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UtterlyBoring.com is produced by Jake Ortman (e-mail, resume), a 30-year-old dad, percussionist, freelance Web designer, consultant and jack-of-all-trades computer geek, living in Bend, Oregon. He created this so that his expensive journalism and technology degree isn't getting totally wasted. In addition to editing this site in his free time, he is the IT Director and Ad Designer at both Sunray and Discover Sunriver. He has LinkedIn, MySpace, Facebook profiles if you're trying to stalk him.
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Turn the tables on telemarketersI just have to quote this funny story: The federal government's do-not-call list has saved millions of Americans from pesky telemarketers, but Tom Mabe had to take it one step further.It goes on with some of his funny conversations. It looks like the CDs are available on Amazon for $14.99. That could be a funny one. Posted by Jake on 08/13/03 @ 05:58 PM
Posted in Funny | 3 Comments | Permalink Submit to digg, del.icio.us, reddit, or stumbleupon 3 Commentsphil said on 03/01/04 @ 01:58 PM:I found a way to stop telemarketers in their tracks. It is an audio call screener called SelfAnnounce. It requires callers to announce themselves over a loud speaker so you don't have to get up to answer the phone if you don't want to. Haven't had one commercial interruption since I got it. Read all about it at SelfAnnounce(dot)com. Matteus Von Mustard said on 02/24/05 @ 01:04 PM: I just tell the telemarketer that someone in my household is really interested in speaking to them and then put the phone down on the desk. Easy for me, results in decreased deficiency for them and gives the poor wage-slave a brief respite from talking to people. you can read about my technique here: http://apocalypsewatch.blogspot.com/2005/02/taking-action-1-telemarketing.html grace said on 04/04/05 @ 11:08 AM: pass the word! use the disconnected audio clip, as your answering machine greeting. includes the 3 tones that register with telemarketing s/w. just don't forget to tell family&friends. i've used for past 3 weeks and calls have diminished significantly. http://www.payphone-directory.org/sounds.html Post a comment |
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