[D. Miles]

Alright, if they have the right of Freedom of Speech to harrass me, I have the right of whistle blowing in their ear to express my displeasure with their call!

[moehoward]

[Professional]

Alright, if they have the right of Freedom of Speech to harrass me, I have the right of whistle blowing in their ear to express my displeasure with their call!

Two wrongs don't make a right. Being abusive to folks is not exactly a good character trait. Chances are that one of your relatives, friends, or neighbors does some sort of business over the telephone. Is that how you'd want to treat them?

I agree that telephone soliciting has become a very real problem in this country. There are a small handful of outfits that are extremely abusive with this method of doing business. That said, there are remedies to this problem that don't need the govt's involvement.

[Darksheare]

Once they start into their pitch, I usually start breathing heavy and muttering pillow talk.
They usually hang up.

[shadowman99]

You are assulting an individual who's trying to make a living. Telemarking firms are often the highest paying employers for unskilled labor in many of the cities where they set up shop. They employ lots af single moms, students, drop-outs, and second-incomers.

The people that you bitch about on welfare often times get off of walfare by getting jobs as a telemarketer.

There are many alternatives to blowing a whistle in somebodies ear. You could hang up.

Let me tell you something - I used to work as a telemarketer so trust me, I've done this - when you blow a whistle, yell, slur somebody's mom -- That telemarketer often times has all the personal information about you to truely f*ck you over. Get them angry and they will. You don't know who they are, but they know who you are.

Get a grip.