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pnwmom

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94. They're breaking the law and they know it. Every day many people like me tell them

Wed Sep 4, 2013, 12:02 PM

Sep 2013

they're on the federal-do-not-call registry, so they know they're working with a lousy list -- they don't have to remember our names.

If the people doing the $10 an hour jobs signing fake bank foreclosure documents knew they were breaking the law, shouldn't they have quit their jobs, too?

Is every knowing lawbreaker justified in keeping such a job because it pays the bills?

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Turn telemarketers calls into CASH. Yep, it works. [View all] dixiegrrrrl Aug 2013 OP

I have a doctor (taped) that calls every day asking me to join his arthritis ( I don't have monmouth3 Aug 2013 #1

Apparently many stores ask for your phone number at check out dixiegrrrrl Aug 2013 #2

Memorize, and give out, the non-emergency number of the Police Department....nt MADem Aug 2013 #3

Or your local GOP campaign headquarters #. n/t Butterbean Aug 2013 #4

Brilliant. Jackpine Radical Aug 2013 #5

Oohh you're on to someting there.... pangaia Aug 2013 #7

Hmmmm... dixiegrrrrl Aug 2013 #6

If the number on the caller ID looks like a telemarketer SeattleVet Aug 2013 #8

I love it!!!!! Ingenious!!!! MADem Aug 2013 #13

8-6-7-5-3-0-9 n/t IDemo Aug 2013 #10

jenny jenny! n/t me b zola Sep 2013 #58

I never give out my phone number to checkers, only George Clooney types...LOL.. monmouth3 Aug 2013 #17

I just tell a store that I don't have a phone. ... spin Sep 2013 #19

I just say, "No." Mariana Sep 2013 #27

I tell them it's none of their business. Fawke Em Sep 2013 #33

I'm amazed at people who give out that info. I've never given it out. valerief Sep 2013 #53

dixiegrrrrl, still with the hot economic tips! upi402 Aug 2013 #9

Can'think of a better cause than my poor thin pocket book! dixiegrrrrl Aug 2013 #11

Yeah, they aren't REAL workers, are they? Th1onein Aug 2013 #12

Good point trumad Aug 2013 #15

Telemarketers REQUIRE a good product that they believe in, to sell that product. Th1onein Aug 2013 #16

No, they need to give *US* a fucking break. SeattleVet Sep 2013 #18

You are wrong in your assumptions. Th1onein Sep 2013 #20

They are working for a company that is engaged in illegal activity. SeattleVet Sep 2013 #21

Your argument is full of holes. Th1onein Sep 2013 #24

All telemarketers SHOULD have something to do with the DNC list, SeattleVet Sep 2013 #34

I guess everyone needs a reason to hate. Th1onein Sep 2013 #35

If you are operating legally, why are you sticking up for the companies that ARE breaking the law? SeattleVet Sep 2013 #40

Why are you mischaracterizing my statements? I am clearly FOR THE WORKERS! Th1onein Sep 2013 #41

You're not standing up for the workers (who incidentally are equally culpable at some point) IrishAyes Sep 2013 #51

You've got some real hate going on there, Irish. Th1onein Sep 2013 #56

Ah, the ignorant hubris you reveal IrishAyes Sep 2013 #65

Yes, I do remember how telemarketers were 'demonized'. SeattleVet Sep 2013 #60

You are way nicer than I am... pipi_k Sep 2013 #93

If you do not call residences, nor making illegal calls, why are you hi jacking this post dixiegrrrrl Sep 2013 #63

I wasn't aware I was hijacking the post. Th1onein Sep 2013 #75

These workers are getting repeated responses from people on the do-not-call registry, so they KNOW pnwmom Sep 2013 #72

You are clearly for the WORKERS?? SeattleVet Sep 2013 #95

I'll wager the businesses you do call WISH they could be on the DNC list. IrishAyes Sep 2013 #45

What in the hell are you talking about? Th1onein Sep 2013 #57

A lot of bad things have been public policy in the past: slavery, segregation, etc etc IrishAyes Sep 2013 #66

Absolutely! The last 2 places I worked we were regularly interrupted by cold-callers. SeattleVet Sep 2013 #59

Of course they know. They hear from angry non-customers every day who announce pnwmom Sep 2013 #71

Who said anything about "victimizing" the worker???? dixiegrrrrl Sep 2013 #30

I doubt the same telemarketer calls you again and again. And robots are NOT WORKERS. Th1onein Sep 2013 #42

So if a machine interface is the means of abuse, that makes it okay? Not in any moral universe! IrishAyes Sep 2013 #47

