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- Phone Company Calls
This call, I started off with a standard "Dumb guy" attitude, I talked slow, used little words, and always took a second or two to respond.
M - Me
T - Telemarketer

M: Hello
T: Hello Sir,  I'm with ###### and you have been approved for a
   risk free visa credit card.  In order to send this out to you,
   I just need to verify some information.
(At this point, I decided to go along with it, and then back out at the last step)

M: uh huh
T: Your name is Marc Hughes?
M: That's my name, don't wear it out!
T: And you live a t 8 Lowell St?
M: Yup, what's the interest on the credit card?
T: The rate is 19%, with no annual fees and a
   30 day grace period.
M: But my current card is only 15%
T: It's always nice to have that extra buying power that
   a second card can give you.
M: But I got enough buying power
T: Thing futuristically, wouldn't it be nice to have it in
   the future?
(At this point I changed from dumb-slow guy to my normal voice)
M: That's not a word!
T: What?
M: Futuristically, it's not a real word.  (It really is)
T: I think it is
M: Nope
T: Do you mean to tell me, that my college professor used
   a word that doesn't exist.
M: That's exaclty what I have to tell you
T: Have you ever looked it up in a dictionary?
M: No, have you... ooh better Idea, hold on a sec.
(I click click click on my keyboard)
   Nope, it's not a word, I just looked it up.  
T: Well, you learn something new every day.
M: You said something about your college professor, are
   you a college grad?
T: Yes
M: In what field?
T: Psychology
M: And you're a telemarketer now?
T: It's not like that, I just do this part time.
M: Why doesn't you do something in your field?
T: I go to school at night, and do this part time,
   I don't have time for a full time job.
M: I thought you were a graduate?
T: I have an associates degree, I'm going for my
   bachelors
M: In psychology?
T: Yes.
M: Well, I wish you the best of luck, and be carefull
   about non existant words.  Good bye
T: Bye

(click)





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