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If I got those calls anymore I would TOTALLY hand the phone to my four year old... that would be awesome!!!!
As it is, we have no home phone anymore. We all have cell phones that our friends, doctors, etc call us on, so the phone line ended up pretty much strictly for solicitors. When a computer would call, you have a few seconds to hang up before it alerts the human on the other side to pick it up. Also, a friend of mine used to be a phone solicitor. She said that you have to say, "I'm not interested" 3 times before they are allowed to hang up. On the flip side, she said "time is money, and the kindest thing you can do is hang up." Saves them time so they can get to the next person.
My sister has put them on hold saying they had to go get so-and-so head of household or whatever, and would put the phone down and go back to whatever she was doing for 10-15 minutes.
My sister in law with the same last name as I (very long and difficult) would say, "I'm sorry, no one lives here by that name" when they would call and butcher the last name. I tried it once. The guy just laughed and said "I'm sorry, I totally butchered it! How DO you say it?" Of course I couldn't be rude, so I told him how, and then I said, "But I'm really not interested in what you're selling." He replied, "How do you KNOW? I haven't told you yet? You know, I HAVE to do my job, can I just tell you and then you can decide?"
"Sigh.... okay, what are you selling?"
I can't remember what he was selling, but I told him "Sorry, I'm still not interested." He said, "Okay, thanks for your time, it was a pleasure talking to you."
That was a fun one.
THat's a good one! As is the City Morgue one.
