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Post by watcher56 on Dec 12, 2013 4:42:38 GMT
I got one of those calls the other night. I told him I knew a bit about computers (I work in electronics) and that there was no way he could tell if there was a problem with my computer, and that I certainly did not believe he was from microsoft. I told him that I was enjoying wasting his time - he couldn't defraud others while I was talking to him. After a bit I told him I was done wasting his time and hung up.
Next night he called back. Same guy. I just chuckled and hung up.
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Post by c64 on Dec 12, 2013 9:43:32 GMT
I got one of those calls the other night. I told him I knew a bit about computers (I work in electronics) and that there was no way he could tell if there was a problem with my computer, and that I certainly did not believe he was from microsoft. I told him that I was enjoying wasting his time - he couldn't defraud others while I was talking to him. After a bit I told him I was done wasting his time and hung up. Next night he called back. Same guy. I just chuckled and hung up. Why did you hung up? Just put the telephone on mute and leave it. Or if you have a private branch exchange, put him on hold. I even made a special waiting music for such occasions. It's "For Elise" played by a micro controller over an 8-bit R2R network with a few wrong resistors. I think I'll record a new one soon, it's going to be "dueling banjos" played on a midi device set to "bagpipes". I just hadn't found a way to make it horrible enough to use it. |
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Post by c64 on Dec 12, 2013 9:49:39 GMT
I just goggled. If you have a somewhat brilliant idea, somebody else had uploaded a version of it already:
Imagine that played over a (bad) phone line directly into a telemarketers headset…
Even better:
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Post by craighudson on Dec 12, 2013 16:26:06 GMT
I got one of those calls the other night. I told him I knew a bit about computers (I work in electronics) and that there was no way he could tell if there was a problem with my computer, and that I certainly did not believe he was from microsoft. I told him that I was enjoying wasting his time - he couldn't defraud others while I was talking to him. After a bit I told him I was done wasting his time and hung up. Next night he called back. Same guy. I just chuckled and hung up. Why did you hung up? Just put the telephone on mute and leave it. Or if you have a private branch exchange, put him on hold. I even made a special waiting music for such occasions. It's "For Elise" played by a micro controller over an 8-bit R2R network with a few wrong resistors. I think I'll record a new one soon, it's going to be "dueling banjos" played on a midi device set to "bagpipes". I just hadn't found a way to make it horrible enough to use it. You could use Metal Machine Music by Lou Reed. Well, that's what I would use, if I'd thought of putting him on hold. |
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Post by the light works on Dec 12, 2013 17:23:45 GMT
a guy I worked with got a marketing call, just before a call from his mother, and he put the marketer on hold - then forgot and had an hour-long conversation with his mother. when he got done, his phone reminded him he still had a caller waiting (this is a feature from the phone company, here) and when he apologized, the marketer said, "no problem. I get paid by the hour" she probably appreciated the break.
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Post by c64 on Dec 14, 2013 16:39:38 GMT
Why did you hung up? Just put the telephone on mute and leave it. Or if you have a private branch exchange, put him on hold. I even made a special waiting music for such occasions. It's "For Elise" played by a micro controller over an 8-bit R2R network with a few wrong resistors. I think I'll record a new one soon, it's going to be "dueling banjos" played on a midi device set to "bagpipes". I just hadn't found a way to make it horrible enough to use it. You could use Metal Machine Music by Lou Reed. Well, that's what I would use, if I'd thought of putting him on hold. I once had the "Hades hotline" introduction to the phone system from the coputer game Zork on my answering machine. I wanted to put the entire system online for telemarketers but I never started this project. Watch from 10:30 |
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Post by craighudson on Dec 14, 2013 23:59:53 GMT
I once had the "Hades hotline" introduction to the phone system from the coputer game Zork on my answering machine. I wanted to put the entire system online for telemarketers but I never started this project. ...including the ability to cast kendall? |
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Post by BlackWidowNor on Dec 15, 2013 0:41:13 GMT
THIS is what you should play... too bad they can't see the video...
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Post by blazerrose on Dec 15, 2013 8:21:59 GMT
Awesome, but this guy has a unicycle. Keep Portland Weird!!
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Post by wvengineer on Dec 17, 2013 2:00:06 GMT
I even made a special waiting music for such occasions. It's "For Elise" played by a micro controller over an 8-bit R2R network with a few wrong resistors. Can you post a copy of that? I have been getting a call on my work line for the last couple months where a recording starts out with "The FBI reports a break in every 16 minutes..." I always hand up by that point, but it calls me at least twice a week. |
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Post by c64 on Dec 17, 2013 13:52:09 GMT
I even made a special waiting music for such occasions. It's "For Elise" played by a micro controller over an 8-bit R2R network with a few wrong resistors. Can you post a copy of that? I have been getting a call on my work line for the last couple months where a recording starts out with "The FBI reports a break in every 16 minutes..." I always hand up by that point, but it calls me at least twice a week. Naturally, I used the German version of the game. But why don't you buy the game yourself to make your own recording? It's a very great game to play, even if you didn't have played the original Zork text adventure trilogy. "The grand Inquisitor" is a point and click graphic adventure. www.pcgamer.com/2011/07/30/saturday-crapshoot-zork-grand-inquisitor/  |
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