some years back I was one of those nasty telemarketers, calling businesses to request sponsors for radio broadcast drug ( antidrug,,unlike today,doin drugs for you kiddies is rewarded) messages,,educational messages for parents,,fella next to me was a high vol salesguy,contrary to instructions to not leave presentations on msge machines,,this guy used to growl out ' go you huskies go don't you eat that yellow snowwww,,,rrrrarrrr!, just some schtick from frank zappa,, a hundred thousand cassette driven machines from the 80s to mid 90s are on their way to electronics
salvagers in mumbai,still, second gig was with Illinois VFW,run by an indian guy named mahesh,he paid a hundred thou to get the franchise from dept of Il springfield , we worked like the other place,a few hrs on saturday,one girly I called around 930 am,answered sounding somewhat tired,,,,,,,hello?? ;aw gee sweetheart sorry it sounds like I woke you up,its about the vfw,we do a drive a couple times a year to assist vets in hines ( IL) VA hospital,how bout you have some coffee forst bout on you bunny slippers & I'll call you in 45 minutes?? ' oh ,,yawn,,that'd be OK,sure my uncle is a gulfwar vet,call back,I;ll be around,,,,,,
called her back explained what we were about,why we have to do this,, got her to put a 50 buck heck on the door,,our man picked up the check,left a thank you note from us,,he deposited a fire extinguisher behind the screened in porch door.
fact,a lot of people out there are willing to donate,enough do so as to make telemarketing a tool to make money,,those vfw guys,,about 12 involved in our local office brought about 300,000 bucks of direct help to veterans,other wise there would have been a deficit of wheelchairs,canes walkers phone calling cards to active duty USAAF guys and girls,,,too damn bad they are so regularly treated by everyone like dead mice,
some acquaintance is screwin around with you sounds like that's what;s going on,
telephone service providers sell listings to advertisers,,they all do,,they all lie