Kingdom of Knuffel

“I don’t have kids” lol. XD that’s hilarious.

Yeah we used to have a lot of spam calls for duct cleaning. We don’t need duct cleaning here, please stop calling. Lol

I remember filling in for front desk at work one day and we got a spam call trying to sell us car insurance.
It was a fairly slow day (ice storm; front desk couldn't get in because of it, but most of the patients couldn't either, so...).
So instead of hanging up, we had this whole conversation about how he was sure he could get me cheaper auto insurance, and I was really curious how he could manage cheaper than free, because I didn't have any, since I didn't have a car to begin with. But go ahead, work your magic, tell me how you can do that...
He was probably not the best at agile thinking, because he kept trying to use a defunct sales script. He was bound and determined to show me how his insurance was cheaper for my car, and what was its make and model? And what was its year? But I don't have a car, so, there's no make or model or year available. Oh, I didn't know it? That's okay, he'd help me look it up. Did I know where my car title was? I don't have a car, so there's no title. Oh, no title, did I buy it from a friend? It was better to contact them and get the title transferred...
He honestly seemed very very confused by the notion that someone might, in fact, NOT have a car.
It was an entertaining time-waster.
But a little sad.
Did his sales script really have no room for this scenario?
I kept expecting him to tell me that auto insurance could be useful to people without a car, because it would cover you in case of an accident when you were driving a rental vehicle or someone else's car, so long as you had a valid driver's license.
Because I know that's a thing.
I was waiting for that, so I could find out how cheap that really could go.
But he didn't.
He never went there.
Maybe he was just having a bad day.
Hungover, or something.

Wow that must’ve been quite the conversation lol. XD

There's videos of people tracking down where the scam caller works, breaking into their security cameras, and identifying where that person is working. From the clips I've seen the place generally gets abandoned quick
Also acting like you're a TV newscaster and you just went live
One person I've seen on tiktok before it went to shit had a landlines she didn't know the number of (came with the house) but the telemarketers did. So she trolled the shit out of them with wild replies like mixing a funeral home and a BBQ place together. Iirc she couldn't just call out to a friend via the landlines cuz it was marked as a "private line"

lol wow i would never do that, scam the scammers. i don't have patience for that, i'd just hang up.

Neither could I
Which is why I never answer the phone in the first place. Family knows I'm bad at it. Of course, they usually call during the day when I'm asleep and my phone is always on silent so...

I guess if you're the type of person who is naturally mischievous, pranking a spam-caller is a good outlet?

They sound like fairly entertaining videos, but I'm happy to just read your summary of them, lol

I doubled down on my southern accent once to answer a scammer's phone call with, "Howdy! Texas crematorium. You kill 'em, we grill 'em. How may I direct your call?" The reaction I got from that sleaze was entertaining.

OMGG what was the reaction like Ashe!? XD

I’m bad at answering phones too. Lol

Some people have done stuff like put on ten hour loops of Nyan Cat and other songs that will drive you up the wall after a bit and left their phone