Speed Bump by Dave Coverly for May 19, 2022

That would be a REAL disappointment for a mom… not to mention annoying.

It stands to reason that telemarketers would be great about staying in touch with their mothers. By “always”, do you think she means “constantly”?

But he can’t call his father because, as we all know, telemarketers don’t have any.

… and it seems like you always call at the worst possible time."

He didn’t have time as he has been calling me (seems like non-stop).

It used to be that we would telemarketing calls around dinnertime. Now it’s all the time. We just don’t answer them.

yeah they always call – and bother me so much

I will stop when you finally buy something.

I bought a machine that tells them if they’re a telemarketer, hang up and remove me from your list. Otherwise press # to leave a message. Since the prerecorded tapes can’t press # the calls have dramatically been less frequent.

Mom never boast to her friends about “My son the telemarketer”.

He’ll make a tape to call her every night.

Caller ID / voicemail was the greatest invention.

Fortunately, I don’t own a business.

Also I program various rings for people in my contact list. So I know what category person is calling.

I never got rude with telemarketers. I just told them politely that I was not interested and hung up whether they were still talking or not.

Yesterday I started getting robo calls about an I-phone purchase made on my Amazon account. Every fifteen minutes. I ended up with 12 messages on my phone.

Get a real job Son and stop bothering people.

We have our answering machine set on two rings. Invariably they hang up. Can’t remember the last time one left a msg even.

at dinnertime

How are your air ducts Mom? :)

Our landline is now voip thanks to our phone/internet co-op. Cheaper than copper. Has backup battery for power outages (1 hour+/-).

that’s really low… spamming one’s mom