“However it is another human being on the other side of the line trying to make an honest living. Just hang up and move on.”
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I agree. The other guy/girl on the other line is just making a living and unfortunately, they are stuck with a sh*tty job. I never answer unless it’s a number I recognize and if not, just leave a message, that’s what they were invented for..
I used to have that gracious attitude until the last several callers tried to bully me and me and my mind just said that's enough. Leave me the hell alone.
True much of the time. And there is honor in honest labor. But then again there are those calls to fix your computer, or lower your interest rate.
The fix-your-computer folks will freeze your computer if you give them access to it. Then they'll ask for hundreds of dollars to unfreeze it. And the lower-your-interst-rate folks just want to steal your credit card info.
Those types of callers must know what they're doing is wrong. They must know they are facilitating a scam. And that makes them criminals.
No, what they are doing is not "honest living".
Though rarely enforced, making unsolicited telemarketing calls such as these (yes, I know there are exceptions ... charities and such) -- an annoyance to most people though with repeated it quickly grows to harassment -- is illegal ... it is against the law ... it is not an "honest living".
“However it is another human being on the other side of the line trying to make an honest living. Just hang up and move on.”
I used to believe that but not anymore.
They are intrusive, ever-present, annoying and they are intruding unwanted into my life at all hours. Why should I have to answer their calls and then hang up? Especially when the call is done by computer and they ignore the Do Not Call registry.
They are violating the law and should be prosecuted. They are frauds, scum.