Prank and annoying Phone Calls

[nuggety goodness]

I luv getting them, i never hang up, i just put the phone down on the desk and walk away and come back half hour later and hang up, it stuffs them up down the other end if they ring you and you dont hang up, somehow it keeps their line open even iof they hang up, there phone is basically useless until you hang up

haha, i used to work in a call centre and that was one of my favourite things! we could hang up anytime we wanted but if someone answered then didn't hang up properly it was great, we could sit there and do nothing for as long as it was still connected, it made our stats look great!

call centre work is TERRIBLE!!! you have stats for everything and adherance was one, you had to be on the phone for 95% of the time (dialing or connected) so people like you were great, it gave us a welcomed break.

[MatteeG]

For those with caller ID, Even more fun is to answer an overseas caller with "Hello is Mike there?" before they have time to start their blurb.

"No I am calling you"

"Yeah is Mike there"

No end of confusion reigns on their end.....

[Mickyj]

For those with caller ID, Even more fun is to answer an overseas caller with "Hello is Mike there?" before they have time to start their blurb.

"No I am calling you"

"Yeah is Mike there"

No end of confusion reigns on their end.....

We have caller ID.At one stage these calls were identifiable as they were all out of area.Now they are all private which doesn't help when u have family with private numbers
But you know when there calling dead silence for a long period before they ask a question.
And I annoyed Telstra the other day "the call is being recorded" I answered with Whats this call about why are u recording beep beep beep was all I got .Funny they weren't bothered to say goodbye

and I read somewhere about saying your cleaner .I did that it worked for a short period of time

[Dogwatcher]

Regarding prank calls - when I was a teenager, we had a game where we would prank call someone random from the phone book, pretend we knew them and see how long before they realised they didn't actually know us. I had a record time of about 20 minutes - talked to a bloke who told me he went to Glenelg Primary School (I convinced him we were in the same class) and we ended up talking about SANFL footy before he realised I'd never met him.

When I know it's a call centre I always answer with the name of a business such as "Pappy's Pizza Bar" (in honour of the greatest pizza bar in the world). Or when they ask for me by name I falter and say "Oh....man, I'm sorry, he's dead now" (hopefully that doesn't come to fruition!).

[mal]

HOW TO GET RID OF TELEMARKETERS

"" Hullo sir I am ringing for XXX company , would you like to xxxx."
"" MATE CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION FIRST"
" Yes sir ask me the question."
"" OK WHAT HANGS DOWN WITH A 3 INCH DICK?"
"" what is it sir?"
" MATE A BAT HANGS DOWN WITH A 3 INCH DICK, OK WHAT HANGS UP WITH A 12 INCH DICK?""
"" what is it sir?"
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