-- Posted by FutileRhetoric at 12:19 pm on Nov. 19, 2008 Yup, starting tomorrow I'll be that guy calling for you while you are busy sleeping, eating dinner, or having sex and I'll be asking you to give me money for some service you don't want or need. Any tips? -- Posted by dreamweaver at 12:19 pm on Nov. 19, 2008 If you want to last more than a week, try your best not to be rude. -- Posted by qi at 12:19 pm on Nov. 19, 2008 I guarantee you'll quit by the two month mark. -- Posted by taraxgoesxboom at 12:20 pm on Nov. 19, 2008 Get ready to be hated and emotionally abused on a daily basis. -- Posted by sicosys at 12:20 pm on Nov. 19, 2008 Make sure you call around 6 or 7, thats when most people eat dinner.... around 9 is good for interrupting sex, and at 1 Am people love to get phone calls while they are dreaming about the sex and the dinner -- Posted by Dannay at 12:20 pm on Nov. 19, 2008 hahaha -- Posted by Brunette lady at 12:21 pm on Nov. 19, 2008 They call my house everyday!! they drive me nuts! And we always get this phone call I answer the phone..hello and the loud blare of a ships horn starts playing along with the message"This is your captin speaking you have won a trip blah blah" I usually just use the simple step of Pressing TALK, END when they call.. All I can say for you is be polite -- Posted by Style Out at 12:21 pm on Nov. 19, 2008 Watch out for people like me who don't do prank calls but instead harrass telemarketers for shits and giggles. -- Posted by kelseymarie8 at 12:24 pm on Nov. 19, 2008 my advice. just quit.. -- Posted by Al Legator at 12:26 pm on Nov. 19, 2008 Tip 1: Don't call ME! Tip 2: You already know what most people think of telemarketers. Don't just "try" not to take anything you hear personally, do NOT take it personally. They don't know you, and won't know who you are. Most will be - I think - relatively polite but irritated.Expect it. If you do call me, I know you are just doing your job and that you boss may be listening in and you have to pretend you can't hear me say no thank you...and I promise you I won't slam the phone down, just put it down gently. -- Posted by NikkiMikki at 12:27 pm on Nov. 19, 2008 Quit immediately? -- Posted by FutileRhetoric at 12:32 pm on Nov. 19, 2008 Thanks for all the tips everyone, I know it's a shitty job and no one wants to do it, but that's why the pay is so high, $20 an hour. I do promise I won't call any of you here. :) -- Posted by Fentastic at 1:53 pm on Nov. 19, 2008 I work as a telemarketer, and I love it. -- Posted by LoveKay at 10:07 pm on Nov. 19, 2008 Good thing being a telemarketer only requires you to speak, not write. -- Posted by Al Legator at 6:37 am on Nov. 20, 2008 http://www.sorrygottago.com/indexTeleMktSurvey2.htm -- Posted by Chava at 8:43 am on Nov. 20, 2008 It's a good job from what I hear. I wouldn't be able to take all of the abuse though.