One of "THOSE" phone calls.

[ozwinner]

I had one of those phone calls today on my mobile.

Optus man.
Hello, I am from optus (my mobile is with optus) please inform me of your name.

Me.
If you are from optus, you would already know that.

Optus man.
Very agitated, PLEASE INFORM ME OF YOUR NAME. :baby:

Me.
Frick off idiot, and hang up. ( tactful or what?)

How stupid do these people thing we are?

Al, the names Al. :spammers:

[RufflyRustic]

HWMNBO took one of those calls today too.

HWMNBO: hello.........HELLOOOOO

Them: er, 'ello, I wish to inform you that you have won a free mobile phone

HWMNBO: Oh yeah?

Them: Yes! For $39 a month.

HWMNBO: I thought you said it was free!!!!!

Them: Well, yeee-ess..

Beep beep beep beep beep....

[Gumby]

I had one of those phone calls today on my mobile.

Optus man.
Hello, I am from optus (my mobile is with optus) please inform me of your name.

Me.
If you are from optus, you would already know that.

Optus man.
Very agitated, PLEASE INFORM ME OF YOUR NAME. :baby:

Me.
Frick off idiot, and hang up. ( tactful or what?)

How stupid do these people thing we are?

Al, the names Al. :spammers:

That's the last time I call you :cool:

[Bluegum]

Had an optus sales man call on us on Tuesday arvo. We were trying to get bub and all of his stuff out from the car after bringing him home from hospital. I tried to tell him that i was already an otus subcriber. After letting him carry on i told him i wasn't interested. When he asked why i told him that we were already optus customers. Had me wondering just how hard was it.

[Doughboy]

Idiotic some people are!!!

Pete

[DavidG]

Them - " Hello this is ...........

Me - " Card number please. Visa or Mastercard.

Them - " Eh!"

Me - "There is a $25.00 fee for calling this number. Card number please.

Beep Beep Beep:;

[AlexS]

Them - " Hello this is ...........

Me - " Card number please. Visa or Mastercard.

Them - " Eh!"

Me - "There is a $25.00 fee for calling this number. Card number please.

Beep Beep Beep:;

Beeewwwwdiful:clap3:

[SPIRIT]

HWMNBO took one of those calls today too.

HWMNBO: hello.........HELLOOOOO

Them: er, 'ello, I wish to inform you that you have won a free mobile phone

HWMNBO: Oh yeah?

Them: Yes! For $39 a month.

HWMNBO: I thought you said it was free!!!!!

Them: Well, yeee-ess..

Beep beep beep beep beep....we love calls like them we ran around crying that l have never won anything and l had to my mum and dad ...got the kids on the phone they were sooooo happy as l said we love them fun for the whole family:D :) :U :-

[SPIRIT]

how many play games with them
time your call see how long it goes for on a diffrent subject (like football the winner gets to pick the next subject):2tsup:

[Shedhand]

them: Hello this is mandy from Austar (barely audible)
me: who? (bit deaf)
Them: Austar Sales and Service Dept
Me: Yeeesss
Them: We wanted you to know about our special one time connection deals.
Me: My old man has Austar and is gaga from watching reruns day in day out...
Them: click, beep, beep, beep :no:

[dadpad]

Got a call one day from the blind dogs society or some such.
They asked for a donation
I told them to respectfully get nicked and hung up.

10 mins later I need to phone my brother in lawand pick up phone.
The connection has not been severed. (did you know a call is not completed until the originator hangs up?)
The "call center" person is not on the line, hes gone off for a cuppa (i assume)
I shouted, whistled, even got the umpires whistle out and blew that in the hope that I might attract some attention for some 15 mins.
He finally came back and hung up before I could give him a serve.

Listen for the "gap of silence" which heralds an automatic dialer. This gap occors as the call is transferred from the dialler to an operator. when we hear the "gap" we just hang up.
We dont get that many calls anymore.

[lesmeyer]

I recently had a few months off work. Was I surprised how many of these calls come thru during the day :oo: - and that was only the times I was not making noise in the shed, unable to hear the phone.
Les

[rrich]

Ring...
Hello.
Hello, I'm from ??? and were taking a survey about gas stations. Would you participate?
Sure, why not?
(Obvious typing clicking sounds) May I talk to someone over the age of 18?
I'm over 18.
(More clicking) Do you have a driver's license?
Yes
(More clicking) Do you own a motor vehicle?
Yes
(More clicking) How many motor vehicles are own by the members of your house hold?
Two
(More clicking) Have you been to a gas station recently?
Yes
(More clicking) Did the location have a convenience store associated with the gas station?
Yes
(More clicking) Did you purchase anything from the convenience store?
Yes
(pause, More clicking) What did you purchase?
A bottle of water.
(More clicking) What brand of gas station was this?
Unocal
(More clicking) When you purchase gasoline, do you always purchase the Unocal brand?
I never purchase gasoline.
(Pause, more pause, furious clicking) I'm from (pause) ummm... May I talk to someone over the age of 18?
I'm over 18.
No, I need to talk to someone else over 18 with a drivers license.
Do they need to purchase gasoline?
Yes!
Well nobody in this house purchases gasoline.
(Pause... Long pause) Then how can you drive your vehicles? (Total exasperation)
They're all diesel powered.
Arrrrgh! (Click)

