I'm afraid it is a real job. You'll see when you grow up.

And any give away prize dealios.

do people come to your work and scream obsenities at you? if not, someone should start.

Well, you could actually take it out on someone who's actually responsible for calling you, but you're probably just secretly seeking an excuse to be an asshole to people who can't pummel you for it.

Once again I'm not a telemarketer. and get a screening device if you guys really hate these calls because you would have done something about it if you were really that annoyed. I even have one myself. Whenever I receive those calls, it's related to services that I actually use and not any random stupid thing.

It's strange, and sad, how many people think they'll stop getting calls of any sort, or make some kind of change of any kind, by being rude to the person on the phone. Pssst. Geniuses. That person is not the one choosing to call you. Or even with any control over the computers that make that choice. What you are doing is like kicking your neighbor's dog because it was in the car said neighbor ran into your mailbox. The dog was not driving. The dog had nothing to do with it. But you're dumb and angry and have to just take it out on someone you dimly perceive as being somehow related to what happened.

You say "Don't keep trying to sell." Their bosses say "Keep trying to sell." And you genuinely think you're so important that they would ignore lose-your-job tier orders just to earn your favor instead. Wow.

The point is, when I say no and they keep going they are now the rude ones. If they took no for an answer then the conversation would end politely. If they don't things might end badly and the blame should fall on the operator or the company that tells them to keep selling.

No, the point is they are left with a choice between "honoring your weird personal hangups about talking with something longer than you want to but not being able to end the conversation yourself" and "having a source of income". You view the former as more important. Heaven forbid they put not being left jobless over your personal satisfaction in a conversation you can literally end with the press of a button. Also: The companies have these policies not using these tactics would not gain them any additional profits/responses/whatever they're after. If someone says no and that's that, then that's that. If someone says no but can be brought around, that turns into a positive result for the company. There's literally no reason for them not to do it, from a business perspective. If you want this unspeakable infringement to stop, go yell at the people who change their minds and thus make this a valuable strategy.

Since you seem to know all there is to know on this subject. How many no's does it take before a sales person will say " thank you for your time, have a nice day"? Also, isn't just pressing a button to hang up rude? I think it is. All I am saying is politeness is a two way street. If a sales person is rude or a companies rules makes the sales person rude, they should not be surprised when the potential customer is rude.

Even though it sounds fun to waste their time, I don't think many people have the time or patience to chat with a telemarketer for half an hour