I don't think being a telemarketer means you should be treated badly, but I also don't think it means I have to listen.

This. After two polite no-thank-yous from me, if they keep pushing, I say, "Good-bye," and hang up.

Unrelatedly, if we keep talking about this unwrapping the kimono thing, I'm going to be forced to seek out relevant clips from Blonde.

Karl, I'm so sorry for your loss.

I am so sorry, Karl.

"unwrap the kimono" sounds both sexist and rascist, even if it isn't. How about unwrap the HoHo or something? I love to unwrap my Ho Hos and eat each layer separately.

Still haven't seen Blonde...

But I'm not giving my fancard back.

Well, now I want a HoHo.

ita, you don't have to see all of Blonde! Even just the kimono scene is enough.

Karl, I am very sorry for your loss.

I don't think being a telemarketer means you should be treated badly, but I also don't think it means I have to listen.

This. After two polite no-thank-yous from me, if they keep pushing, I say, "Good-bye," and hang up.

I pretty much interrupt their initial spiel, say "No, thank you" politely, and hang up. Not to be a dick, but because I figure it's their job, and I'm clearly not going to make them a sale, so the faster they can move on to another call that might make them a sale, the more odds they have of succeeding.

I pretty much interrupt their initial spiel, say "No, thank you" politely, and hang up. Not to be a dick, but because I figure it's their job, and I'm clearly not going to make them a sale, so the faster they can move on to another call that might make them a sale, the more odds they have of succeeding.

This is my reasoning as well. Though I'll admit hanging up on people is less satisfying now that I have a touchscreen phone.

That's my reasoning, and I've been a telemarketer. It's only embarrassing on that side because you don't know they've hung up half the time, so you keep going in your spiel. So I say "I'm going to hang up now, thanks" first.

I recall getting a telemarketer call several years ago where the person was obviously reading a script with my first name peppered throughout. He mispronounced my first name something like 30 times during his fast-paced spiel. I do not have a name that is difficult to pronounce. 2 syllables (3 if I want to be fancy). I have never had anyone mispronounce it unless they were not a native English speaker or were really small children. It would be like mispronouncing Heather or Melissa.

Not this guy. I actually listened to his whole spiel because by the 5th different mispronunciation, I had to hear the rest. I was openly laughing 30 seconds in.

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