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He is in the pit, with the snakes.
We have caller ID display on the telephone handsets here at the brainpan. Frequently, we get calls where the caller ID simply displays "Toll Free", at which point we're pretty sure it's a telemarketing call.
Today, I got one such call, and instead of ignoring it and letting the phone ring, I answered it and started into the "hee ees een the pit, weeth the snakes" bit, just to see if it would work.
It got them off the phone quickly, but it didn't play out for very long. I was kind of disappointed. I wanted to do the whole thing. It is, however, satisfying, to get them to hang up on me, rather than the other way around.
Today, I got one such call, and instead of ignoring it and letting the phone ring, I answered it and started into the "hee ees een the pit, weeth the snakes" bit, just to see if it would work.
It got them off the phone quickly, but it didn't play out for very long. I was kind of disappointed. I wanted to do the whole thing. It is, however, satisfying, to get them to hang up on me, rather than the other way around.
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Telling the newspaper salesmen that you don't read, at all, is a pretty good one too.
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Heh. I suppose I shouldn't let Sandeep call you again, huh? :-)
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I must chuckle at your expense. ;)
Ok, now for the nice choice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE68xFeXWi0
Re: Ok, now for the nice choice
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1) "sorry we don't *have* any windows that need replacing with double glazing - in fact we don't have any windows, we live in a bunker - just where did you get this number??"
2) "..you want to speak to Mr Walker??..just wait a moment.." (hands phone to 2 year old son and tells youngster to tell the nice man what he had for supper..
3) Annie picks up phone, registers that it is a sales call and proceeds to carry out a perfectly normal conversation after tipping me off. I sneak downstairs to the other handset armed with a trumpet or something else LOUD. After random loud and unexpected noises that Annie denies hearing the sales droid gets off the line.
4)Agree to let them talk to you about double glazing / insurance / timeshares / whatever, so long as they'll let you talk to them about Christ / Buddha / Mohammed...
The scary bit came when Annie had a sales rep in tears on the phone after one of these and agreeing that her life was an empty shell and that, yes, she would certainly be looking to go to (denominational place of worship) that weekend. Blimey..
5) Pretend to be a space alien called Eric who would love someone to come round and talk about their product or just to talk.....
We knocked off with these pranks after one night when different reps from the same company called 18 times in one evening. Obviously we were being far TOO entertaining and our number was being passed round the other totally bored and underpaid telesales operators with a whispered "here, try this one out - they're mad.."
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