Man Creates Obnoxious Robot to Trick Telemarketers in Brilliant Quest for Revenge

Roger Anderson fights back

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One devious genius has created a robot to string telemarketers along—and the results are comedy gold.

Fed up with unwanted calls, telecom professional Roger Anderson programmed software—which he cheekily named the Jolly Roger Telephone Co.—to converse with the callers in the most infuriating way possible. 

"Oh jeez, hang on, there's a bee on my arm," says the bot, several minutes into a recording with one confused man who's trying to drum up business for a design company.

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