Comments on: Telemarketers = phone spam http://www.nitallica.org/2008/03/18/telemarketers-phone-spam/ This is my digital sandbox and proverbial playground. By trade, I am a web designer who dabbles in graphic design (when time allows). I'm an avid gamer, a former editor for Addons.Mozilla.Org, and spend a good deal of my time in the WordPress community. In short, I am: a web designer, a geek, a gamer and an aspiring super mom. Mon, 12 May 2008 07:46:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Nicki http://www.nitallica.org/2008/03/18/telemarketers-phone-spam/#comment-19252 Nicki Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:49:17 +0000 http://www.nitallica.org/2008/03/18/telemarketers-phone-spam/#comment-19252 LOL, Uncle Monster, why am I not surprised? ;) LOL, Uncle Monster, why am I not surprised? ;)

]]> By: Uncle Monster http://www.nitallica.org/2008/03/18/telemarketers-phone-spam/#comment-19251 Uncle Monster Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:36:57 +0000 http://www.nitallica.org/2008/03/18/telemarketers-phone-spam/#comment-19251 Oh the fun I've had messing with telemarketers. RING! RING! "Gay and lesbian hot line, we know life sucks but we can help you lick your problems. This is Darell, may I help you?" "Uh, yea, I'm with XYZ Company and was calling to see if you would be interested in our QRM system." "Are you gay or lesbian dear?" "Uh, no." "THEN WHY ARE YOU CALLING THE GAY AND LESBIAN HOT LINE?" "Uh, well I'm trying to sell QRM systems." "Don't you think we should keep this line clear for my gay and lesbian sisters who are suffering in that homophobic world of yours?" "Um, I don't know about that." "Listen honey, where did you get our number?" "It was in the computer." "Can you take it out of your computer?" "Uh, yea." "Thank you!" CLICK!! Oh the fun I’ve had messing with telemarketers.

RING! RING!

“Gay and lesbian hot line, we know life sucks but we can help you
lick your problems. This is Darell, may I help you?”

“Uh, yea, I’m with XYZ Company and was calling to see if you would
be interested in our QRM system.”

“Are you gay or lesbian dear?”

“Uh, no.”

“THEN WHY ARE YOU CALLING THE GAY AND LESBIAN HOT LINE?”

“Uh, well I’m trying to sell QRM systems.”

“Don’t you think we should keep this line clear for my gay and lesbian sisters who are suffering in that homophobic world of
yours?”

“Um, I don’t know about that.”

“Listen honey, where did you get our number?”

“It was in the computer.”

“Can you take it out of your computer?”

“Uh, yea.”

“Thank you!”

CLICK!!

]]> By: Nicki http://www.nitallica.org/2008/03/18/telemarketers-phone-spam/#comment-19248 Nicki Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:52:14 +0000 http://www.nitallica.org/2008/03/18/telemarketers-phone-spam/#comment-19248 You know, now that you mention it, my name wasn't mentioned at all. Good thing for <em>them</em>. ;) You know, now that you mention it, my name wasn’t mentioned at all. Good thing for them. ;)

]]> By: Mara http://www.nitallica.org/2008/03/18/telemarketers-phone-spam/#comment-19247 Mara Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:48:35 +0000 http://www.nitallica.org/2008/03/18/telemarketers-phone-spam/#comment-19247 Unless they called you by name in those looooong 6 minutes, I wouldn't worry about how they got the number. Most telemarketers use random dialing machines, though as I understood, I thought it was illegal to call a cell phone to solicit. Unless they called you by name in those looooong 6 minutes, I wouldn’t worry about how they got the number. Most telemarketers use random dialing machines, though as I understood, I thought it was illegal to call a cell phone to solicit.

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