I put myself on the do not call list because I didn't want
anyone to call. What I understood was
except for charities and government pollsters, I would be left to go about my
business undisturbed.
This does not seem to be the case. Since going on the do not call list, I have
been bothered at least once a week (though often more) by people offering to
clean my air ducts. In fact, as it is
Saturday morning, I suspect that one of these calls will happen any minute
now. I can't really express how much
this bothers me...though I have tried to express it to these people on a number
of times.
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Some of the things that I have done to register my
displeasure, beyond swearing, name calling, and other acts of hostility include
one of my favourites. I answered, they
asked to speak to me, then I offered to go and get the person they were
referring to. Then I waited a minute and
told them to wait a little longer. I
repeated this step for about 10 minutes.
To what end? Besides personal
satisfaction, I probably kept 10 other people from being bothered that
day. Sadly I couldn't stop it from
happening another day.
Do any of you have any strategies? I'd love to hear them.
