Does wank + telemarketing = phone sex?
Oh, customers_suck, you bastion of wank.

shadowsync posts a potentially wanky list of things to do when a telemarketer calls (how to get them to stop calling you the polite way, but phrased badly).

Of course, it's customers_suck. Are they going to let them live it down?

Not if they can help it!

Be sure to look out for

tigerwolf's comment about his newly-purchased airhorn (second page), and

susano_otter's comment about how telemarketing is equivalent to selling yourself (second linked thread, last comment).

And, of course, there's a condensed version of the stupid on stupid_free.

Telemarketing: only the strong survive.

ETA: Fixed to include link to original post.

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	eilan 2007-01-19 10:37 pm UTC (link)
	But... but... why? (for referency, in the country I live in, you sign up for your phone and can, IIRC, opt out of having your number shown on the other end when you are calling - it depends on what the caller chooses, which is why I am so baffled by the other concept) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	toph 2007-01-20 01:30 am UTC (link)
	Oh you can opt out of having it shown in the US too I believe - but being able to see them to begin with is an extra service. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stella_polaris 2007-01-20 02:02 pm UTC (link)
	Even on mobile phones? Surely not? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	toph 2007-01-20 03:51 pm UTC (link)
	Oh no, it's automatic on cells, sorry - I thought you meant land lines. Can still opt out of having your number shown on those as well. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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