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You know how I always say I witness to telemarketers? Well just a few minutes ago I had another one...another foreigner with a heavy accent, most likely from India...and I think I got through to him, folks!!!! Please, everyone pray for whoever that man is! He LISTENED to me! He kept saying "you are right" and "yes I have heard that" as I went into my spiel of "Do you know Jesus died for your sins? The only way you can go to heaven is by believing Jesus died on the cross as payment for your sins. Jesus paid the price. Believe and ask God for forgiveness and you will be saved." He LISTENED! When I asked him if he has a Bible, he said yes! He also said he DID believe Jesus died on the cross. When I asked him if he is a Christian, he said no. I think he was being truthful and carefully weighing what I was saying, and I begged with him when he got home to open his Bible to Romans and read the whole book, and he said he would. And...get this...he THANKED ME for taking the time to talk to him about this. He said nobody else he ever called cared enough to!! I also told him that time is running out, and I briefly explained about the Rapture and Tribulation. He listened to me! When it was over, he said, can we talk about business (mortgage refinance)? I replied, no, sorry, I'm not interested in discussing a mortgage, and he still thanked me.

ColcordMama, Rapture Ready 18 Comments [11/16/2005 12:00:00 AM]
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#4358

TDR

I'll have to remember this next time someone calls. Brilliant.

11/16/2005 6:57:20 PM

#4361

Tiny Bulcher

Now there was a guy desperate for a sale ... either that or his call-centre software doesn't let him end the call himself.

11/16/2005 8:33:11 PM

#4364

Caphi

I want to try that with Pastafarianism.

11/16/2005 9:22:38 PM

#4377

Darth Wang

Got to give that guy points for persistance

11/17/2005 1:42:23 AM

#4380

Jesse Custer

I usually try to get the telemarketers to do phone sex.

They get very offended and upset. But anyway ...

11/17/2005 4:10:21 AM

#4384

xMinionX

Jesse, I did that once.

\"Mr. ******, I'd like to offer you the blah blah blah...\"
\"You've got a sexy voice.\"
\"Yes, Mr. ******, if I could just have... wait, what?\"

Classic. It went on for about a minute before he gave up. He was actually laughing about it towards the end, so I wasn't too concerned about insulting him.

11/17/2005 1:29:01 PM

#4397

Ricky

Nah, you need to follow Super Troopers:

Telemarketer: \"Sir we are offering new credit cards.\"
Me: \"I don't really need one meow.\"

(makes sense if you've seen the movie)

And so on. I got up to 5 once, but it's hard to do it when friends are in the room.

I've always had the urge when they ask, \"Is _______ there?\" to say, \"No, I just killed him.\"

11/17/2005 10:49:13 PM

#4406

Jesse Custer

Ricky -

I was in sales for a couple years. Did mortgages for a while, did some B2B tech stuff, too. I never had anyone use the meow game on me, but the guy in the cubicle next to mine ... he and I had daily contests to see who could slip more meows into the conversation.

11/18/2005 2:23:52 AM

#4414

armed2010

Ugh, these people are so dense. You would think that him asking about the mortgage refinancing near the end would spark something in their brains saying \"Hey, this guy must have done all this just to get a sale!\"

11/18/2005 6:24:46 AM

#15810

Adam G

I think this is the first time in my life that I've actually felt sorry for a telemarketer.

2/16/2006 7:50:01 PM

#65081

Matilde

Are you sure he answer you that, or that he was just trying to sell you a mortgage?

8/17/2006 6:44:08 PM

#114523

Adrian

Dude, just sign up for a Do Not Call list.

12/5/2006 5:28:35 AM

#228634

Sideshow Bob

I should SO do this.

5/14/2007 5:49:42 PM

#228753

Lainey

I've gotta try some of these...

5/15/2007 3:20:00 AM

#228769

Brian X

See, you witness to the guy, but you know when he gets off shift at 8AM he's taking Priya from the next cubicle over for breakfast and a thorough cornholing. I hear those call center people are surprisingly liberated for conservative India.

5/15/2007 4:45:52 AM

#228838

Laurel

When I was telemarketer I got credit for keeping someone on the phone for a certain amount of time whether I sold them anything or not. It was cnosidered \"better\" than having them hang up.

5/15/2007 11:10:28 AM

#1062868

dr y

It's amazing the shit telemarketers will listen to.

11/25/2009 12:25:53 PM

#1256344

Anon

I hope he gets the telemarkter on their last day of the job.
"And did you know Jesu-"
"Sir, I honestly don't give a shit, I am getting paid for every minute I keep you on the phone."

2/13/2011 2:18:14 PM