[focusracer]

^^^ I'm not flaming anybody or anything, but I'd say that's going a little far personally. Yeah it's annoying but it's not neccesary to to degrade them. That would be like telling 35 yr old guy working at the gas station or Mcdonalds or Tim Hortons to get a real job. At least they have a job and are not being a burden on the welfare system. Some of these telemarketers made pretty good coin. My friends sister used to do it and could easily clear 5 G's a month, meanwhile we were working our asses off doing drywall making 4, now she's a manager making $70,000 a year. I'd say it's a real job. Eventually it will be a job that may go to the wayside, as did door to door salesman for the most part.

Usually when they call, I just tell them that I'm not interested and I'd like to get back to my dinner. Sometimes I'll do their little 5 minute survey, sometimes I'll let them give me their speel and then tell them no thanks, at my buddies place once I set the phone down beside the tv and turned on a porno, don't know how long they stayed on the line but being drunk at the time I thought it was funny as hell.