Games to play with telemarketers:
Hello - Answer only the questions that can be answered with "hello". See how long you can keep them on the line. My record is about three minutes.
Pardon - Make them repeat everything at least once.
Questions - Repeat everything they say to you, but as a question. See how long they stay on the script.
The Silent Treatment - Put the phone down and walk away. Usually, the auto-dialer doesn't provide any way for the call centre minion to hang up, so they're stuck on the phone with you. If they really were calling with a legitimate reason, they'd hang up and try again. Note that this works best with a cordless phone rather than a physical hook switch.
Mokalus of Borg
PS - My favourite is the silent treatment.
PPS - Yes, I know it's mean.
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You know that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has a clause about cruel and unusual punishment, right?
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