Telemarketing Survey

[c9]

No no! Don't hang up! I'm wondering what you do, if anything, to combat telemarketing calls in your home.

1. listen to the whole spiel, then say no as much as necessary
2. hang up once they say something to show it's telemarketing
3. hang up when nobody says "Hi!" when you answer (i.e. computer is routing call because you answered)
4. never answer the phone
5. at first opportunity, ask to be removed from call list
6. remove your number from the call list because you work at the telemarketing company
7. use complicated math equations to get them to stop bugging you
8. other

Comments

[iambic-cub.livejournal.com]

I hope you don't mind choosing multiple options. Here's my telemarketer algorithm.

if (near a phone with call display)
then
   if (unfamiliar number || 
       someone I don't want to talk to)
   then
      Option D - Don't Answer The Phone
   else
      answer the phone
   fi
else
   if (pause on the other end)
   then
      Option C - Hang Up While Routing
   else
      Option A - Politely Listen And Say No
   fi
fi

In other words, I try to avoid having to talk to them, but if I start talking to them, I try to be at least polite.