[Mr Rogers]

“Really, this is an example of why the FR set can get a reputation of being assholes.”

A salesman jumps through your window, starts his sales pitch - and it is rude to throw him out?

Me? My answering machine says, “We never answer our phone. If we know you, leave a message. If we don’t know you, don’t bother. We’ll delete whatever message you leave.”

Very few strangers leave messages.

[noiseman]

”A salesman jumps through your window, starts his sales pitch - and it is rude to throw him out?”

One crucial difference here: These aren’t salesmen, they’re criminals trying to scam people out of their money. Virtually 100% of the “telemarketing” calls I receive these days are just scam attempts from people located in India. They’ve even figured out how to spoof local phone numbers so that caller ID makes them appear to be calling from local numbers, but rest assured they are definitely in India.

I think all of the call centers American companies set up over there just provided them with the technical knowledge to turn around and perpetrate telephone scams against Americans.

[nutmeg]

My answering machine says, “We never answer our phone. If we know you, leave a message. If we don’t know you, don’t bother. We’ll delete whatever message you leave.”

Very few strangers leave messages.

Love it!