ChatterBank2 mins ago
Hello .... Can I Speak To The Home Owner Please ????
26 Answers
Just had another one of these calls.
If it was important, they'd ask for me, or my missus, by name, so I always reply, "I'm sorry, I'm just looking after the house, can I take a message??" They simply say that they'll call back at another time; so I don't need to engage them in conversation.
Before you ask, yes I am registered with the TPS, but these calls still filter through.
Don't bother engaging them in conversation and getting wound up - just simply tell them that you're looking after the house and they'll lose interest VERY quickly ......
If it was important, they'd ask for me, or my missus, by name, so I always reply, "I'm sorry, I'm just looking after the house, can I take a message??" They simply say that they'll call back at another time; so I don't need to engage them in conversation.
Before you ask, yes I am registered with the TPS, but these calls still filter through.
Don't bother engaging them in conversation and getting wound up - just simply tell them that you're looking after the house and they'll lose interest VERY quickly ......
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Try one of the late Sir Patrick Moore's ideas. Say in your most sinister voice " No, you can't speak to him because you've been very, very naughty"
20:54 Mon 07th Sep 2015
I have had three calls of this nature today, on my Mobile. One of them was terribly interested in my recent traffic accident, where I attained some serious injuries. When I told him that I hadn't been in an accident, he replied by saying " but you must have ! "
These calls are a modern day plague and the TPS is about as much use as chocolate teapot !
These calls are a modern day plague and the TPS is about as much use as chocolate teapot !
I know I shouldn't but the devil is in me often so if I've the time I engage them in a long conversation about my mother's piles, bunions and other ailments..
Short on time.....I have a small voice so I pretend to be a child left alone at home and ask if they are my daddy/mummy and when will they come back...
I know....I know....and yes I will be visited by child protection one day....but they called me.....x
Short on time.....I have a small voice so I pretend to be a child left alone at home and ask if they are my daddy/mummy and when will they come back...
I know....I know....and yes I will be visited by child protection one day....but they called me.....x
What get me are the callers who ask for " Mr ******* ". I ask which of the seven " MR *****" they want to speak to. Then they say " the one who pays the bills" Upon which I say " How dare you . . . ! ! ! " and give them a rhodomontade about male chauvinist piggery, and their assumption that only men pay bills.
I'm still getting mileage out of my
"Hello - Blankshire County Council Anti Terrorist Hotline
Please identify yourself
Do not hang - up we have traced this call and an international police snatch squad will be arriving with you in 2 minutes unless you give the agreed code word"
Hours of fun :+)
[ but the calls have more or less dried up now ... ]
"Hello - Blankshire County Council Anti Terrorist Hotline
Please identify yourself
Do not hang - up we have traced this call and an international police snatch squad will be arriving with you in 2 minutes unless you give the agreed code word"
Hours of fun :+)
[ but the calls have more or less dried up now ... ]