Telemarketers, please add my number to your DO-NOT-CALL listAfter receiving my first credit card, I've also received numerous phone calls from telemarketers more than ever.
The first phone call I got, talked me into buying some house insurance which I know I wouldn't need because a) I've already got one. b) I'm not desperate to die to give all that money to my family.
The guy who called was so... (should I say) passionate. Even after I turned him down many times saying I'm not interested, he was still able to continue the conversation for at least 5mins explaining to me how beneficial the insurance would be to me and my family and I didn't even have a chance to talk back.
They talk faster than your brain can ever digest. Before you find yourself conscious, you are already fallen into their trap, signing off their stupid promotion packages and buying their shit.
And this has led me to the biggest nightmare...
Since then, every time my phone rings, I lift up my phone in trembled hands to check who it's from. Unknown caller ID scares the shit out of me. I have also given a thought that people who know me will have my number, so for those who don't have are probably no one important anyway, so are their phone calls.
I have then bounded to the no anonymous phone call thing because I decided that it is really annoying.
Francis, however, doesn't think that is a good idea.
He says there will always be emergencies, people who need your help and try to reach you out in urgent. Or people who stole your credit card and try to buy some expensive shit which bank needs to call to get your approval. And you don't want to miss that important phone call just because it's an anonymous number!
He's got a good point there. But I still can't deal with telemarketers! I don't want to miss any important phone calls at the same time I don't wanna answer any anonymous phone calls only to find out they are trying to sell me something. That will just spoil my entire day!
Such contradiction..
What do you think? Have you ever feel frustrated from telemarketers? How do you deal with it? Did you make the same choice by not answering any unknown caller ID like I did? How did it work out? I desperately need an answer!