Subj : Re: Gmail Conspiracy
To   : KURT WEISKE
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Sat Mar 08 2025 00:44:00

RM> Ha.. That made me think of my brother in law who, when he gets some
RM> sort of Spam call, he keeps them on the line as long as possible
RM> just to waste their time and resources.

KW> Now it's all VOIP, but it was fun when they were paying for land lines.

Still, the resources must be finite, just so many calls going through
at the same time, although likely that number could still be pretty big.

KW>There's a service called something like the Jolly Roger telephone
  >service that provides unlimited call holding - transfer the call to
  >them, and it goes onto a route that just plays a sleepy-sounding guy
  >saying "uh huh... wait, what??  Sure...  Yep..."

Ha, that would be one way to not waste any of YOUR time.

KW>I usually just put the phone down and walk away.

Lately as soon as they start talking I just hang up before they even
tell me what they are after. I doubt I hang up on many legitimate
business callers and, if I did, they would likely figure some glitch
and call you right back.

Plus a huge percentage of them are now automated calls, you don't
talk to an actual person until they get you hooked..

It's also my hope that if you hang up right away without interacting
with them, your number gets flagged as a wast of time and removed
from call lists, but that may be just wishful thinking. That said
those types of calls have become very rare in the last while so maybe
there's something to that..

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