Telemarketers

I work 3rd shift. For those who don't know, that means I sleep during the day. Telemarketers are souless beings who prey on the weak minded. Those who disagree must be telemarketers.

Anyway, I was sleeping and got a phone call from "Buckmasters" or something and he wanted to know if I deer hunt. I asked him at least half a dozen times to get to the point or simply "what do you want". I told him I was about to hang up and he said "all right then" and I hung up. I still have no idea what he wanted.

At my office I have to pay 8 cents every time a telemarketer calls me. I get on average 3 telemarketing calls per day. Add that up and it's about 15 bucks a month that I am charged for the privilege of receiving calls that disturb me from working (actually, they disturb my dad and sister from working because I'm at home taking telemarketing calls while trying to sleep). I can't add my business to the "Do Not Call Registry" as they do not allow businesses to use it. It is strictly for residences. Click the link to sign up.

I have my fax machine turned off now. My customers have to call to tell me to turn on my fax so they can send me blueprints. If I leave it on, I have to pay 8 cents for an incoming junk mail fax plus my paper and ink. They never have a toll-free "unsubscribe" number either. Either way, it would still cost me 8 cents to tell them not to fax me again. You have no idea how many times I have answered the phone to have it scream "BEEEEEP" in my ear. AND... my fax number is unpublished.

I loathe telemarketers and hope they all smoke a turd in hell for each unsolicited call they have ever made. I take that back. Let's make that for every second call they make to the same phone number. The first cold call can be forgiven...I guess. Every business who's primary source of sales is telemarketing ought to be punished severely. Maybe bare bottom spankings for all management and owners... and the hot chick telemarketers.