Love this
www.lbc.co.uk/the-perfect-way-to-deal-with-cold-callers-105468

When a cold-caller calls, say "Hello, I'm DCI Watson with the Enfield Special Investigations Unit, can I have your name and number? We're investigating a murder at this residence and wish to follow up this line of enqiruery; when was the last time you were in contact with Gonz?.... The event in question happened approxmatly 36 hours ago, which is plenty of time to return to New Deli".
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 12:34, 52 replies, latest was 10 years ago)

I've heard that a number of times, I just ignore most withheld numbers.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 12:38, Reply)

This.
If it's someone who I actually have dealings with they'll write, email or use a proper phone number before sending the boyys round.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:19, Reply)

I can't be arsed to click on that
but I'm assuming it's not as amusing as when I got one of the Windows support scammers to talk me through enabling remote access on my microwave oven.
(old man river possible lesbian, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 12:54, Reply)

They got my uncle'n'aunty to install TeamViewer and then went to town on them =(

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:04, Reply)

I just ask them politely to remove me from their call list as I'm not interested, but thank them for their call.
After about a month of this tactic, I've been cold call free for about 6 months.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 25 Feb 2015, 12:57, Reply)

bit harsh on Jaysumz and his ledge admin skillz

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:11, Reply)

if that fat bald gay northern stupid ugly wanker ever rings me I'll politely ask him not too.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:12, Reply)

he really is a dreadful specimen

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:16, Reply)

Maybe hatred of jay might finally be the thing we can all unite behind and bring peace to OT

(Baggenfrock get fucked, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:20, Reply)

he's still better than you.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:20, Reply)

damning with faint praise, no?

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:21, Reply)

Who hates Jase?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:21, Reply)

God

(Baggenfrock get fucked, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:22, Reply)

Never posts on here

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:22, Reply)

society

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:23, Reply)

you do.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:23, Reply)

IM SICK OF THEM COLD CALLERS
I get loads at the minute about a car accident ive never been in.
at least our company uses data from actual accidents
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:24, Reply)

+ to cold call people

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:25, Reply)

+ to raise spurious complaints with no prospect of them being upheld

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:27, Reply)

what?

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:10, Reply)

My method is to simply not answer the phone.
I can't talk to people I don't know without crippling anxiety.

Also, I don't like pakis.
(Baggenfrock get fucked, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:11, Reply)

I signed up to the TPS
That seems to have sorted it. Anyone else, I ask for the name of the company that is calling, then advise them that I'm registered with the TPS. That usually gets rid of them pretty quickly.
( Muns, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:14, Reply)

I think this answer sums up what is wrong with this thread and there should probably be a new one.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:17, Reply)

^blobbing bird

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:19, Reply)

done

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:21, Reply)

I think he meant a non-shit one m8

(Baggenfrock get fucked, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:33, Reply)

28% of British muslims say that there is some justification for the attacks in Paris.
"religion of peace" "tiny minority of fundamentalists"
(PsychoChomp, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:21, Reply)

28% of people that returned the survey.
Those things are utter bollocks and you know it.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:24, Reply)

48% of statistics are made up

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:25, Reply)

Course he does, he's just after a heated debate.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:26, Reply)

You can't ignore poll results because there are limitations in the poll. You just have to accept the limitations.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:29, Reply)

There was nothing to return. The survey was done by phone.
Only those cunts on the TPS and who don't answer the phone would have skewed the statistics.
(Baggenfrock get fucked, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:30, Reply)

this is not controversial.
we know that there is a sizeable proportion of Islamists that are violent, easy to offend nutters.

I think we should fuck them all off just to be on the safe side. Except for the ones that work in curry houses.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:25, Reply)

"Great news! Most (i.e. more than half) muslims don't want un-believers beheaded in the street! There's nothing to worry about!"
(Baggenfrock get fucked, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:26, Reply)

How was the question phrased, what was the sample size, how many refused or failed to provide a response and how, if at all, were the non respondents included in the surveys outcome?

( Muns, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:32, Reply)

here you go.
comres.co.uk/polls/bbc-radio-4-today-muslim-poll
nice to see that they are publishing all methodology.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:34, Reply)

"(27%) British Muslims say they have some sympathy for the motives behind the attacks"
That's not exactly what you said now, is it?
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:37, Reply)

It amounts to the same thing.
Ungrateful cunts - coming over here.........
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:43, Reply)

Typical Jew

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:50, Reply)

I typed from what I heard of the news, without getting the wording exactly right.
It's still too fucking high. Any group of people that can imagine sympathies with people that killed cartoonists and admit them to a poll have a serious philosophical/moral problem.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:44, Reply)

Sympathising with the motives is very different to believing that what they did was justifiable.

( Muns, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:49, Reply)

Typical Muzza

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:50, Reply)

Ok how about the other question:
do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
"Acts of violence against those who publish images of the Prophet Mohammad can never be justified"

Agree: (684) 68%
Disagree: (244) 24%

So yes it is very different, 3% different.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:53, Reply)

That's acts of violence, not cold blooded murder.
If they asked specifically if the acts carried out by the killers were justified in their entirety, you'd be looking at a much smaller percentage.
( Muns, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:56, Reply)

Yes, also if you asked them if they were going to join ISIS within the next 10 minutes you'd see a smaller percentage.
I don't see how changing the wording or context of these questions changes the fact that a high level of muslims surveyed gave answers which I (correctly) think are morally shitty.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 14:05, Reply)

The phrasing of a question and the context that you ask it in will make a great deal of difference to the outcomes.
You can get people to agree to anything, as long as you ask the question in the right way.
( Muns, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 14:10, Reply)

Yes and that was phrased in a perfectly normal way following questionaire design best practices.
Still 24% of people asked a neutral question about violence in response to a religious insult can justify it. Too high, so there's something wrong with British Islam. I'm not saying that Islam is wrong, or they don't have justifiable grievances with society, I am saying that everyone should look at this and go, "fuck" rather than ignoring it out of misplaced respect for their culture/religion.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 14:15, Reply)

Plenty of people from all walks of life have lines which if crossed they would feel violence was justifiable, governments, for example.
I personally have no misplaced respect for any religions and think that going "fuck" is often a perfectly valid response to all manner of abhorrent views.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 14:25, Reply)

You could easily find other groups that would give answers which you would think are morally shitty.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 14:12, Reply)

I know, I think the majority still believe in capital punishment.
That's logically irrelevant as it has no impact on this poll.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 14:17, Reply)

No direct impact, no, but it perhaps puts it in a perspective along the lines of "British Muslims probably as shitty as the general population"

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 14:22, Reply)

I think the key word in the question there is 'never' and it should be taken in the context of the responses to the other questions.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 25 Feb 2015, 13:57, Reply)