rogue49

The First Amendment is a statement saying that citizens have a right to speak their thoughts in a safe manner in public.

As it does NOT give you the right to yell "fire" in a crowded theater,
it also does NOT give salespeople the "right" to call my private line to make a pitch to me.

This is a warping of the original intent of the Amendment.

And I'm sorry, if these people cannot find other jobs other than annoying people constantly
then they need to develop other skills.
Or call OTHER countries.

I have very good friends who are telemarketers, and you know what?
I wish they would lose these job and find better ones.
The hours are stressful, they aren't paid well, and people scream at them constantly.
This is not a life, no matter the job stablity.
Besides, if they are good on the phone then they can easily get jobs in customer service,
which is MUCH better because we are calling them,
and they are assisting us with our issues at the time.

Thank god, my friend finally realized this, and switch to customer service (in the SAME company)
her stress levels went down dramatically,
and her job skills went up significantly.

And no, I do NOT want charities, political orgs or otherwise given the loopholes to call me either.
But I believe this act will get the initiative started, and then we will tackle the loopholes.
And if anything it will cut down on 75% of the unwanted calls.

This activity is a negative on all levels, let's not rationalize this.