We Want Information, Information, Information

You only have so much time on this planet don't be a Prisoner.  The Next time some Tom, Dick or Harry calls you up on your telephone and says, "Is this (Your Name Here)"?  The first words out of your mouth should be, Who the hell are you?, and why are you calling me"?  It's common courtesy to identify one's self when initiating a call. It's also valuable information to empower you by knowing if this is just some schmuck reading a script or if it's an actual corporate employee who is able to send you up the chain of command should you so desire to speak to someone with a modicum of authority.  Then if curiosity kills your cat; you might even ask, "Where the hell did you get my number"?  A moot question these days with all the info we volunteer daily n the internet, but, hey they did call you.  We Americans are so used to succumbing to the whims of the tele-marketers they volunteer all kinds of information that will be used in turn to fleece them of hard earned money, either through a sales pitch in the same phone call an ad campaign based on said call and information gleaned thereof, subliminal campaigns or through some other form of marketing, not to mention scams.  Just because you picked up the phone doesn't give a Tele-Marketer or Debt Collector the right to pick your brain or browbeat you.  Don't forget the Fair Debt Collection Act gives you the right to write a letter demanding a debt collector to stop calling you.  This letter doesn't releive you of your debt or accrued interest but it will help give relief to your morale until you can get your feet under you again.If an unasked caller can prove they have legitimate business dealings with you by all means interact but give only the information you feel comfortable giving.  If it's a company you've never heard of tell them to send you something in the mail.  Telemarketers are a plague just like spam we don't need to help them incubate on our time and our dime.  Your time is valuable and so is your infformation, if a telemarketer wants to know something that badly, they should be paying you for your valuable insight.  Otherwise tell them if they want to read a script for a living, "Move to Hollywood"!

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