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I worked 1/2 a day at a telemarketing place. I hated every second of it. It was an hourly wage + commission. Didn't make a single sale and got called an asshole almost as much as when I worked security for the Canadian Govt, right after 9/11 (we wouldn't let non-employees pass through a government building attached to a mall).
I'm not rude to telemarketers myself, unless they don't back off after I say "no thanks". If you accept that kind of job, you've got to expect that most people aren't going to be too pleased to hear from you, and after an hour or two, the insults just bounce right off you anyways. I figure most of these people hated their jobs the moment they applied for them and don't want to be calling me any more than I want to be called.
The exception is when I get harassed on my cell phone. I'll listen for 5-6 seconds to make sure it's a telemarketer and not someone who I want calling me and then I'll just interrupt whatever they're yammering about by saying "this is a cell phone" and hang up.
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