Stupid things that instantly piss you off

[salsabike]

I don't act rude to telemarketers. It's about the world's worst job, usually paid little more than minimum wage, staffed for the most part by people in depressed rural areas, and they have a quota to make if they want to keep their jobs.

All you have to do is say "Thanks, not interested" and hang up. You don't have to engage them. Then you can put their phone number into your spam filter (it's surprising how often calls come in from the same call center).

It is kind of strange, though, how the "do not call" list worked really well for the first few years, and now we get spam calls all the time again, hardly any less than before.

Well said, Oak. I absolutely agree. Few of those folks are doing it because it's a dream job for them--far from it.

The Do Not Call list has to be renewed by you every five years, I think. So it wouldn't hurt to look it up online, and re-input all your phone numbers.