# Unsolicited Phone Call Responses

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsolicited-phone-call-responses/139075
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [November 27, 2002, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsolicited-phone-call-responses/139075 "2002-11-27T07:51:55Z")
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### Author: ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2002, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsolicited-phone-call-responses/139075/22 "2002-11-28T07:05:43Z")

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If i’m in a hurry:  
I (very cheerfully) say “thanks for calling” and i hang up on them in one smooth motion.  
If i’ve got time:  
I listen enough to figure out what they are selling and launch into the story of how that very thing killed my grandparents yesterday and then I totally lose it and sob loudly into the phone.  
Fuck 'em and feed 'em fishheads, if they don’t like it they should find a new line of work.

unclviny

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