If you would shut up for a moment, I'd tell you I am not interested
By JJ
@JolietJake (50190)
September 19, 2016 4:33pm CST
Damned telemarketers. 
Stop. Take a breath. Let me get a word (or four) in.
I. Am. Not. Interested.
5 words a second for 30 seconds before I was FINALLY able to talk over the top of her and say "No thank you."
I guess I could have just hung up, but that would be...I don't know...rude or something.
Almost as rude as calling someone and talking 95 miles an hour and not letting them get a word in edgewise.
Damned telemarketers.
Stop. Take a breath. Let me get a word (or four) in.
I. Am. Not. Interested.
5 words a second for 30 seconds before I was FINALLY able to talk over the top of her and say "No thank you."
I guess I could have just hung up, but that would be...I don't know...rude or something.
Almost as rude as calling someone and talking 95 miles an hour and not letting them get a word in edgewise.
Damned telemarketers.12 people like this
10 responses
@xFiacre (13932)
• Ireland
19 Sep 16
@jolietjake Just shout over her "I've got really bad diahorroea". That usually shuts them up.
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@xFiacre (13932)
• Ireland
19 Sep 16
@CinnamonGrl I love having fun with unwelcome callers.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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20 Sep 16
She seriously would not stop talking. I was trying to talk over her and she was like the Energizer Bunny...
@CinnamonGrl (7086)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
19 Sep 16
I never answer the phone LOL. I think it's very nice of you just to pick it up!
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@JolietJake (50190)
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20 Sep 16
A local area code is normally someone needing to hire me for a gig if I don't know the number, but nope...not this time 
@patgalca (18425)
• Orangeville, Ontario
19 Sep 16
The telemarketer would say where they were from and I would immediately say, "Not interested, thank you." and simply hang up. Then we stopped answering the phone if we didn't recognize the caller on the caller ID. And now that we disconnected our land line we don't get telemarketers at all anymore.
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@patgalca (18425)
• Orangeville, Ontario
19 Sep 16
@JolietJake Oh boy! I hope that doesn't start happening to me. 
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@KristenH (33557)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
20 Sep 16
@patgalca @jolietjake I do get some calls on my cell phone too. It used to be Sprint or another cell phone company, on and off. The same number appears on my call log with ???, since it's not on my contact list. I just hit delete every time they call.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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19 Sep 16
I suddenly started getting them on my cell line about 3-4 weeks ago, it's about to drive me nuts
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@LovingMyBabies (85296)
• Valdosta, Georgia
19 Sep 16
I don't like those calls either. I try to be nice like you were too.
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@LovingMyBabies (85296)
• Valdosta, Georgia
20 Sep 16
@JolietJake Me? How did I have any involvement in that? 
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@Drosophila (16571)
• Ireland
19 Sep 16
lol thought that was message to a suitor then
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@JolietJake (50190)
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20 Sep 16
Those are easy to deal with...I just turn the stereo up so I can't hear them until they finally leave
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
19 Sep 16
I always ask them to hold on a second, put the phone down, and leave for a few minutes. Eventually they give up.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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20 Sep 16
I had one number call me 10 freakin' days in a row...automated crap...
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@KristenH (33557)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
19 Sep 16
I know the feeling, JJ. And those who call and hang up or leave no answer on the machine. And for those I've blocked (only 30 numbers), they won't get through at all. I hate those Name UnAvailable/Out of Area/Wireless Caller type of calls. Go to NoMoRobocalls.com, my friend.
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@KristenH (33557)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
20 Sep 16
@JolietJake I did it last year. It worked most of the time. Go for it.
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@XinfulThotz (4140)
• Singapore, Singapore
20 Sep 16
talking 95 miles an hour...that's fast...
I usually don't pick up calls that I suspect is from a telemarketer...1 person likes this
@JolietJake (50190)
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20 Sep 16
Since it is also a business line, I really have to answer when I can...unless it is a number I know is spam
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@HappyKez (125)
• India
20 Sep 16
@JolietJake.. I hope you ll get through this., So kind of you to be polite with them
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