Reading Carol Perkins’ comments on nuisance callers I felt motivated to share a method a friend shared with me a few years back. On its face it is somewhat sacrilegious, but my friend is a minister and given that telemarketers are likely the devil incarnate, God will probably forgive us.

My minister friend, Mike, said that he had found the solution to telemarketers. When one calls he starts off as if he is interested and then turns the table to selling Jesus to them. He said that made them hang up quick and they don’t call back.

Just for kicks, you might want to do it with your best Appalachian snake-handling preacher imitation. - Robby Morrison