Rant: What to do when you’re talking to a moron

Hang up the phone. The sooner, the better. I am a web designer and got an email from a guy about a website asking me to call him the next day. He didn’t provide a phone number in the email, and stated that his budget is $250,000. Sounds pretty bogus, right? Well, I give him a break and email him back to say that he didn’t leave a number in the email. So he emails back with a number, and I think ok, well maybe this is a legitimate person who just pushed the zero key too hard when entering his budget. After all he forgot to list a phone number, so it’s not to much of a stretch. So, I call him back the next day. And this paranoid person answers the phone, “Hello”? I say, “Hello, I’m looking for A***L”. “Who’s calling”, the voice asks. “My name is [...]