Russell Williams
Well-Known Member
Adventurous with telemarketers
I get a lot of calls from telemarketers and I find it interesting to talk to them. It provides me with intellectual challenges. In the process I've had some interesting interactions.
A couple of days ago I got a call from a telemarketer who very carefully told me exactly what lies I should tell to his superior if I wanted to be qualified for a program that would reduce my credit card, my auto loan, and my property taxes by half. When I talked to the superior I told the truth. The superior said that alas I did not qualify. Shortly thereafter I got a phone call from a telemarketer telling me that I had caused him to lose his job. I told them that I would be happy to talk to the supervisor and tell his supervisor that he had always been very polite and that as he was teaching me how to properly lie he had been very gentle and kind and did not yell at me if I made mistakes in the script of lies he was teaching me. The telemarketer thanked me for being willing to talk to a supervisor but decided that it was not necessary.
Some of the telemarketers tell me that I'm going to get a free diabetic testing meter. I thank them, tell them I will be happy to receive the new meter for free, give them my address, tell them that I will be happy to receive it by postal service or UPS, and hang up on them.
Sometimes the telemarketers tell me that they are diabetic specialists. I ask them what are the long-term effects of the drug that I do not know how to spell that was taken off the market because it was killing too many diabetics. I have not yet received an intelligent answer.
One of them said that they wanted my Medicare number. I pointed out that that contained my Social Security number. They said they did not want my Social Security number. So I gave them the part of my Medicare number that did not include my Social Security number. Then we had an interesting conversation with them insisting they needed my Medicare number am I pointing out that I gave them all of it except for the Social Security part because they said they did not want my Social Security number. Eventually they hung up on me.
Often they will ask if they are calling the correct number and I will tell them that yes the number they have called this the number that is on the national do not call list. They thank me for verifying the number and continue on.
I get a lot of calls from telemarketers and I find it interesting to talk to them. It provides me with intellectual challenges. In the process I've had some interesting interactions.
A couple of days ago I got a call from a telemarketer who very carefully told me exactly what lies I should tell to his superior if I wanted to be qualified for a program that would reduce my credit card, my auto loan, and my property taxes by half. When I talked to the superior I told the truth. The superior said that alas I did not qualify. Shortly thereafter I got a phone call from a telemarketer telling me that I had caused him to lose his job. I told them that I would be happy to talk to the supervisor and tell his supervisor that he had always been very polite and that as he was teaching me how to properly lie he had been very gentle and kind and did not yell at me if I made mistakes in the script of lies he was teaching me. The telemarketer thanked me for being willing to talk to a supervisor but decided that it was not necessary.
Some of the telemarketers tell me that I'm going to get a free diabetic testing meter. I thank them, tell them I will be happy to receive the new meter for free, give them my address, tell them that I will be happy to receive it by postal service or UPS, and hang up on them.
Sometimes the telemarketers tell me that they are diabetic specialists. I ask them what are the long-term effects of the drug that I do not know how to spell that was taken off the market because it was killing too many diabetics. I have not yet received an intelligent answer.
One of them said that they wanted my Medicare number. I pointed out that that contained my Social Security number. They said they did not want my Social Security number. So I gave them the part of my Medicare number that did not include my Social Security number. Then we had an interesting conversation with them insisting they needed my Medicare number am I pointing out that I gave them all of it except for the Social Security part because they said they did not want my Social Security number. Eventually they hung up on me.
Often they will ask if they are calling the correct number and I will tell them that yes the number they have called this the number that is on the national do not call list. They thank me for verifying the number and continue on.
