Hello, is The Horse there? Do you get the same robo-calls over and over?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (238370)
Walnut Creek, California
December 11, 2020 1:21pm CST
He has a nice, slightly Southern accent, and was probably hired for that reason. When I worked at Many Glacier Hotel in Montana, all of the front desk kids were from the South. Those of us who were dishwashers and such like were mostly from the Midwest.
I messed with him the first few times he called, trying to see what their algorithm did with quirky responses. I think I asked once "Are you a bot?" once, and he actually said "I'm a real person." Now I just hang up when I hear his voice. It's a tad scary that "he" knows my name, but not too scary. I think he's trying to raise money for some police association or another.
Anyway, do you get same robo-calls over and over? You'd think they'd have an algorithm that eliminated you from their list once you've hung up on them a certain number of times, but no...
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@BarBaraPrz (51838)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
11 Dec 20
A south asian fellow keeps wanting to clean my air ducts and I keep telling him I don't have any but he keeps calling anyway.
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@BarBaraPrz (51838)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
11 Dec 20
@TheHorse Maybe he knows I'm lying about not having any air ducts?
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@TheHorse (238370)
• Walnut Creek, California
11 Dec 20
@BarBaraPrz Can he fix my air ducts AND repay my student loans? Can he even make sure my cat is "fixed"?
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
11 Dec 20
I have a spam filter that keeps them away from me these days, it is wonderful and free!!
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
11 Dec 20
@TheHorse I don't have a house phone, well I do have a number the Xfinity insisted on giving me but I don't have a phone so the only way I know I got a call is I see it on my TV lol I don't even know my number.
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@TheHorse (238370)
• Walnut Creek, California
12 Dec 20
@BelleStarr That's like me with my emergency cell phone.
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
11 Dec 20
Well I even had a desperate and frustrated guy working with a bank and selling credit cards, who called me. I cut the phone but he again called me.
I had to block his number through an App.
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
12 Dec 20
@TheHorse
No bot. I can empathize with these folks- males/females who are selling credit cards or similar things on phone and mostly facing rejection.
But well, I cannot satisfy each and every person. I have to see my financial needs, budget etc too.
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
14 Dec 20
@TheHorse
Well being employed is better than being unemployed.
So we have quite a lot of them in India.
@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
12 Dec 20
Yes, it happens.
By choice, we only have cell phones now. We can set the call to go directly to voice mail if it rings again. However, you know they have dozens of numbers they call from if not thousands.
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@wolfgirl569 (136008)
• Marion, Ohio
12 Dec 20
I am constantly getting that recorded one to extend my cars warranty
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