Does this make me paranoid???

[bkg]

Get a random phone call.

"Hi. This is xxxxxx. I'm a reporter with Channel 5 news...."

My first thought was "Oh shit... I wonder what hell I did.... " 

[Lord Undies]

Maybe a little. 

I'm sane, so my first reaction would have beeen, "What the hell do YOU want?"

 

[thundley4]

Get a random phone call.

"Hi. This is xxxxxx. I'm a reporter with Channel 5 news...."

My first thought was "Oh shit... I wonder what hell I did.... " 

Did they want to know how it felt to win the lottery? 

[Hawkgirl]

My standard answer..."No, I'm not interested."  hangup.

[Lord Undies]

My standard answer..."No, I'm not interested."  hangup.

"Channel what?  Is that a television company?  I don't own a television machine."  :click:

[Tucker]

Is it paranoia if they really are out to get you. 

[LC EFA]

I usually answer my phone with a gag line (presently "Kahleeds Camel Repair"). If the caller tells me to go get stuffed - I know it's a friend. 

Most telemarketers and assorted other telespammers clearly decide it's going to be one of "those" calls so disconnect at that point as I get a lot more disconnections than I get told to get stuffed.

 

[Hawkgirl]

I usually answer my phone with a gag line (presently "Kahleeds Camel Repair"). If the caller tells me to go get stuffed - I know it's a friend. 

Most telemarketers and assorted other telespammers clearly decide it's going to be one of "those" calls so disconnect at that point as I get a lot more disconnections than I get told to get stuffed.

 

I sometimes say "Domino's pizza, may I take your order?"  If it's a friend or family, they start their order...if not...I get a pause and then a "click".

[SilverOrchid]

I usually answer my phone with a gag line (presently "Kahleeds Camel Repair"). If the caller tells me to go get stuffed - I know it's a friend. 

Most telemarketers and assorted other telespammers clearly decide it's going to be one of "those" calls so disconnect at that point as I get a lot more disconnections than I get told to get stuffed.

 

Sometimes I say "Thank you for choosing AT&T". Even more fun (since I live in CA) is answering "hola?'

[DefiantSix]

I usually answer my phone with a gag line (presently "Kahleeds Camel Repair"). If the caller tells me to go get stuffed - I know it's a friend. 

Most telemarketers and assorted other telespammers clearly decide it's going to be one of "those" calls so disconnect at that point as I get a lot more disconnections than I get told to get stuffed.

I sometimes say "Domino's pizza, may I take your order?"  If it's a friend or family, they start their order...if not...I get a pause and then a "click".

Sometimes I say "Thank you for choosing AT&T". Even more fun (since I live in CA) is answering "hola?'

Usually I answer with "Mort's Mortuary; you stab 'em, we slab 'em.  Would you like to hear about our group rates? " Or, occasionally, a simple "Yes, Commissioner?", in my very best Adam West impersonation.

[NHSparky]

Once I answered the phone with, "NORAD Missile Launch Command, understand launch is a GO!"

Dad wasn't too happy about that one.