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How hard is to say "Look, sorry to interrupt you but I'm not interest in your service. Good luck with your next call, have a nice day."? I fail to see how "fig

• michael_h 11y ago
  Do that. Then do it again 4 times a day, every day, for years.
• blisterpeanuts 11y ago
  It will lower average day-to-day sales, increase turnover, decrease morale, force the company to eat the costs of on-boarding new employees, and gradually diminish the value of telemarketing as a valid approach to sales. The employees will be better off working somewhere else--fast food, big box store, etc.--and society will derive more value from their career change. Plus, these recordings like Jolly Roger, Lenny, etc. are a tremendous source of entertainment!
  • talles 11y ago
    If everybody that just don't like telemarketing (count me in) just politely stop the caller and don't buy the service everything you just said would happen, without burning the poor minimum wage employee that's in the middle of the hate. It's not a matter of effectiveness, it's a matter of ethics. You don't spam the spammer. You don't fight an evil with evil.
    • blisterpeanuts 11y ago
      What's evil about it? They called you, they interrupted your day. They wasted your time. Fair's fair.
      • talles 11y ago
        They wasted our time. Let's waste their time back. Sounds like the kindergarten definition of "fair" to me.
        • cmdrfred 11y ago
          They are still getting paid, They are merely wasting their employers time in this case.
          • talles 11y ago
            Put yourself in the caller shoes. Would you rather listen a "No thank you" or an automated prank answer? When we just say no to them we hurt the very foundation of the telemarketing company. When you prank answer them you definitely do it, but you also hurt the guy that's after a (humble) paycheck while doing it. But I guess the next argument is "they can always just quit" right? Yeah, let's all get together and make a profession miserable because they can always just quit...
    • MiddleEndian 11y ago
      >If everybody that just don't like telemarketing (count me in) just politely stop the caller and don't buy the service everything you just said would happen, without burning the poor minimum wage employee that's in the middle of the hate. Except apparently enough people buy their junk/scams/whatever that it makes it viable to continue to run a telemarketing business. But just because a small percentage of people are into it doesn't mean it's right for them to harass everyone. So from my perspective, as someone who's not into being telemarketed and who doesn't have the power to make their behavior punishable by law, I may disincentivize their behavior while entertaining myself.
      • talles 11y ago
        You have a point, but why not disincentive their behavior by just blocking their number? That's way easier than setting up an automated prank answer system. But I guess that's not as exciting, no "entertainment" there.
        • MiddleEndian 11y ago
          I only have a cell phone so I get maybe two telemarketing calls per year since it is illegal in the US to telemarket to cell phones. Whenever I get one I report it to the FCC, although the numbers are likely spoofed. I've never been telemarketed by the same organization twice though, so I can idealistically hope that each organization has been shut down. Edit: But back on topic, why shouldn't people live their lives in a way that entertains them more? The telemarketers are the ones initiating unwanted contact.
• mcv 11y ago
  If it becomes economically too ineffective, maybe they'll stop. Lowering the productivity of their employees increases their cost and reduces their revenue.