Wow. I somehow get the sense that she doesn't like telemarketers.
I usually just answer the phone and tell them " no thanks" after about a second or two into their script and hang up. If it's a persistent telemarketer that's been calling too much, I just set the phone down and walk away, letting them go through their entire script before eventually realizing nobody is listening.
I do mess around with one here and there. I had a person call about some sort of "special" lightbulb that would replace all the light bulbs in the house. It didn't have to be changed but once every 15 years or something like that. I told him I lived in an apt. complex and didn't have to change the bulbs. He said that maybe the landlord of the buildings would reduce my rent for changing the bulbs into something more efficient, so it would save him money. I told him that the apt. people didn't pay the bills, I did. He said it'll save me money then. " I have too much money already.", I said. " Well, then.. buying some lights shouldn't be a problem.", he replied.
We went around like that for awhile until he finally said he was in a wheelchair and telemarketing was the only job he could get, and that it'd really help him out and make him look good to the boss if he could make this sale.
I told him that I was in a wheelchair too, and therefore couldn't reach the lightbulbs to change them and hung up, lol.
