Johan Lont´s last blog post..jclont: I wonder whether reading the confession in my previous tweet can make people feel uneasy.

I can’t imagine actually asking “why aren’t you interested” – that seems like it crosses some kind of line.

The only “telemarketing” calls I like are when I get news polls from ABC, Fox, etc. I answer those – sometimes exaggerating for effect – with gusto!

If I told someone that I am not interested, and they start asking questions like “May I ask you why are not interested?” or “What product are you currently using?” I simply tell them that I don’t feel like answering those questions and add something like “I am not interested in this, and therefore I am ending this conversation now. Have a nice day.” And hang up. Unless, I am bored and have nothing to do. Then, I let them ask every question they like, but I don’t give personal information anymore, like my age, or whether I have a mortgage, or which newspapers I read. Or I start to ask the same questions back. (Maybe it is not nice of me to start a long conversation with telemarketers that are probably paid by call or by succesful call, but I’ll “let them off the phone” immediately, if they want)
I did not know that some telemarketers are not allowed to let the person off the phone before they said ‘no’ three times. But that does not matter, because I do know that I do not need anyones permission to hang up.

Johan Lont´s last blog post..jclont: Do you really like chicks? You should come to visit the poultry museum in Barneveld, Netherlands.