[ale] OT - Rant - I don't want your toner cartridges

[Alexander Barton]

If I were sufficiently motivated and willing to prepare in advance, I'd 
try this:

Prepare a recording of something really disturbing.  Like maybe a loud 
domestic argument that gradually escalates into serious violence, 
beatings, smashing furniture, etc.  It might be possible to find 
something like this in a movie soundtrack somewhere.  Have the recording 
somehow patched into the phone line.

Next time someone annoying calls, left him get halfway through his 
spiel.  Then, "Hold on a sec, I gotta go take care of something."  Put 
the receiver down, hit play, and "go beat my wife."

Ideally, the beginning of the recording would be interesting enough to 
hook the caller into listening for a while.  In fact, the longer we have 
the caller involuntarily eavesdropping on the argument, the better.  (To 
consume telemarketer's time and telecom resources.)  And, if at the end, 
the caller is is really disturbed, all the better.  :-)



The last time I moved, five years ago, I had my number changed and I 
haven't given it out to anyone.  Well almost.  It's certainly not in any 
database anywhere.  Well, almost.  Probably not many.  Anyway, I pretty 
much don't get nuisance calls.  So I'm really insufficiently motivated 
to try anything like the above.

-Alexander



Robert L. Harris wrote:
> I prefer to tell them "hang on" put the phone down and go watch tv for
> an hour or so.