Poor people love being harassed. That's why God invented telemarketers.Not only are poor people being hounded to pay their late electric bill and the overdue balance on their H&M card, but now unknown companies with no purpose are calling me asking for money.
This number has called me 8 times since I woke up today: 201-918-4971.
According to 800Notes, there is a way to put yourself on the "Do Not Call List" by simply calling back and pressing 2. I, of course, did this, got a call back within 10 minutes, and was probably subsequently added to 500 other calling lists. Luckily, I found this handy guide to tormenting a telemarketer, but It doesn't hold a candle to the Seinfeld method.
One site even had a comment saying that they answered the phone when this number called and got an automated message encouraging them to pay a $1.97 fee and to enter their debit card number. That's where things are at right now. People are calling my phone to ask for $2.
Not in this economy! That's a whole slice of pizza in most towns.
Elizabeth Stolfi
Corporate Cog
Mindless Media
A Genericorp Company
Stephanie Block
1 comment:
I feel it's important to state that poor people ARE telemarketers.
I had that job for one summer as no one would hire me (not even McDonalds).
It was barely minimum wage for a job where you knew almost every customer would spout abuse at you :(
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