Reply To: Having fun with Telemarketers

I hear all the defenses for the telemarketers, but I still consider the entire field of telemarketing offensive. I inform the callers that I am answering this phone in my office, I am busy, and I neither want to buy or donate anything. The persistence is beyond intrusive and annoying. It is unfair and abusive. More often than not, as soon as I recognize that this call is marketing or soliciting, I just hang up. If there is a set of moral guidelines for telemarketing, I would love to see it taught and followed. Meanwhile, I will respond with either revenge abuse or hanging up.