The rewarding field of telemarketing
By adamg - Wed, 05/10/2006 - 1:08pm.
Ever wonder what it would be like to be one of those people who call you just as you're sitting down to dinner? BostoniAnne fills us in:
... So now it's come to this, to telemarketing, to calling complete strangers who have no interest in talking to me – and today they're all in Georgia. Flying in the face of all laid-back-chicken-fried Southern stereotypes, these are not nice people. ...
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Thank god for the "Do Not
Thank god for the "Do Not Call" registry. I haven't received a single telemarketing call since I signed up.
but I think pollsters,
but I think pollsters, political candidates, and maybe non-profits are not required to pay attention to that registry.
That's correct, charities
That's correct, charities and polling organizations aren't subject to the rules. I was just saying that I don't get any more calls from *telemarketers*.
They have their own "Do Not Call" lists
If it's a group I don't want to be called by (such as the GOP or Catholic Charities), I insist that they put my number on it.
A lot of the so-called "surveys" are disgusting push polls; and not by any recognizable polling organization. They're my usual "I'm sorry, I will never be interested in participating in this type of survey. Please put me on your do not call list."
Dude. Phone surveys.
They're such a crock for exactly the reason that anyone sane opts out and/or hangs up on them.
"60% of people who have a landline, have their number listed, answer the phone at dinner, and willingly answer stupid questions from random strangers who interrupted their dinner approve of the president"
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