[ernknot]

Ring...
Hello.
Hello, I'm from ??? and were taking a survey about gas stations. Would you participate?
Sure, why not?
(Obvious typing clicking sounds) May I talk to someone over the age of 18?
I'm over 18.
(More clicking) Do you have a driver's license?
Yes
(More clicking) Do you own a motor vehicle?
Yes
(More clicking) How many motor vehicles are own by the members of your house hold?
Two
(More clicking) Have you been to a gas station recently?
Yes
(More clicking) Did the location have a convenience store associated with the gas station?
Yes
(More clicking) Did you purchase anything from the convenience store?
Yes
(pause, More clicking) What did you purchase?
A bottle of water.
(More clicking) What brand of gas station was this?
Unocal
(More clicking) When you purchase gasoline, do you always purchase the Unocal brand?
I never purchase gasoline.
(Pause, more pause, furious clicking) I'm from (pause) ummm... May I talk to someone over the age of 18?
I'm over 18.
No, I need to talk to someone else over 18 with a drivers license.
Do they need to purchase gasoline?
Yes!
Well nobody in this house purchases gasoline.
(Pause... Long pause) Then how can you drive your vehicles? (Total exasperation)
They're all diesel powered.
Arrrrgh! (Click)
Now there's a real dip stick!

[RufflyRustic]

Had another one yesterday afternoon.

She was yelling at someone in the backgroud, couldn't understand a word,

Me: HELLO!!!

....

.....

....

She: Um ello?
Me: HELLO, what do you want
.......
She: silence for 10 seconds....... ello?
Me: WHAT ARE YOU RINGING ME FOR!!!!:(( :(( :((

beep beep beep:D :D :D

[ozwinner]

Wouldnt you like to :minigun: the mother ferckers?

Al :~

[womble]

Wouldnt you like to :minigun: the mother ferckers?

Al :~


pig hunting would be interesting with one of those...

[SawDustSniffer]

there's only one thing worse ,
MORMONS ON A SUNDAY MORNING AT 7:30 AM
don't they drink on a Saturday night and get hung over

:minigun:
might find out where they live and invite the pub around Friday night to drink and party on there front lawn at 2.00am ( trying to convert them )

[Shedhand]

there's only one thing worse ,
MORMONS ON A SUNDAY MORNING AT 7:30 AM
don't they drink on a Saturday night and get hung over

:minigun:
might find out where they live and invite the pub around Friday night to drink and party on there front lawn at 2.00am ( trying to convert them )Doesn't work. They turn the other cheek. You have to do like I did, threatened legal action for harassment and trespass. THAT worked.

[woodbe]

I often have fun with these idiots by asking them what the weather is like in Bombay today. Much fun ensues with them trying to convince me they are in a call centre in Melbourne or somewhere. Sometimes they forget why they rang :)

The other one I enjoyed immensely was when someone 'from the Hilton Adelaide' rang up on behalf of the manager to invite me to join the spending club. At the time I knew the manager personally, so after they had made this great play about how he was inviting me personally, I said 'Great, put him on, I want to speak with him anyway' Haha, they couldn't seem to find him, and got quite annoyed. haha.

[TassieKiwi]

We've told all friends and family that we generally don't answer the phone so leave a message, and we screen calls. We get soooo many calls where no-one leaves a message - most likely a machine.

[peter_sm]

Private number keeps it all clean. In 9 years I have never had a call from someone I don't know.

[Grunt]

Private number keeps it all clean. In 9 years I have never had a call from someone I don't know.

Me too. The constant heavy breathing gets to me after a while.


:D

[Gra]

Me too. The constant heavy breathing gets to me after a while.
:D

That would just be your relativces in Queensland, wouldn't it.... Or gumby cant decide

[Grunt]

Or gumby cant decide

Gumby has me on speed dial.

[jaspr]

I usually don't get home until about 6.30-7pm most nights. Last time I was on leave, every afternoon at about 5.30pm I'd get a call from Telstra. Every day - same time!

It really annoyed my as I hate these time wasters. They'd try every angle. But I usually said I wasn't interested and hung up politely.

Last time, I gave a few encouraging sounds and let them rip. I wonder how long they talked to themselves after I put the phone down. Sure weren't still there when I went back to check an hour later. I doubt if it inconvenienced them, though - they'd have so many lines.

jas

[celeste]

Hi all

Hubby did a good one the other day,

Let them go throught their speel then said that sounds really good bit I am only house sitting until the owners get back.

"when is that they asked"

" Oh I think they are getting out of jail on friday"

" oh what were they in jail for ?"

" forgery, break and enter, assault"

click

We laughed for ages.

Celeste