You should have listened to me, I laughed so hard the whole place stopped talking and I wanted to hear what was so funny. You see, I was sitting at happy hour watching some sports talking to a friend about these nasty telemarketing calls I keep getting day after day. He told me that he loved telemarketing calls, because when he got their caller ID, he would call them back and ask to speak to someone, then pretend to be interested, and then set them up, one they would never forget. and a little trick that might even cost them a little of their hearing for the day.
This is what he told me. She said she went to the sporting goods store and bought one of those that plugs into the wall to charge the fog horns, the super loud kind. Then leave it on her desk, call the number, call a supervisor from the telemarketing company, and then explain that she wanted them to “listen carefully” to what she was about to say. Once they confirmed they were listening, she put her air horn on the phone and put on her own earplugs and released it.
He also told me that often the same caller ID would come in multiple times and that he would return the call disguising his voice every day and do the same thing: a big air horn! “Possibly, guess what?” he said he, “They blocked my calls!” And, he explained, “fair is fair, they started, they wanted to play games, well, two can play the hateful game of phone calls!”
Went to the store looking for an air horn but settled for a VERY LOUD whistle, I tried it today, “Hooray” it was so much fun, I put the whistle right next to the phone and blew as hard as I could. directly to the phone. It worked, they hung up, but I sincerely hope they call back, can’t wait for round two. By the way, I saw a used “Train Horn” on Craigslist, yes I’m tempted to buy it, if these telemarketers keep up.
How do I justify my stance on this issue? Simple, horns and whistles are a form of communication; a warning if you will. Well I’m just warning you that I’m on the DO NOT CALL LIST as you obviously don’t understand English. Consider this and tell me your strategy to defeat the telemarketers that harass you.