Hobby

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One of the highest callings that a retiree can rise to, nay, the highest calling a retiree can rise to, is keeping spammers and cold callers on the phone. I have to tell you that I feel like I've turned it into an art form. I'm not mean to them. I don't swear at them. In fact, just today, Amy and I were laughing. They hang up on me. I've never hung up on a scammer or a spammer. They hang up on me because they're just so exasperated talking to me. And my goal is to beat my personal record, which is three minutes, three minutes and a handful of seconds, like three minutes, five seconds, something like that, just over three minutes. So I'm trying to get to three minutes, 15 seconds. That is an eternity with a scammer because their sixth sense starts going off the minute you're not mean to them because that's what they're accustomed to. So you can't be too nice, but you also can't be too grumpy. You have to be, yeah, they have to sort of think you're kind of dumb. That seems to be what really locks them in. So, you know, I don't act like cartoonishly dumb, but I act very gullible, which isn't that hard. And I will just continue. You know, I watch the little clock on my phone and I'll do just about anything to keep them on the phone longer. I have characters that I've created. So a big one around here is, you know, I have a little clock on my phone and I'll do just about anything to keep them on the phone longer. I have characters that I've created. So a big one around here is, you know, I have a little clock on my phone and I'll do just about anything to keep them on the phone longer. I have characters that I've created. Business financing. And I've actually started calling my brother in. So I'll dial him in, you know, merge him into the call. So I'll tell the spammer or the scammer, I'll say, yeah, that sounds like a great rate. We could really use the loan. I'm not sure what my revenue was last year. Cause they'll ask like, what was your revenue? Because you have to keep working through the levels to where you get to the more important people. That's when you're really gobbling up their resources. And at that point, they're asking you really specific questions about finances. So I'll say, we're going to need to get my controller, comptroller, accountant, whatever on the phone. And I'll say, do you mind if I bridge him in? And they're always like, no, I'll go right ahead. So I'll call my brother. And when he picks up, they're not on the line yet. They're on hold. So I'll just tell him, got a scammer on the phone. Sometimes I don't even tell him that. Sometimes I just bridge him right in. And he's done this enough times that he knows his part. And he always plays it very well. He's always the sort of stuffy, skeptical, yet ready to pull the trigger accountant within the firm. And we've got him going pretty good this way. But anyway, if you're a retiree and you want to do something nice for those people that are still in the workforce, they've still got kids to take to ball games and dinners to make and keep a scammer on the phone as long as you can. Every minute of every day, you're going to get a scammer on the phone. Every minute of every day, you're going to get a scammer on the phone as long as you can. Every minute they're talking to you, they can't be talking to somebody else. Rise to the call.