Dial This Number Next Time You Get a Telemarketing Call, Then Watch Chaos Reign Jack Smith IV - Tech.Mic
go to original February 4, 2016

"This is Sharon, your local Google Specialist!" (Jolly Roger Telephone Co)

Robots, algorithms and machines sometimes seem designed to destroy us. They take our jobs, manipulate our Facebook News Feeds and rain death on foreign nations from across the world. But some robots can be heroes, saving us from the dreary agents of capitalism.

The Jolly Roger is such a bot, designed to lead telemarketers down a rhetorical maze to keep them busy until they're at their wits' end while you go on about your day.

Next time someone calls you for sales purposes, simply tap "add call." Dial 214-666-4321. Merge the calls. Then the Jolly Roger Telephone Co., a voice recording that will frustrate and confuse that telemarketer, will take over.

The robotic script is designed to trick someone into trying to engage it for as long as possible. Along with affirmatives like "yes" and a curious "OK," it mixes in questions like "Sorry, could you start over? Who's this? Why are you calling?" It also goes off on entire tangents and distractions, leading annoyed salespeople to try and find lucidity and understanding in a totally lifeless recording.

The robot was created by Roger Anderson, who now has a YouTube channel where he documents various telemarketers encountering his robot. Some of the telemarketers figure out eventually that they're dealing with a bot.

Learn how to send YOUR telemarketers to this robot at The Jolly Roger

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