# The Election Is Over! Go Away, Phone-Pest Pollsters!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 9, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-election-is-over-go-away-phone-pest-pollsters/640434 "2012-11-09T01:19:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-election-is-over-go-away-phone-pest-pollsters/640434/1 "2012-11-09T01:19:23Z")
Just when I think it’s safe to pick up the phone again, I get a junk call from some outfit called “Opinionology” wanting to speak to “a male registered voter”. There may have been other traits the caller was seeking in a survey soulmate, but that’s all he got out before I hung up on him. Two seconds later, the phone rang again. Same hive, different drone. I hung up and then kept the phone off the hook long enough to log on to the Verizon web site and add their incoming number to my blocked list. If they want my opinion, they can try reading it in their own entrails. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-election-is-over-go-away-phone-pest-pollsters/640434/2 "2012-11-09T02:45:44Z")
I had to laugh when, on Wednesday, a Los Angeles radio station was still playing ads for one particular candidate! Way to hang in there, baby! ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-election-is-over-go-away-phone-pest-pollsters/640434/3 "2012-11-13T15:49:46Z")
I got an email Saturday entitled “Top 10 Reasons Jews Should Vote For Obama”. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-election-is-over-go-away-phone-pest-pollsters/640434/4 "2012-11-13T16:02:05Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Just when I think it’s safe to pick up the phone again, I get a junk call from some outfit called “Opinionology” wanting to speak to “a male registered voter”. There may have been other traits the caller was seeking in a survey soulmate, but that’s all he got out before I hung up on him. > > Two seconds later, the phone rang again. Same hive, different drone. I hung up and then kept the phone off the hook long enough to log on to the Verizon web site and add their incoming number to my blocked list. > > If they want my opinion, they can try reading it in their own entrails. Wait. You can block numbers from calling you if you’re with Verizon? We’re talking landlines, here, right? I will have to look into this when I get home tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-election-is-over-go-away-phone-pest-pollsters/640434/5 "2012-11-13T17:36:08Z")
You can block specific numbers with pretty much all carriers. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-election-is-over-go-away-phone-pest-pollsters/640434/6 "2012-11-13T23:06:33Z")
I have been blissfully call-free since the election. I had most of them blocked, but a few new ones were still slipping through. But at least they’re gone for now.