.

 

As for automated, most annoying one to date goes something like "Hello, why not take advantage of a". I dont know the rest as I've never listened to it. It drives me nuts.

[alexr]

When I was first married I watched my wife wind up a cold caller. They were trying to sell her a conservatory. She went along with them, expressing interest in the detailing and the process of gaining planning permission. She let them get all the way to the point of booking a visit from a surveyor before expressing her delight at the prospect of being the only third floor flat in Dundee with its own conservatory. Needless to say the phone went dead at that point.

[notsosureshot]

hahahaha alex.