We've been getting a lot of emails from people saying that a company is using a robocaller to call their cellphones and pretend that their car warranty is expiring. Too bad that some of these readers don't even have a car. Has happened to you? Do you know who is behind it? Here is one such email fro...

I have been in the midst of a “Telemarketing Week” here at the office. Mind you, my job is not as a telemarketer. Not even close. But the powers that be here feel that we need to do these “blitzes” as a way for us to appreciate what our real jobs are. Well, our real jobs are ...

We were wondering how Feature Films For Families, the company that's randomly calling home lines and cellphones to sell a movie to people who are on the Do Not Call list, was able to get around federal and state telemarketing rules. It turns out they're hiding behind a non-profit, and non-profits ar...

I’ve been getting telemarketer calls all day (I know by the 5 second pause when I say “hello?”). I couldn’t stand it any more (especially considering that I’m on the National Do Not Call List) so I finally I picked up at 7:30pm tonight. It was the [CENSORED BECAUSE I DO...

Oh no, someone's gone and made a terrible looking half-animated, half-live action, religious-on-the-down-low version of this beloved children's book. That's bad enough, but then they decided to direct-market it to households by cold calling strangers and offering them a "producer's guarantee" that i...

why does the boss call when I’m trying to fulfil my Session duties At last the Tripel Reaches my anxious lips… Damn! Not the phone again Finally at peace I find that a Tripel is Just the thing I need Written by Captain Hops. References: This post is part of The Session. The Session is a ...

Recently, the CBC posted an article regarding the seeming failure of Canada's national "Do Not Call" registry.  It seems that unscrupulous businesses are getting the list and, surmising that it is comprised of valid phone numbers, calling people on the list.  This has the effect of pissing a lot o...

How do I get the Red Cross to stop calling me? Also: I am not actually a dick, really! For years now, the Red Cross has been sending their telemarketers to me. The calls have been steadily gaining in frequency, until this past month when it's grown intolerable. I get multiple calls every day, to the...

It started seven-and-a-half years ago when a woman called Eliza Jones sent me an email enquiring whether I was comfortable with the size of my penis. I remember reading her email in a state of absolute panic. I could not even recall meeting Ms Jones and, worse, it had never occurred to me before tha...

Just got off the phone with ANOTHER Democratic fundraiser and volunteer co-ordinator. Those people do keep callin’—and they seem terribly SHOCKED when I tell them, politely (can’t do it real calmly yet), that I am not going to be working or helping out or contributing to the Democr...