Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for November 17, 2014

Good thing he had a balloon handy.

Wait until your Dad finds out about this , Calvin!!! ;)

Wonder whether Calvin will tell Dad anything.

hold on please

Any telemarketer foolish enough to call me is told in no uncertain terms what to do withwhatever it is he’s flogging, followed by the sharp report of a hang-up.

Calvin thinks that taking phone messages will be the death of him. So does the caller.Click here: Calvin and Hobbes (May 13, 1992)Click here: Pearls Before Swine (November 25, 2011)

The beauty of call display is that I know who’s calling and can choose not to answer.

then do what i do…don’t answer it!

with a SWAT team, tanks and a UAV or two

In my younger days I would react to telemarketers with anger. But I realized with more maturity that my angry reaction was doing me more harm than the telemarketers. I then decided on a standard reply. “I’m sorry, we don’t respond to phone solicitations. Goodbye.” and then hangup. One telemarketer quickly retorted that they weren’t soliciting. I replied “You need a dictionary.” Then came Caller ID. Hallelujah, now I don’t answer at all.

I like Calvin’s response here and might give it a try with an unsolicited telemarketer call. Do you really think he/she would actually call 911 in a situation like this?.Wait; after thinking on it, maybe not! Local authorities are not fond of false 911 calls…

And when these poor telemarketers are fired for not meeting their sales quotas because of responses like the ones you people advocate, are you going to pay their bills and take them in when they can no longer support their families? I worked as one for four years of hell because there was nothing else I could get, and believe me, I hated it every bit as much as you poor “victims” do. But because it was the only way I had to try to make a living, I did it anyway. So you selfish people get zero sympathy from me. None. Period. End of story.

im calling out this LEFTWINGPAATRIOT guy cus hes getting on my nerves. I want him to meet me in the alley. 4 be there and I want my Jordan crew to be there. THERES NO EGGS!!

That’s not surprising. it has nothing to do with him, he could care less.

The messenger “shot” himself?

xxx

This is why I tell me kids to let it go to voicemail.

I should do that with collection agencies!

Then there’s this option…

@rightwing patriotDo you want to meet me in the alley after or before your long walk on the beach?

I love the little exclamation point coming out of the phone.

I love this strip! I’d do that too, if it wouldn’t cause the police to come to my door.