I get a few calls per day at my apartment in Halifax (oddly next to none at home). That's to the micracle of Caller ID, if it's a 1-800 number I just pick up my cordless and hit "end" which hangs up without actually pickup up. What a great feature.
I know lots of people that have worked in call centres, most people don't have sympathy for them, I realize that the majority of telemarketers don't like calling you any more than you like being called. They do it because the pay is good and tuition is high.
That said they have to enter a rebuttal because it's their job. My rule of thumb is never get mad at the telemarketer unless they cross the line in what they say. (My room mate had a chairty ask if he'd donate to the blind, he said he didn't have any money to donate, after him telling them no 3 or 4 times they actually had the gaul to say to him "how would you like it if you were blind?!?!" I don't know if they expected him to say "oh in that case" or his actual responce of "F*&^ YOU!!! *click*)
As responce to the Jerry scenerio, one of my friends did the following (he was the telemarketers)
Joe New Yorker: WHERE DO YOU LIVE? I'M GONNA TAKE MY SHOTGUN AND HUNT YOU DOWN!!!
Friend: it's a long walk from New York Mr. Jones
as well as:
Joe American: What's your home phone number, I'm gonna call you!
Friend: 902-842-9534 (or whatever it was, it was his real phone number) it's most inconvient for me between the hours of 4 and 7 am in your timezone.
if I'm not mistaken someone else threatened to shoot him and he said "I live in Glace Bay Nova Scotia, infact the call centre is right on the main street here, you can't miss it... good luck getting that gun across the boarder buddy"
See it works both ways