You doubt it? This is why people are so angry. It seems like a handful of telemarketers pnwmom Sep 2013 #73

Are you sure you're not talking about the same COMPANY? Th1onein Sep 2013 #76

How would I know? One call center can be calling for multiple companies. pnwmom Sep 2013 #78

So you're ASSUMING that it's the same telemarketer calling you over and over again. Th1onein Sep 2013 #83

Yep - the robocallers are the worst. enlightenment Sep 2013 #81

Reporting illegal activity is NOT victimizing anyone. Own your shit. IrishAyes Sep 2013 #50

When the worker is told repeatedly that they're participating in illegal calls, they should quit. pnwmom Sep 2013 #70

But if they're calling people on the do-not-call registry they're breaking Federal law. nt pnwmom Sep 2013 #69

But if they're working at jobs that require them to illegally harass people -- pnwmom Sep 2013 #68

Yeah, because it's so easy to find another job in this economy. Th1onein Sep 2013 #85

They're breaking the law and they know it. Every day many people like me tell them pnwmom Sep 2013 #94

They are not breaking the law. Their company is. Th1onein Sep 2013 #96

I looked into this yesterday, when the news the guy had done this had come out... jmowreader Aug 2013 #14

My office gets a robocall daily about substance abuse tabbycat31 Sep 2013 #22

The feds IrishAyes Sep 2013 #23

I don't know who is calling you, but why would anyone who wants to sell you something be rude? Th1onein Sep 2013 #25

You're calling me a liar - when you weren't witness to the occasion(s) IrishAyes Sep 2013 #26

No one is calling you a liar. Sorry you choose to take it that way. Th1onein Sep 2013 #36

No there aren't, unless you suppose I was tripping or don't understand English perhaps? IrishAyes Sep 2013 #43

They may not start out pipi_k Sep 2013 #31

I agree with you. No one should be rude, period. But how do you know it wasn't a bill collector? Th1onein Sep 2013 #37

Your telemarketing business, intrusive, is therefore rude from the gitgo. IrishAyes Sep 2013 #48

It could very well pipi_k Sep 2013 #86

When I ask who's calling, they usually either hang up or only give a first name. pnwmom Sep 2013 #74

The beauty of living in a small southern town dixiegrrrrl Sep 2013 #32

they didn't barge in... they knocked on the door ProdigalJunkMail Sep 2013 #39

You're rashly assuming everyone has caller ID or a functioning phone recorder. IrishAyes Sep 2013 #44

i'm sorry... you answered the phone. ProdigalJunkMail Sep 2013 #46

It's false pretenses because in essence they're being sneaky, hoping you have no viable choice IrishAyes Sep 2013 #49

Many, many Telemarketers fredamae Sep 2013 #28

Absolutely, fredamae. Th1onein Sep 2013 #38

No, they're illegal operators. IrishAyes Sep 2013 #52

I'm so sorry, IrishAyes! I don't think I was speaking to you, was I? Th1onein Sep 2013 #55

Kind of ironic that you are putting Irish Ayes on your do not call list n/t Fumesucker Sep 2013 #61

Ummm.... pipi_k Sep 2013 #87

Don't need your permission to speak in an open forum. Ignore me and you'll never be sure IrishAyes Sep 2013 #64

. blue neen Sep 2013 #77

Might as well pipi_k Sep 2013 #88

How does it make any difference to them? They aren't having their lives interrupted pnwmom Sep 2013 #98

thank you gopiscrap Sep 2013 #29

Telemarketers can be especially difficult for disabled or elderly No Vested Interest Sep 2013 #54

I'm not either. IrishAyes Sep 2013 #79

I keep getting this call about credit card debt. I don't have B Calm Sep 2013 #62

+1. nt No Vested Interest Sep 2013 #67

I only give out my Google Voice #, but this idea sounds better nt ecstatic Sep 2013 #80

Combining the fact that I'm always at my computer TlalocW Sep 2013 #82

Ya think that might mean someone made a mistake and he didn't intend to call you again? Th1onein Sep 2013 #84

If the caller made a mistake, TlalocW did him a favor. Mariana Sep 2013 #89

Right. He's got that DNC registry engraved in his brain, right? Th1onein Sep 2013 #90

The caller was inexcusably rude, too. Mariana Sep 2013 #91

Yes, he should have apologized. Of course. Th1onein Sep 2013 #97

Here's how he could have pipi_k Sep 2013 #92

No. When someone tells him they're on the registry, it's his job to remove the number from the list. pnwmom Sep 2013 #99