# Ask the person who calls people--telephone surveys

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-person-who-calls-people-telephone-surveys/638056>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 17, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-person-who-calls-people-telephone-surveys/638056 "2012-10-17T20:07:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![duchessofdork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@duchessofdork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duchessofdork)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-person-who-calls-people-telephone-surveys/638056/321 "2012-11-04T06:40:21Z")

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> [@Musicat](#):
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> Another anti-Obama robocall today. Maybe they’re targeting my neighborhood, but so far, they are mostly for that other guy…what’s his name? Rom-something.

I refer to him affectionately as “Money Boo Boo.”

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**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-person-who-calls-people-telephone-surveys/638056/322 "2012-11-07T01:38:33Z")

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It’s a half-hour before the polls close on election day, and I thought the political calls had finished yesterday. But I just got a call from “Scott Walker” who took time out of his busy schedule as state governor to urge me, _personally,_ to vote. I don’t know what party he is, so I don’t know to blame the reps or the dems, but I hate them both, equally.

[Here’s a gadget I might get,](http://www.amazon.com/Incoming-Call-Blocker-Display-Blacklist/dp/B0089IHBE8/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top) although I’m sure things will quiet down after the election is over.

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