Pearoast
At least I think it is.

My old flatmate enjoyed winding up call centre staff so much he decided to let them keep on calling. Now, I did work in a call centre, but that was inbound customer service, and as a result I have no sympathy whatsoever for the sales or outbound staff as I was on the receiving end of complaints when they had lied their arses off to get a sale.

A selection of the Andy's best follows:

1. The surreal tangent

Caller: Hello sir, can I ask you about your mobile phone?
Andy: You may.
Caller: Did you know you can trade in your old phone etc. etc.?
Andy: Why no, I did not.
caller: would you be interested in doing so?
Andy: No, I do not own a phone.
Caller: You do not own a mobile phone sir?
Andy: Nope, no phones at all.
Caller: Sir, do not be funny sir, you must be speaking to me on a phone of some sort.
Andy: No I'm not.
Caller: Sir, please do not make funny with me sir.
Andy: I'm not honestly. It's just that the fridge started ringing and your voice came out of it.
Caller: The fridge sir?
Andy: Refridgerator, yes. Your voice is coming out of it from just behind the mince.
Caller: ...
Andy: Do you get this often?
*click*

2. The 'Actually making that person's day' call
Andy came through to the living room talking on the phone, muted the telly and put the woman on speakerphone.
Woman: ...and apparently one half of your house isn't on a conservation area so that half would be suitable for double glazing...
Andy: Oh, would you remove the bricks?
Woman: I'm sorry?
Andy: They got bricked up after the council levied a tax on windows. We couldn't afford more than 3.
Woman: I didn't know they still did that...
Andy: Well, you know, it's just part of the learning curve.
Woman: Yes.
Andy: I never wanted to be a homeowner...
Woman: No?
Andy: No...I wanted to be a lumberjack, Leaping from tree to tree as they float down the mighty rivers of British Columbia. The giant larch, the redwood, the mighty scots pine. With my best girl by my side, we'd sing...sing... sing...

And we did. The whole song.

She seemed to enjoy it.

3. Convince them you're a psycho

Caller: And the best thing is that you can take 10 friends' numbers and get a reduced tariff on calls and texts to them.
Andy: Oh dear.
Caller: Do you have that on your current phone?
Andy: I don't think so. I don't know if I need that feature.
Caller: I assure you sir it's very useful, most people only call the same few numbers with any frequency.
Andy: But...I don't know if I have ten friends.
Caller: Well, you don't have to use all of them.
Andy: There's mother...
Caller: Right, family as well.
Andy: Um...
Caller: Does your dad have a phone?
Andy: Who? There's Aunty Sarah - I used to fancy her when I was six - but she's in a retirement home now and doesn't like noise.
(thePontificator, Tue 8 Sep 2009, 11:11, 8 replies)

I like the last one muchly...
may have to tax this and use it on the next bastard who tries to sell me stuff - and you're right: sales people are usually cunts. I certainly am.
( SpankyHanky, Tue 8 Sep 2009, 11:16, closed)

I like this
I like, particularly, the second one. I'm so tempted to sing The Lumberjack Song to the next person that phones me up to sell me shite...
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 8 Sep 2009, 11:22, closed)

Just behind the mince
did it for me

*click*
(Psymon_Spark Jesus Saves! The rest of you take 4d6 damage, Tue 8 Sep 2009, 11:35, closed)

Same here
Although the mince in my fridge may well start talking soon...

*click*
( snee held his breath since, Tue 8 Sep 2009, 13:13, closed)

I really
Hope it's not too late for this to reach "Best of"

Stunning!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 8 Sep 2009, 11:42, closed)

if i worked at a call centre
and somebody i'd called sang the lumberjack song to me, i think i'd wet myself laughing
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Tue 8 Sep 2009, 16:53, closed)

The first one was brilliant
Have a click
(Bob the cat You may pat me, Tue 8 Sep 2009, 17:41, closed)

"And we did. The whole song. She seemed to enjoy it."
Oh Christ I fucking lolled
(oneltrchardonnay, Tue 8 Sep 2009, 22:43, closed)