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[Barnes]

Next year, I am going to take 2 weeks off before Christmas rather than 2 weeks over Christmas and New Years so that I will have time to deal with all of the...

What do you want for Christmas, what should we get your wife for Christmas, what does your son want for Christmas, can you ask your parents the make and model of xyz so my parents can get this person the model abc that works with xyz, can you send gift ideas to this person so that they can get that person something?......

Sorry boss, I couldn't get my next years budget done in time because meema and bleep boop need to have gift ideas submited for scoop and flim flam or Christmas will be ruined.

[Titan2]

Originally Posted by GordonBlue

nobody is here to kink shame

Well, normally that is Fotze2's job but...

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by Canadianman

Those are spam calls. The delay is them switching over from the auto-dialer to a real person. If you answer a call and no one answers the first hello, just hang up.

I've been taking great joy in stringing them along if I'm just sitting around eating lunch. Lately, the calls have been pretending to be one of Bell / Rogers / Telus offering to give me a 50% discount on my mobile phone bill. They always ask for your e-mail address so I like to draw it out and then I spell out "I-A-M-A-P-A-N-C-H-O-D-H-at-G-M-A-I-L-dot-C-O-M" for my e-mail and then ask them to repeat it back to me. At that point, I usually get a good deal of swearing in Hindi before they hang up on me.

[topfiverecords]

For extra confusion spell out the @ and dot.

[InglewoodFan]

Originally Posted by TorqueDog

I've been taking great joy in stringing them along if I'm just sitting around eating lunch. Lately, the calls have been pretending to be one of Bell / Rogers / Telus offering to give me a 50% discount on my mobile phone bill. They always ask for your e-mail address so I like to draw it out and then I spell out "I-A-M-A-P-A-N-C-H-O-D-H-at-G-M-A-I-L-dot-C-O-M" for my e-mail and then ask them to repeat it back to me. At that point, I usually get a good deal of swearing in Hindi before they hang up on me.

Hey, I learned a new word. And I remembered to switch to incognito before I googled it.

[PaperBagger'14]

Originally Posted by TorqueDog

I've been taking great joy in stringing them along if I'm just sitting around eating lunch. Lately, the calls have been pretending to be one of Bell / Rogers / Telus offering to give me a 50% discount on my mobile phone bill. They always ask for your e-mail address so I like to draw it out and then I spell out "I-A-M-A-P-A-N-C-H-O-D-H-at-G-M-A-I-L-dot-C-O-M" for my e-mail and then ask them to repeat it back to me. At that point, I usually get a good deal of swearing in Hindi before they hang up on me.

I had one Indian scam caller claim his name was Jordan Richardson (in a thick Indian accent). He asked for my name and lost it on me when I said Garpinder Chopra in my very Canadian voice.

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by TorqueDog

I've been taking great joy in stringing them along if I'm just sitting around eating lunch. Lately, the calls have been pretending to be one of Bell / Rogers / Telus offering to give me a 50% discount on my mobile phone bill. They always ask for your e-mail address so I like to draw it out and then I spell out "I-A-M-A-P-A-N-C-H-O-D-H-at-G-M-A-I-L-dot-C-O-M" for my e-mail and then ask them to repeat it back to me. At that point, I usually get a good deal of swearing in Hindi before they hang up on me.

I usually just say hello 3-4 times in various tones and hang up if I don't know who it is.

I am also always silent for the first 6-10 seconds when the phone rings and it's a number I don't recognize. If you are legit and know who I am, the silence won't deter you in saying something like, "Hello, may I speak to DoubleF?" I do it in a way where there's plausible deniability that maybe the connection wasn't strong.

Sometimes weirdos will be like, "Uhh. Who is this?" when they hear silence. Saying hello a few more times like I'm trapped in an answering machine gives me a stupid sense of satisfaction when I hang up.

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by DoubleF

I usually just say hello 3-4 times in various tones and hang up if I don't know who it is.

I am also always silent for the first 6-10 seconds when the phone rings and it's a number I don't recognize. If you are legit and know who I am, the silence won't deter you in saying something like, "Hello, may I speak to DoubleF?" I do it in a way where there's plausible deniability that maybe the connection wasn't strong.

Sometimes weirdos will be like, "Uhh. Who is this?" when they hear silence. Saying hello a few more times like I'm trapped in an answering machine gives me a stupid sense of satisfaction when I hang up.

Why would you answer an unknown number in the first place?

[Superflyer]

I have been getting some calls that just say Alberta. I always get a little laugh and say, "Check it out, Alberta really is calling!"

[cam_calderon]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

Why would you answer an unknown number in the first place?

I would never answer an unknown number, it's 2023 and no one speaks on the phone anymore. Only exception would be job hunting - most people would probably send an email but you might still get the odd phone call to come in for an interview.

[Geraldsh]

Reaction time - when you pick up the phone you can say 13 syllables before the person who called can reply to your hello. You can say “hello, how can I help you?” Or you can say”hello hello hello hello….”

My doctor and dentist have been phoning me to remind me of appointments rather than texting, I don’t visit them often enough to know their numbers. It’s a gear grind.

[undercoverbrother]

#### you SAP & Concur

I feel like Germany is getting back at me for losing the war.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

#### you SAP & Concur

I feel like Germany is getting back at me for losing the war.

You can probably blame all of those guys who took advantage of free flights to Europe from SAP.

[lazypucker]

Why are FedEx, UPS, DHL so dumb? What's the point of them driving all the way to my house to put up a notice telling me to pick up a package at Staples? Why can't they just come to my house with the package?

[surferguy]

Senior citizens and their lotto tickets. The way they hold up lines anywhere they go because of those stupid things.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by surferguy

Senior citizens and their lotto tickets. The way they hold up lines anywhere they go because of those stupid things.

I could handle it if they were at least embarrassed to be gambling addicts, but they act so entitled to make you wait while they fellate their addiction in front of you.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Sliver

I could handle it if they were at least embarrassed to be gambling addicts, but they act so entitled to make you wait while they fellate their addiction in front of you.

Some people like to gamble, and thats up to them. Vices are fine within certain parameters, and I am not a 'Football Guy.' I never have been, and dont pretend to be.

I've been to Stamps games and I cheer for them, but strictly because they're my local team.

I focus on Hockey, Soccer and Rugby.

But I'm also not much of a gambler. I dont know, it doesnt give me that enjoyment that some people seem to get out of it.

Which is also fine. Within limits.

I've put money on the Flames to win the Cup. Thats why they call people like me 'Dumb Money' because I make a bet based on emotional reasons rather than rational ones.

Its a big reason why I stray away from Flames players in hockey pools that I'm actually trying to win.

I've won hockey pools I think 3 times. Usually by betting on LA Kings and Chicago Blackhawks.

[MoneyGuy]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

Why would you answer an unknown number in the first place?

Those are sometimes legit. I sometimes get inquiries from business prospects who are unknown to me.

[Weitz]

Originally Posted by MoneyGuy

Those are sometimes legit. I sometimes get inquiries from business prospects who are unknown to me.

That’s what voicemail is for.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by cam_calderon

I would never answer an unknown number, it's 2023 and no one speaks on the phone anymore. Only exception would be job hunting - most people would probably send an email but you might still get the odd phone call to come in for an interview.

No one speaks on the phone? Some people never get off the phone. I see people out in public talking to themselves - oh, they are on the phone, at the store, on the river path.