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In reply to the discussion: Anything else besides Do Not Call List to stop telemarketers? [View all]Th1onein
(8,514 posts)I am actually NICE to them. I am kind and compassionate, and if I find that I actually can use the product that they are selling, and can afford it, I buy it. The reason that I have this attitude is because I used to BE a telemarketer. I raised my two children in this way. Along with waitressing, etc. I put myself through college in this way. Along with raising a chronically ill child. I was never asked to do anything illegal, and I never did anything illegal. I just earned extra money, so that I could support my family.
I'm tired of the demonization of telemarketers. They aren't all crooks. They aren't trying to interrupt your dinner hour. They are just regular human beings, most of them honest and decent, trying to make an honest and decent living.
Try changing your attitude about telemarketers. It might do you a world of good.