Prank Phone Calls and the absolute toolbags who make them

[Groezig]

I am so sick of the Battletoads and porno movies phone calls at work along with every other one we get and now that school is out, its going to get worse. Plus they always seem to call during the busiest times when I don't have time for crap like that.

[Princess J]

Call me mean and a huge fan of inflicting torture, but I have a hilarious (to me) response to the Battle Toads question. Tell them to hold while you check. Here is where you Rickroll with a twist. Instead of playing a Rick Astley recording, YOU sing. It is totally something I would do, and I am pretty sure they would stop calling after that.

[kiokushitaka]

I think I'm one of the few people that is amused by prank calls. But only because I prank the bastards right back with something that leaves them going "wtf..?" That, or I give the phone to Jason...

OHHHHHHH I am going to be killed for breaking rules 1 and 2!!! But this is the work of the anonymous. *sigh* Any anons here can kill me now....

*shifty eyes* But then I'd be breaking rules 1 and 2... D'OH!!!

Yeah, if it's 4chan /b/tards, a Rickroll would be eminiently appropriate.

/b/tard: Yeah, do you have Battletoads?
Me: Actually, we have a solid release date. It's--
Rick Astley: Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down!

Ahh, /b/. Hoisted by your own petard.

I'm actually thinking about downloading an mp3 of that song and having it on my iPod (I've perfected the art of using headphones to force music on people via telephone) around just for such an occasion... SHH!

I am so sick of the Battletoads and porno movies phone calls at work along with every other one we get and now that school is out, its going to get worse. Plus they always seem to call during the busiest times when I don't have time for crap like that.

It wouldn't be so bad if half the prank calls we got weren't from other GameStop employees/managers... and I know you know who I'm talking about. I swear. One of these days, I'm going to rickroll you-know-who... or just download the song from that milkman flash animation those two idiots won't shut up about...

[tollbaby]

I went into an EB Games and asked the guy at the counter whether or not they sold games for the original Playstation. In my defense, I've never been into one of those stores before, and I genuinely wanted to know, since that's the only game console I have He kicked me out of the store! (I'm not a kid either... I'm a 32-year-old mother of two, and had both my kids with me!)

[Becks]

Idiot: Uhh, yeah. Hi. Do you guys carry cockrings? *snicker*
Me: Yes.
Idiot:.... uhhh..... uhhhh..... *click*

Just so you know, we didn't carry those.

Oddly enough, the grocery store I work at does.

[marty]

I went into an EB Games and asked the guy at the counter whether or not they sold games for the original Playstation. In my defense, I've never been into one of those stores before, and I genuinely wanted to know, since that's the only game console I have He kicked me out of the store! (I'm not a kid either... I'm a 32-year-old mother of two, and had both my kids with me!)

Whoa-oa. I'd report his ass. If it was a part-timer, to the store manager, if it was the store manager, to the district manager. Any idiot should be able to tell the difference between a prank and a legitimate request, and there's plenty of people that still ask if we carry original playstation games. We don't, but it's obviously not a prank. Geez.

[Acolyte]

Hell, my store still has some PSOne games kicking around. Anybody want a still-sealed copy of Final Fantasy 8?

[tollbaby]

Hell, my store still has some PSOne games kicking around. Anybody want a still-sealed copy of Final Fantasy 8?

YES!!!!!! dammit.... I've been trying to find decent PSOne games for a long time *cry*

[sms001]

I got this call:

Me: *grocery store*
Idiot: Uhh, yeah. Hi. Do you guys carry cockrings? *snicker*
Me: Yes. But I'm so sorry - we only carry medium and large......
Idiot:.... uhhh..... uhhhh..... *click*

Fixed

[XCashier]

This happened to my husband about twenty years ago:

H: Hubby
P: Prank caller who spoke in a halting voice, as if he knew he was doing something wrong.

H: <Drug Store>, this is H, can I help you?
P: Um...um...is your refrigerator running?
H: No.
P: (panicking) Oh...um--
H: But my Caller ID is. I know where you are.
P: *hangs up very quickly*

PWND!

Me: *grocery store* (I didn't do the spiel. It's 3rd, no one cares, and no one's around to enforce it on me)
Idiot: Uhh, yeah. Hi. Do you guys carry cockrings? *snicker*
Me: Yes.
Idiot:.... uhhh..... uhhhh..... *click*

Would've been really funny if he'd called a hardware store:
"We've got some faucet washers that should fit you."

[Samaliel]

Hell, my store still has some PSOne games kicking around. Anybody want a still-sealed copy of Final Fantasy 8?

You wouldn't happen to have the PC version, would you ?

[Lace Neil Singer]

To rickroll them, you'd need a recording of the song that you can pick up and play into the reciever on command and I doubt management would pay for something to do that.

Not necessarily; you can rickroll someone by just singing the song yourself. Would be just as effective and confuse the kiddies even more.

As for 4chan; only thing I know about it is that someone I know megaspammed that forum with something called "pedobear." O_o

[edible_hat]

Kinda like the idiots who do nothing but flood forums with DESU posts. Desu is NOT a meme. :P

My anime club fought that by getting the guy who's last name is actually Desu to post "Yes?" after every one. Now new members are subject to approval and since it's a university affiliated club, you don't get approved unles you used your uni email address or the committee know you.

I do find it highly amusing though how widespread Rickrolling has become.

A couple of weeks ago, a radio DJ here Rickrolled his listeners! He announced a new comeback hit by Rick Astley, then played Never Gonna Give You Up.

The same guy also once played Chocolate Rain instead of the winner of that day's flashback phone-in poll.

[Broomjockey]

As for 4chan; only thing I know about it is that someone I know megaspammed that forum with something called "pedobear." O_o

*snicker* Not like anyone would actually notice someone spamming that. But the idea's funny.

[MTNLaurelPoacher]

As for 4chan; only thing I know about it is that someone I know megaspammed that forum with something called "pedobear." O_o

Idea!! You could feed any prank callers, kids that come in asking for Battle Toads, anyone that treats the store as a free arcade, anyone that uses the store as free babysitting and all other associated jackassery to pedobear.

The problem is that pedobear seems only to work on those 16 and under.

Another idea is the cluebat. I have one to keep my Airsoft team in order. The cluebat is superior to pedobear because it works on anyone and does not discriminate because of age. There are cases when application of a cluebat has also cured animals, plants and inanimate objects (i.e. computer equipment, cars, and the occasional oblivious toaster).

The directions are simple, apply directly to the forehead.
With proper use the subject gets a CLUE and decides to alter their behavior.
Repeat if necessary.

Here is a picture of one of the advance models. This model has the "Logic Nail", and "Sanity Spike", upgrades. Clue Bats also come in a ClueX4 variety.



I'm pondering the mass production of these seeing it is an election year, gas prices are higher than a kite, and the politicians are spending like... uumm.... drunken politicians. If anyone is interested tell me.