I just got a call from a political party. This same person has called me before, and, I find her detestable so I always pretended to be someone else rather than

I just got a call from a political party. This same person has called me before, and, I find her detestable so I always pretended to be someone else rather than taking the call. This time I said, "hold on I'll get him on the phone for you." Well, they are still talking, its been about 10 minutes. I kept the phone on speaker for a while -- then I put on 34dB attenuating construction hearing protection and put the phone in another room. I recorded the whole thing in case anyone is curious. Normally when I'm the guy talking I am self-questioning whether I'm being too harsh, or that I'm not being direct enough, or etc... Listening to someone else talk, as if it were me, lets you observe. I heard the telemarketer laughing at the terrible jokes, and, I felt sorry for her. Like she has to laugh at everyone's jokes. I can see now how appeasing the customer (i.e. laughing at terrible jokes) is not the path to a sale. There is something to this "neg" (as popularized by the pickup artists in "the game") both in pursuit of conquests and in pursuit of a sale. The customer needs to want your approval and then you've got the sale. I read the comments on this thread and yeah I can see both sides. It's rather difficult and time consuming to get rid of the telemarketer once he/she has you on the phone, so I will be using this again for sure.