15 Ways To Troll Telemarketing Callers

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Each one of us have faced an “Oops wrong number”, situation. Sometimes it is not really a wrong number, but you just pretend that it is and ignore the call. Other times you really don’t know how to get rid off those IVRS calls and feel trapped.

So, next time you get calls from unwanted companies asking you to take policies, loans and SIM cards, or if you get a genuine wrong number call, try the following tricks to troll them.

1. Speak in your opposite gender’s voice

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Confuse them with your voice modulation skills.

 

2. Start telling them about your long day

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So, my boss said this, then I said that and my colleague interrupted with…

 

3. Listen to them, show genuine interest for 10 minutes and when they ask your details, tell them you’re Shahrukh Khan

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how about KRK?

 

4. Behave like you’re deaf and continue with your conversation

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Haah? what? You mean to say society maintenance has increased by 20%?

 

5. Start talking like an IVRS (Interactive Voice Response System)

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If you want to know my name please press 4, If you want my address press 8.

 

6. Pick up the call and instantly say ‘Kabira Speaking’

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Or laugh hard and say Mogambo Khush Hua.

 

7. Listen to what they have to say and then say, ‘All that is okay, but I’ve a better offer, do you want to know the details?”

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Give them the taste of their own medicine!

 

8. Ask random questions like do you get ice cream?

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How cold is the ice cream? Do you have lasun sev? Will you marry my driver?

 

9. Instantly say, ‘I have a boyfriend/girlfriend’

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Keep your crappy words away from me!

 

10. Start reading a chapter from your textbook

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Then ask them to explain the meaning of that chapter.

 

11. Flirt and talk to them in baby voice

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Aaww… my baby, is that what your boss said today?

 

12. Discuss politics and Indian economy with them

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If they don’t have proper knowledge say, ‘Is that what they teach you in your training?’

 

13. Narrate to them your favorite horror film’s story

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Or tell them it’s the graveyard’s number. Scare the shit out of them.

 

14. The moment you pick up the call tell them ‘Pappa ghar pe nai hai’

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Mummy…Uncle mujhe pareshaan kar rahe hai!

 

15. Mimic them or repeat what they’re saying. If you can, add an echo effect…Hello..hello..helllooo (fade away)

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If it annoyed your sibling, it will definitely annoy them.

So, what’s your trick to troll unsolicited marketing calls?

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