I pee myself laughing EVERY TIME I hear this!! Brilliant -- absolutely brilliant!! Ring Ring Enjoy! SJ

My method of dealing with telemarketers is to simply not answer the phone. If it's important they'll leave a message (although the fact that my boyfriend has the answering machine message set to "French" instead of "English" probably scares some callers away here in the US), and everyone who knows me calls my cell phone. But my method is boring, this one is funny!

Just wet myself. Sometimes at work, if I know couple of department managers and the store manager isn't there then everytime people ring the canteen or warehouse, I always say "Chinese resturant." or something like that but that is better.

Get Net phone, they don't have those numbers yet!!! My phone is now connected through my internet line, So Damn cheap! can call overseas for 10cents. cheaper than calling a mobile phone. I should get commission for that spiel...

OMG, that was great! I was ! Definitely a classic! Thanks for sharing, SJ!

my dad showed me this I LUVD it! I wish I had the guts to do something like this!!! hahahahaaha

I have heard of this guy before...love this prank...it's the best!!

I finally go to listen to this SJ. Thank you for finding it for us.

I do know that America has their own version of Homebase called The Home depot and I dare anybody to ring them up or their country's version of Homebase and The Home Depot and ask for silly things like triple sided cellatape, non stick glue, solar powered batteries and tartanc coloured paint and any others that you ccan think of.

Is there some reason we need to CALL Met? I have walked in and asked for the solar powered batteries. I need them for my solar powered lights. Actually I know I need rechargeable batteries but still ...

Originally posted by Metaliant I do know that America has their own version of Homebase called The Home depot and I dare anybody to ring them up or their country's version of Homebase and The Home Depot and ask for silly things like triple sided cellatape, non stick glue, solar powered batteries and tartanc coloured paint and any others that you ccan think of.

...and is this what you like to do in your spare time, Met?? I would think you would get enough of these questions while working your shift!

Originally posted by Hinotori

Originally posted by Metaliant I do know that America has their own version of Homebase called The Home depot and I dare anybody to ring them up or their country's version of Homebase and The Home Depot and ask for silly things like triple sided cellatape, non stick glue, solar powered batteries and tartanc coloured paint and any others that you ccan think of.

...and is this what you like to do in your spare time, Met?? I would think you would get enough of these questions while working your shift!

I thought he said he liked to have a in his spare time, but perhaps have one too many he then makes the phone calls.

This is brilliant!

Originally posted by clouddancer I thought he said he liked to have a in his spare time, but perhaps have one too many he then makes the phone calls.

I think I will answer this for Met, since I'm fairly certain I already know his response... Is there such a thing as one too many??

Originally posted by Hinotori

Originally posted by clouddancer I thought he said he liked to have a in his spare time, but perhaps have one too many he then makes the phone calls.

I think I will answer this for Met, since I'm fairly certain I already know his response... Is there such a thing as one too many??

For me one IS too many!!!!m

Originally posted by Hinotori

Originally posted by Metaliant I do know that America has their own version of Homebase called The Home depot and I dare anybody to ring them up or their country's version of Homebase and The Home Depot and ask for silly things like triple sided cellatape, non stick glue, solar powered batteries and tartanc coloured paint and any others that you ccan think of.

...and is this what you like to do in your spare time, Met?? I would think you would get enough of these questions while working your shift!

No I don't make phone calls to DIY places asking for silly things that they don't know whether or not they sell, but often I get people who are suppose to have much better sight than me asking me where stuff is or where the trolleys are though with the trolleys, they are right outside the front of the store. One of the few questions that are asked is "Do you work here?" With our old bright green and orange uniforms with name badges on them that say Homebase, I am just amazed about that question. Same thing with our uniforms now, which are black and do have Homebase printed on them as well as our name badges.

Originally posted by clouddancer

Originally posted by Hinotori

Originally posted by Metaliant I do know that America has their own version of Homebase called The Home depot and I dare anybody to ring them up or their country's version of Homebase and The Home Depot and ask for silly things like triple sided cellatape, non stick glue, solar powered batteries and tartanc coloured paint and any others that you ccan think of.

...and is this what you like to do in your spare time, Met?? I would think you would get enough of these questions while working your shift!

I thought he said he liked to have a in his spare time, but perhaps have one too many he then makes the phone calls.

Oh, I do in my spare time.

Originally posted by Hinotori

Originally posted by clouddancer I thought he said he liked to have a in his spare time, but perhaps have one too many he then makes the phone calls.

I think I will answer this for Met, since I'm fairly certain I already know his response... Is there such a thing as one too many??

Exactly.

Originally posted by clouddancer For me one IS too many!!!!m

Yep, right there with ya on that one!

Originally posted by Metaliant One of the few questions that are asked is "Do you work here?" With our old bright green and orange uniforms with name badges on them that say Homebase, I am just amazed about that question. Same thing with our uniforms now, which are black and do have Homebase printed on them as well as our name badges.

