But when I used to, I turned it into an even more fun game that you described
My goal was to waste as much of their time, and as little of mine, as possible.
Hi, this is so-and-so from DIRECTV. We’re calling with a special offer….
Oh sweet! I’m so annoyed with my cable company
That I let them get into their spiel
A quick sec, I got a pot on the stove
Disappear for 30s
Oh hey, sorry, you were saying about 150 channels?
Let them get going
Ah, shit. Paperboy is at the door. Gimme a sec I’ll be right back, this sounds like an awesome deal
And so on, with longer and longer gaps between each fake reason for disappearing, and more enthusiasm for his pitch each time I returned
I remember the DIRECTV example in particular because I tied That dude up for over 40 minutes.
Barely impeded my watching Farscape and kept him from harassing anyone else for the duration.