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358 winchester · 06-25-2007, 07:39 AM

Carla & I have gotten lots of poll takers calling lately and it has been fun
My favorite is when they ask me what nationality I am and I say
AMERICAN

They are lost and will tell me that isn't a choice, then they read the options.
I tell them to check
OTHER and write in AMERICAN
it really screws up their minds.
the next is to tell them I am retired and that my income is $150,000 plus a year, they always ask
"what kind of work did you do?"

I tell them I was a poll taker

Most hang up about then

rosierita · 06-25-2007, 08:10 AM

LOL!!

Pistolenschutze · 06-25-2007, 09:39 AM

Ron, you could have told them you were a civil tort attorney . . . one who specializes in privacy invasions by poll takers and telemarketers.

358 winchester · 06-25-2007, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Pistolenschutze

Ron, you could have told them you were a civil tort attorney . . . one who specializes in privacy invasions by poll takers and telemarketers.

IO ain't that smart

SouthernMoss · 06-25-2007, 07:29 PM

Marlin's favorite when he sees a telemarketer on the caller ID is to reach over to the fax machine and press the button for it to answer the call ... screeeeeeeeechhhhh!!!!! ... take that, you invaders of our privacy!!

And speaking of pollsters... the phone just rang with a pollster organization calling while I was typing this post! Spooky!

berto64 · 06-25-2007, 07:37 PM

Got a call from RNC the other day wanting me to listen to the chairman's 'peptalk'.

Told'em it wouldn't do any good unless Fred was gonna be the candidate.

Rommelvon · 06-25-2007, 08:03 PM

LOL...thats hilarious...when telemarketers call I try to sell them something, they hang up on me usually

Thunderhawk88 · 06-25-2007, 08:17 PM

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My favorite is when they ask me what nationality I am and I say
AMERICAN

I tell them I'm native American. They always ask "Really?", and I tell them "Hell yeah, I was born here!"

bunnyhunter12 · 06-25-2007, 08:56 PM

Ask them to press one for enlish.

cec · 06-25-2007, 09:23 PM

Usually I am so annoyed I just hang up. But sometimes if I am in the right mood I will play with them.

One of my favorites was getting a call to extend the warranty on my car, which was still covered under the original. When I explained that my car was still covered I was told "Well that one is no good, it doesn't cover anything". I then asked if I could get that in writing because that would seem to be false advertising and/or breech of contract on the original, they hung up on me. I brought this up when my wife went to buy her car and the sales manager back peddled pretty quick.

The other gem was after I had bolted down a soda. The person was trying to go 90 miles an hour and asked me what I thought. The answer was along the lines of "URRRPPPP". Hearing the person on the other end go "EWWW" was worth it.

I don't have the nerve to do the "You just called a homicide scene, how did you know the deceased?" trick.

To the point of poll takers, the worst are the automated recordings. If you are going to annoy me do it in person.

Bruce FLinch · 06-25-2007, 09:28 PM

I made notes for future reference!

06-25-2007, 07:39 AM	#1
358 winchester TFF Admin Staff Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Pensacola Fl. area Posts: 7,335	Having some fun Carla & I have gotten lots of poll takers calling lately and it has been fun My favorite is when they ask me what nationality I am and I say AMERICAN They are lost and will tell me that isn't a choice, then they read the options. I tell them to check OTHER and write in AMERICAN it really screws up their minds. the next is to tell them I am retired and that my income is $150,000 plus a year, they always ask "what kind of work did you do?" I tell them I was a poll taker Most hang up about then __________________ Administrator & Owner RangeDay.com Proud, White, Heterosexual, Gun Owning, Southern American, Christian. Any question about where I stand? -->

06-25-2007, 08:10 AM	#2
rosierita Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: South Carolina Posts: 5,218	Re: Having some fun LOL!! __________________

06-25-2007, 09:39 AM	#3
Pistolenschutze Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 13,094	Re: Having some fun Ron, you could have told them you were a civil tort attorney . . . one who specializes in privacy invasions by poll takers and telemarketers. __________________ --Pistolenschutze (Pistol Shooter)

06-25-2007, 07:29 PM	#5
SouthernMoss Admin Tech Staff Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: SW MS Contributor Posts: 10,651	Re: Having some fun Marlin's favorite when he sees a telemarketer on the caller ID is to reach over to the fax machine and press the button for it to answer the call ... screeeeeeeeechhhhh!!!!! ... take that, you invaders of our privacy!! And speaking of pollsters... the phone just rang with a pollster organization calling while I was typing this post! Spooky! __________________ My Second protects your First "I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand." - Susan B Anthony

06-25-2007, 07:37 PM	#6
berto64 VMBB Admin Staff Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Owyhee County, Idaho Contributor Posts: 7,394	Re: Having some fun Got a call from RNC the other day wanting me to listen to the chairman's 'peptalk'. Told'em it wouldn't do any good unless Fred was gonna be the candidate. __________________ Be who you are & say what you will, Those that matter won't mind and those that mind don't matter. I'm a bitter clinger, One Nation Under God.

06-25-2007, 08:03 PM	#7
Rommelvon Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Goldsboro, NC Posts: 1,452	Re: Having some fun LOL...thats hilarious...when telemarketers call I try to sell them something, they hang up on me usually __________________ When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. --Thomas Jefferson American By Birth, Southern By The Grace Of God Deo vindice "Duty is the most sublime word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less.” Robert E Lee

06-25-2007, 08:56 PM	#9
bunnyhunter12 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 1,090	Re: Having some fun Ask them to press one for enlish. __________________ Quaerite Prime Regnum Dei~ Official motto of Newfoundland If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, the secret police, the military, the hired servants of our rulers. Only the government --and a few outlaws. I intend to be among the outlaws. -- Edward Abbey in Abbey's Road, p.39 (Plume, 1979) -Smitty

06-25-2007, 09:23 PM	#10
cec Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 501	Re: Having some fun Usually I am so annoyed I just hang up. But sometimes if I am in the right mood I will play with them. One of my favorites was getting a call to extend the warranty on my car, which was still covered under the original. When I explained that my car was still covered I was told "Well that one is no good, it doesn't cover anything". I then asked if I could get that in writing because that would seem to be false advertising and/or breech of contract on the original, they hung up on me. I brought this up when my wife went to buy her car and the sales manager back peddled pretty quick. The other gem was after I had bolted down a soda. The person was trying to go 90 miles an hour and asked me what I thought. The answer was along the lines of "URRRPPPP". Hearing the person on the other end go "EWWW" was worth it. I don't have the nerve to do the "You just called a homicide scene, how did you know the deceased?" trick. To the point of poll takers, the worst are the automated recordings. If you are going to annoy me do it in person. __________________ Carpe Jugulum When asked why I wanted my CCW, I was tempted to say "Fishing".

06-25-2007, 09:28 PM	#11
Bruce FLinch Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bay Point, Kali..aka Gun Point Posts: 5,016	Re: Having some fun I made notes for future reference! __________________ A bad day @ the Range, is better than a good day @ work.