re: Tips for Handling Telemarketers
Generally, I can intercept most of them with caller ID, or that short pause when you pick up the phone when the computer is connecting you to an operator.
Otherwise, I'm terse, but polite, and shut down the call as gently as possible.
The person on the other end is doing a job that most people would rather flip burgers than. They are probably not the brightest bulb in the box, or seriously down on their luck. They didn't write the spiel, and they don't make the product, and the last thing they need is me giving them shit on top of all that.