This is why I continue to buy Google phones
#SPAM #scam #telemarketers #UnwantedCalls

I get dozens of #power #energy #electricity #comparison #calls form #indian call centres in Sydney and Melbourne - they won't give up - they want to make me change my power company no matter what so they get a commission - evil #telemarketers #australia - Indians won't comply with Australian laws not to ring so much - they will ring to make money, that is all they care about - brutal marketing technique - this is all because of war in Ukraine pumping up power prices for about last 2 years and government doing nothing but giving subsidies but not curtailing prices - power companies are raking in the profits from government subsidies and high prices

I just got a telemarketing call. “Hello, do you speak Chinese?” I lied and said No. Immediate hang up. This is why I usually don’t answer the phone #telemarketers

Me in ten years.

Ricky couldn’t shake the feeling that someone was trying to reach him about his car’s extended warranty.

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Good morning.

20 December 2023

We still have a land line telephone, though we both have cell phones as well. The home phone is inundated with calls from telemarketers, which is annoying at best. I get the idea, that it's a job for somebody, but I don't entertain the idea of doing any business, I didn't initiate, with strangers over the telephone. Another weird thing is that often when we answer the phone and say hello, there is nothing from the other end - quiet. Lately, I've taken up a tactic that I use when I don't recognize a number and I get a call ID description of wireless caller or out of area. I answer the phone as:" Alfred's Unicycle Universe."

“Have you ever been annoyed and amused with yourself at the same time? It's an interesting feeling, to say the very least.” - Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

I found a good way to deal with #Scammers and #Telemarketers when they call.

Answer the phone with:

"Please state the nature of the medical emergency."

When I tried that, they hung up straight away!

Watching #Telemarketers episode 2 & holy shit this is bleak AF

I liked the new HBO documentary mini-series "Telemarketers" a lot. It's a great example of how to center a story on exploited and/or marginalized people rather than the rich & powerful. It's funny, infuriating, and ultimately heartwarming. I did not expect it to be as compelling as it was.

So I wrote about it here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/telemarketers-88519512

Just watched episode 1 of #telemarketers

So batshit crazy you couldn't make it up.

Disheartening and increases my cynicism and dislike of the society we've built even more.