Do you get calls like this?

This has been posted before, but Tom Mabe has a couple gags he does to get back at telemarketers.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xi9qf_the-ultimate-revenge-on-a-telemarke

 

With roofs over their heads thanks to desperately needed paychecks?

 

Tom Mabe's pretty good.

 

Same policy over here. If you're not 541, 509, 360 or 208, I'm not answering.

 

If I dont recognize the number, I Google it.. usually, it's a telmarketer

 

If I don't recongnize the number, I let it go to voicemail and then take it from there.

 

Why the hate for the 425 and the 206?

 

If I don't recognize the number, I gladly pick up hoping it's a telemarketer and then I try to see how much of their time I can waste before they realize I'm not going to buy anything.

Me: "Oh, interesting. Tell me more about your long distance plans."
T: "Well, it's pretty simple. For one flat rate, you can call anywhere in the country."
Me: "So I can call my aunt in Florida?"
T: "Yeap."
Me: "What about my uncle in San Diego?"
T: "One flat rate."
Me: "Hmm, what about my cousin Jeannie in El Paso?"
T: "Yeap, sir, it's all included."
Me: "Hmm, that sounds very interesting."
T: "Would you like more information?"
Me: "Not really. I don't have any family."

 

And if you come up on Caller ID as "Unknown Caller," you can forget me answering. The only exception is if it comes up with a 000 area code. I've learned that that's my son calling from Iraq.

 

Or friends.


(Oh, come on! It was on a farking tee!!!)

 

That's a policy to live by, Wenders.