The "Do Not Call" list

The do not call list do not work!

I signed up for the "Do Not Call" list in hopes that those poor, underpaid, nasty, grumpy, angry call-center employees would just not have my number, and therefore would not call me.

I could not be so lucky.

They still call, heck I even get the pre-recorded calls made by some computer where I don't even have a person to hang up on. It lacks satisfaction when I slam the phone down on a pre-recorded computer message.

This morning I got a call from a real live person who used my name like 27 times in the first sentence he spoke! WTF, dude: "hello Mr. Smith, how are you Mr. Smith, well Mr. Smith the reason I'm calling is that, Mr. Smith blah, blah, blah so Mr. Smith you know that this cause needs you Mr. Smith and Mr. Smith can we count on your help Mr. Smith?"

I should have just hung up on the guy, but having him use my name 47 times just seemed to piss me off, so I ask what his name was and shot back a volley of my own using his name in the words that I spoke at every possible occasion. This really seemed to upset the guy (ah ha, my evil plan is working), his response was "I'm just doing my job" and then he ended the call.

Ending the call might have been a wise decision for him as I was just getting warmed up as far as fitting the guy for, yet another orifice with which to excrete human waste.

I really wish I could make the sales calls stop, then maybe the voices in my head that tell me to fight back against angry call-center employees would stop.

Please make is stop.