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Have to smile, reading this. It reminds me of the time I received a very scammy call telling me I'd won a week's holiday in Florida (US accented person; I am no
by mikro2nd 8y ago
Have to smile, reading this. It reminds me of the time I received a very scammy call telling me I'd won a week's holiday in Florida (US accented person; I am not in the US). Now in my world view, if first prize is a week in Florida, second prize would be two weeks in Florida. Losers get to spend the rest of eternity at Maralago (sp?). But all that's a horse of a different colour...
I asked the caller to hold a moment...
Went out into my veggie garden and spent almost an hour doing some digging and weeding and generally having a grand ol' time in the sunshine. It raised quite a laugh when I returned around sunset and the caller was still holding, waiting for me to return. Quite unbelievable! Led me to wonder how these people are incentivised.
I put the phone down without waiting to find out anything more about their scam/offer/whatever.
- frockington 8y agoI know a lot of telemarketers can not hang up a phone themselves or require a manager to do it for them. Not hanging up is a great method if you want to annoy them
- mikro2nd 8y agoI considered it a service to society -- the longer they're (supposedly) on the phone to me, the less time they have to annoy other victims. Also: I just wondered how they would treat the situation. Clearly with more patience than I would!