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by a4isms 1141 days ago
Back in the days when this kind of thing happened on the telephone, the SERIOUSLY passive aggressive trick was to talk to them, and then hang up on yourself. Repeatedly.

"Hi this is Arnie from CHewemup'n'Spitemout Staffing, is this Bob?"

"Hey Arnie, what perfect timing! I just started looking for a new opportunity, and I'm really excited to— CLICK."

Ring ring.

"This is Arnie, we seem to have been cut off."

"Oh Arnie, right, thought you hung up on me."

"No, not me, must be a bad connection. You were saying?"

"Yes, I was saying this is a great time to talk about opportunities. I just finished a major Java Enterprise JavaBeans project, and I'm— CLICK."

Lather, rinse, repeat, as the meme used to go before we called them memes.

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Jolly Roger telephone company is another fun choice. At ~$20 /yr seems not terrible for a bit of fun.

https://jollyrogertelephone.com/

I also will give out the number to local strip clubs for sales people which seems to be confusing to them.

oh man, that's great-- you could probably get through a LOTT more CLICKs before they get the point. what a great use of human psychology-- they assume you have good intentions because you called them... it's a bit devious, but i'm gonna have to add that one to the toolbox hahaha.