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'Oopsie, hung up on ya': Guy gets back at relentless debt collectors, infuriates them until they stop calling

Sometimes, the only way to get back at people who won't stop reaching out to you is by giving them a taste of their own medicine. 

Today, we're not talking about annoying relatives, friends, or coworkers. We are talking about receiving an endless number of calls from debt collectors who are clearly looking for someone else. In this instance, we have a Redditor who recently purchased a new phone and who has been getting nonstop calls 24/7. It's not the kind of thing you can easily ignore after a while, especially when he has to answer from unknown callers all the time for work, so he never knew when it was something serious. 

Eventually, he developed a short script for himself to infuriate the debt collectors on the other line. At first, he would pretend to be reasonable and to know the person they are looking for. Then, right before giving them useful information, he would hang up. This would continue like a cycle until the debt collectors gave up. Clearly, it worked for him so why wouldn't it work for the rest of us? We will be trying this soon and will report back.

For more stories like this, here is one about a hospital worker who found a loophole when it came to overtime pay.

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Posted by BenWeiss
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