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Comment preview: Former telemarketer here. This kind of thing and other pranks just make our day. Honestly I used to enjoy getting cussed out even because it broke up the monotony of my day a little. If you really wanna fuck with a telemarketer, here's how: Throw every pos ....


Comment preview: Telemarketer here, just say "Please put my number on your do not call list. Thank you and have a good day. I mean it." They have to put you on that list if you say that, but might not anyways if you do so rudely (Telemarketing jobs have insanely high turno ....


Comment preview: Telemarketer here, just to remind everybody that we're people too. I don't like my job, but I'm poor and I can't get a better one. I don't like being aggressive on the phones, it makes me feel sick, but they monitor our calls and they fire us if we're not ....


Comment preview: Former telemarketer here. This is wrong. While there are some companies out there who may operate this way, the one I worked for did not. No rose-colored glasses - we would get in trouble if we didn't adhere to requests to take people off lists, etc. We we ....


Comment preview: Ex-telemarketer here, and I can tell you that messing with a telemarketer has an even chance of making their day better, and in the worst case scenario it makes you look like an asshole and could possibly get your number duplicated and blasted out on lists ....


Comment preview: Telemarketer here. We actually have rules on when we can stop calling someone. Two of the main things that will get you off our lists faster is 1. If you let us tell you the call is recorded before saying you're not interested in whatever we're calling abo ....