LOL! That's right up with when I used to work in the library... People would walk in all the time and stop at the circ desk with that confused look on their face... "May I help you?" I would ask. "Uh, yeah." replied perplexed student. "I need a book." I would then plaster the sweetest smile on my face and reply as evenly as I could, "Well, you came to the right place!"

Yep, sounds like a typical Homebase customer alright.

Back when I worked in my school library, I had an answer for those guys: 'Sorry. We're out of books.Can I interest you in a cassette instead?'

Originally posted by Hinotori "May I help you?" I would ask. "Uh, yeah." replied perplexed student. "I need a book." I would then plaster the sweetest smile on my face and reply as evenly as I could, "Well, you came to the right place!"

Ahhh, yes like working at the garden center "Ummm, I am looking for a plant." I look around, "Okay." "It's green."

Originally posted by Hinotori

Originally posted by Metaliant One of the few questions that are asked is "Do you work here?" With our old bright green and orange uniforms with name badges on them that say Homebase, I am just amazed about that question. Same thing with our uniforms now, which are black and do have Homebase printed on them as well as our name badges.

LOL! That's right up with when I used to work in the library... People would walk in all the time and stop at the circ desk with that confused look on their face... "May I help you?" I would ask. "Uh, yeah." replied perplexed student. "I need a book." I would then plaster the sweetest smile on my face and reply as evenly as I could, "Well, you came to the right place!"

I used to work at a country club, and every time there was a big golf outing or some other kind of big event, I would get tons of phone calls from people trying to find the place who were lost. I would ask them, "where are you now?" and be told variations of "I don't know what road I'm on or which direction I'm headed, but I see a [generic thing that could be anywhere]" and I always wanted to say "How the **** am I supposed to give you directions then? (but I didn't).

Maybe they should look at a map before they started out. I normally do that myself if I need to find a place that I need to get to but don't know exactly where it is. Often customer will ask me where the stuff is for example:- Customer, "Do you work here?" Looks down at name badge with HOMEBASE on it. Customer, "Eo you work here?" Replies, "Of course." Customer, "Where can I find paint." Replies, "In the paint section." I don't say the last line all the time but sometimes, they can be standing right in the front of the sextion that they need to get to and sometimes they can't even bother to walk around the store and find the stuff they need. I was even asked where stuff is when they got through the bloody entrance. In fact I have seen customers getting out through the automatic entrance doors, because they think it's the exit, despite the doors not opening and we have ANOTHER F#*king set of doors that open we you leave the store. Also, where do you normally find the Information/Customer help desk.........erm.......at the front of the store perhaps? We have 3 huge signs, which even I, a partially sighted person, can see halfway down the store which says INFORMATION.

Originally posted by clouddancer

Originally posted by Hinotori "May I help you?" I would ask. "Uh, yeah." replied perplexed student. "I need a book." I would then plaster the sweetest smile on my face and reply as evenly as I could, "Well, you came to the right place!"

Ahhh, yes like working at the garden center "Ummm, I am looking for a plant." I look around, "Okay." "It's green."

Do your customers have a high IQ by any chance CD .

Best in the world! lol that was GREAT!!!

Originally posted by Askura Back when I worked in my school library, I had an answer for those guys: 'Sorry. We're out of books.Can I interest you in a cassette instead?'

That's great!! Wish I had given that as a response!

Originally posted by clouddancer Ahhh, yes like working at the garden center "Ummm, I am looking for a plant." I look around, "Okay." "It's green."

LOL! Well, I guess you should be thankful that they knew it was green!

Originally posted by Metaliant

Originally posted by clouddancer

Originally posted by Hinotori "May I help you?" I would ask. "Uh, yeah." replied perplexed student. "I need a book." I would then plaster the sweetest smile on my face and reply as evenly as I could, "Well, you came to the right place!"

Ahhh, yes like working at the garden center "Ummm, I am looking for a plant." I look around, "Okay." "It's green."

Do your customers have a high IQ by any chance CD .

Ummm, I don't know how to answer that Met. I wouldn't want to get myself or them in trouble.

Originally posted by Hinotori

Originally posted by clouddancer Ahhh, yes like working at the garden center "Ummm, I am looking for a plant." I look around, "Okay." "It's green."

LOL! Well, I guess you should be thankful that they knew it was green!

I guess I should be, but it would have been much more helpful if they said it was purple or white that narrows the field down by 90%

And whether it was for outdoor or indoor and whether it was tall, short, tree, shrub, needs to be put in a pot, or in the ground or on the fence. Without given much information about what they want, then you don't know and they expect us to be telepaths. Also, couple of customers have asked me what kind of paint they want for their walls. Yeh, right, like I would know as I never been to their homes I don't know much ab out DIY but at least I would find out what I want on the walls BEFORE going to a DIY store and asking about paint.

Awesome! That just made my day! It's inventory time at work...so yes I needed the laugh! I gotta post this on facebook...LOL