The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for September 18, 2016

I wish that worked for me…

Sorry Brutus, it only makes you really feel better if “Rachel” actually stops calling you… and she never quits. She’s not a real woman. You can cuss her out every time she calls, and she’ll never feel insulted… or feel hurt… or feel like not speaking to you ever again. She just keeps coming back for more.

Register with the federal “Do not call” list and then turn them into the government. <><me

I would be Great fun to make messages and send them to people you do not like, and listen to what they say. Try to sell them some weird stuff, and see what the say and try to get the credit card number. Just need the right program, and a phone with a number that ain’t mine……

Lately I’ve been pressing one to talk to a real person… then “reminding” them I’m on the Do Not Call List. And the calls that claim to be from “Microsoft?” I tell them to get a real f*cking job!

I simply do not answer my phone unless it is listed in my phone contacts or I recognize it, out of my Area Code ones I ignore. If it is important they can leave a message or it isn’t important anyway. My Phone, My Air Time, My Choice !

He can easily end the call himself and block the number they called from. Why get upset about a problem that is easy to fix?

I don’t mind cold calls,and scam artists if I have some time to kill(and I usually do) .I enjoy giving them a run-around for a few minutes.Its funny how annoyed some of them get when they realize I’m wasting THEIR time! Go figure.

Really Annoying Company Hawker – Ethical Loser…

Answer the phone and just set it down. Let them listen to the TV or some child screaming or dog barking. Blow a whistle into the mouthpiece when a person comes on the line.

Um; it’s WHY we have caller I.D.

This is not funny — just true!

An answering machine helps, but you need to constantly clear the recordings of callers hanging up. Caller ID helped at first, but with widespread spoofing, it is becoming less helpful. And don’t ever call back one of those numbers, it may belong to an innocent 3rd party. I used to refuse to answer out of area calls, but now, they often spoof a number in your own area.

i NEVER answer any calls that i do not recognize the number

With calls, I answer in Gaelic. With junk mail, I return what they send, shredded, in their postage paid return envelope.