Dear Charitable Phone Solicitor

[hrj]

Yes, I am on the national "do not call" list. Yes, you are legally exempt from the restrictions of the national "do not call" list. But why in the world would you want to waste your time trying to solicit money from someone who has already expressed hostility to phone solicitation? Just because you can? If the ethics don't bother you, at least pay attention to the economics!

No love,
HRJ

Comments

[madfilkentist]

Makes sense. When they're being paid to call and they're polite, that's one thing. But when they tell you you can't do a damn thing to stop them, they'e no longer entitled to any courtesy.

[julesjones]

It wasn't exactly telling me that I couldn't stop him. I got the feeling he genuinely thought that once I knew he wasn't trying to get money out of me, there wasn't any reason to be annoyed by the call. He didn't seem to grasp that the call itself is an intrusion and a significant nuisance regardless of whether it's an attempt to get money.