<p>HAHA, So ya i've been getting more and more calls as time as gone on. What do you guys say to these people when they call you? How do you tell them to **** off? I know that sounds terrible but sometimes these guys don't get it...I want to think of something witty to say next time. I was thinking about saying I got into Harvard with a full scholarship ! HAHA I would love to hear what they would say to draw me in.</p>
<p>i hang up
theyre liek "we're calling from the army and we would hope u are interested..." <em>dial tone</em> LOL</p>
<p>ive gotten tons of mail from all of them. the other day i got some mail from an airline acadmey that wanted me to join....lol. very random</p>
<p>"Hey, this is the residence of Noam Chomsky, how may I help you?"</p>
<p>"I'm a Quaker". I'm not, but it sure works well.</p>
<p>"I'm gay, sorry."</p>
<p>Tell them you're more interested in their rival military service (not to drive them away but to annoy them?). Point out all the things you like about the other kind.</p>
<p>ROFL I LIKE THOSE! </p>
<p>Seriously I might use some of these - I will be nice to begin with , but if they keep annoying me im going to start bashing on the branch that's calling.</p>
<p>Oh!! Funny story!!</p>
<p>Okay, so when my dad was 17 (which was about 40 years ago) he signed up to join the army. I guess the recruiter called him and my dad invited the guy to his house. </p>
<p>So the day came for the recruiter to come to the house. When the recruiter came over, my grandmother was there. Now, my grandmother was once a librarian and graduated from the University of Kharkov(I think) in Ukraine and she escaped from a slave labor camp during the Holocaust so she knew alot about armies, militaries and navies. But back to the story.. so the recruiter guy sat down on the couch and my dad left the room for 10 minutes to get the form or something. While he was gone, my grandmother asked the guy "Are you one of Traian's friends?" and he said "Well, I am a recruiter from the United States Army but I will be one of his friends once he joins." and he keep babbling on about the benefits of joining the army and I guess my grandmother started hitting the guy and chased him out of the house with a frying pan I think and the guy never came back.</p>
<p>So the point of the story was to just have a crazy Ukrainian lady chase them or tell them off over the phone.</p>
<p>I got a brochure from west point which I promptly used as cat litter even though I don't own a cat. Anyway if they ever call me I'm going to yell at them. "DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT TIME IT IS RIGHT NOW!?!?!?!? YOU JUST INTERRUPTED A VERY NICE (insert activity) SESSION WITH (insert person)!!!!! (works especially well during dinnertime) IF YOU EVER CALL ME AGAIN AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO CALL THE POLICE ON YOU FOR HARASSMENT!!!! AND WHATEVER BOGUS PRODUCT YOU'RE TRYING TO SELL, NO THANKS, I'M NOT INTERESTED!!!!! AND WHO GAVE YOU MY PHONE NUMBER??!?!!! WHO GAVE YOU PERMISSION TO CALL MY HOUSE!!! DID I GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO CALL MY HOUSE?!?!?! I WAS NOT INETERESTED, I'M NOT INTERESTED, AND I WILL NEVER BE!!! SO NEVER, EVER, EVER CALL ME AGAIN!!! AND IF YOU DO I'LL TAKE THAT AS STALKING."</p>
<p>Show some respect. It's the United States Army.</p>
<p>Haha, thats the thing - I do respect them for what they do on the battle field, but once they start become a nuisance then they start to lose some respect (At least the recruiters). Especially once I have told them that I wish not to join the militiary, they continue to try to "sell" me that the military is the lifestyle to live.</p>
<p>Indeed. You must respect that army for what it does, and that is on the battlefield. </p>
<p>The army isn't famous for it's telemarketing abilities. :p</p>
<p>I find it amusing that military personnel tend to be homophobic, so I would probably hit on him (if it's a guy calling, obviously). "Hhhhhhey officer. You sound so manly" rofl</p>
<p>My friend did this to my homophobic roommates once (pretending that I was his bf), and they really believed him. And then my other friend (a girl) called pretending to be my gf and they believed that too. She pretended to cry and was like "He hasn't returned any of my phone calls... is he cheating on me??" The guys were like "aww, it's OK babe. He would never do that to you." Omg, I was howling with laughter in the bathroom. When I came out (fighting to put on a straight face, of course), they were like "Umm...***, ____. You're gay? and you're cheating on your gf? WTH dude? Your bf just called and your gf was crying. what was I supposed to say?" The other guys in the room were dead silent. The look on their faces was priceless! I cannot believe they had been so gullible. We devised the plot because I finally had enough of being forced to talk about girls all the time, witnessing a circle jerk while watching porn (this was not so bad :) jk!), being partially blamed for prank calls they had made to other rooms, etc.</p>
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<p>So what? They have no respect for my time, and thus I begin losing respect for them.</p>
<p>But it's for the welfare of your country, in one way or another.</p>
<p>That's very interesting. You're telling me that the army has to waste billions of dollars and millions of people's time for the welfare of my country? And what "my country?" If I don't like what the US is doing, I'm going to leave <em>snaps fingers</em> like that. I'm not loyal to anyone.</p>
<p>Ah, I see. :)</p>
<p>Yeah, recruiting you to go out and fight 10000 miles away for no reason is helping your country out a lot.</p>
<p>So you have no respect for what they do? Playground philosphy isn't the smart way to go.</p>
<p>You may not agree with what the government is doing, but you have to respect the army. It is the government's order that they follow. </p>
<p>What if the soldiers thought like everyone else? Where is our army? :)</p>