Also what i have learned is that it is illegal (or something like that) for telemarketers to hang up on you. Unless they tell you they are going to hang up and basically get your permission, they cant hang up. Beleive me, this is actually true based on my experience. I sat there and watched TV for a long time with the telemarketer. I would explain everything that was going on the show. Whenever they would say "ok im hanging up" or "are you interested in the product?", i would tell them that i am still interested and not to hang up.
Back when I was around 14, my friends and I used to prank call compnaies that sell crap over television. It started out with a bizarre "workout" machine called the Flexiflier. I called up and started asking questions about the product such as, "How hard to you have to push for the machine to actually take flight?" There was also a company called 1-800-Yes-Credit that had a ton of ads featuring F-list celebrities like Bill Bellamy. The thing about the commercials was that they'd constantly yell "1-800-YESS CREDITT!!" about 6 times per ad in an effort to get you to remember it. So my friends and I would call up and simply scream "1-800-Yes Credit!!!" over and over again until they hung up. It was so fun that we did it 3 times in a row, but on the third time some guy with a heavy New York accent answered and when we started in lambasted us with a profane spiel that went something like "**** you you ****ing sons o' *****. I piss in your b**** mother's face, you ********ing f***** pieces of ****. **** your moms!" We were so stunned we just hung up.
Not really, especially if it's your first job with no restaurant experience. During the peak times it's exceptionally hard to find a summer job if you've never worked before. Trust me I know from personal experience. One of my friends worked at the Chilis in town, he's from Arizona so he gets transfered to Austin when school starts. He says the first day he showed up to work, there was like 20 applications for a waiter/waitress spot that was open. There are enough people that don't want to do telemarketing or sales but do it because they really need the money. Oh yeah, one last thing before you decide to piss people off, for $15 anybody can find where you live from your phone number. Keep that in mind.
I don't necessarily mind telemarketers in general ..just the ones who call my house after 8 PM and wake up my kid. That and door to door salesmen who ignore my "NO SOLICITING" sign posted right next to my doorbell.
