Re: [LM_NET] HIT-OT- unsolicited calls- the solution

[Dona Hartwich <shalom7x70@GMAIL.COM>]

In Australia, we too, get these callers.  We can often tell they are on the
line because there is a big pause before they start talking.  I usually just
hang up on them but here are some things that different people have done:


Pretend they are a child and then after awhile change to the child's mother
and ask questions as to why this adult is talking to their child.

Ask if the person is a friend of the caller.  If they say yes they say that
it is the police and they need to talk to the person as there has been a
murder and they need info on the person they are calling.

Keep the line open and walk away for awhile

As for their home phone number so they can call them back

Want to raise test scores?  School libraries help.  Make school libraries a
priority.
Dona J. Hartwich
Senior Librarian and ICT Coordinator
Horsham College
Horsham, VIC
Australia
shalom7x70@gmail.com
03 53827177








On 11/4/08 6:48 AM, "Marsha Redd" <marsharedd@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:

> I actually can live with the political calls as I know they will end in a
> couple of days. The ones I really get annoyed by are the ones that want me to
> donate to some fraternal order of something or other. I get these all year
> long, and since they are not specifically tele"marketers" it is legal.Marsha
> Redd
> Librarian, Kelloggsville High School
> Grand Rapids, MI 
> marsharedd@hotmail.com
> Education is not a goal; it is a life-long process. Everyone is a student.
> Everyone is a teacher.> Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 13:34:40 -0500> From:
> bethdavis@FLOYDBOE.NET> Subject: [LM_NET] HIT-OT- unsolicited calls- the
> solution> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> > Well, guys, unfortunately it is legal
> for these vermin to invade our lives and family time so they can let us know
> how much they regard family values. LOL  Many thanks to the library angel who
> saved me by sending this link.> smile.....>
> http://www.stoppoliticalcalls.org/index.php > Hope it brings peace and quiet
> to your home as well......> > > Beth Davis> Media Specialist> Model Elementary
> School> > > > Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make
> reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.~ Richard
> McKenna ~> > > > > > >
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