# The Hunt for Rant October---minirant time! **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-for-rant-october-minirant-time/636386 **Category:** The BBQ Pit **Created:** [October 1, 2012, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-for-rant-october-minirant-time/636386 "2012-10-01T10:51:06Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 322
### Author: ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99) #### Post date: [October 17, 2012, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-for-rant-october-minirant-time/636386/322 "2012-10-17T23:46:16Z")
I need to do a mini-pitting/ranting of our member Flyer who had some of the following choice things to say about being a telephone survey operator over in MPSIMS… > [@Ask the person who calls people--telephone surveys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-person-who-calls-people-telephone-surveys/638056/1): > > Another issue, somewhat related, is the people who think that they can get us to quit calling them simply by saying something like “Quit calling” or “Stop calling me.” That’s not how it works. My company (and apparently most such companies) is VERY persistent. We do maintain our own internal Do Not Call list, but the only way to get on it is to specifically request it. Saying anything other than “Take me off your list” or something equally explicit will simply result in you getting called back. Well fuck me sideways for being stupid enough to think that a simple instruction would be enough to get you to stop calling me. I must be pretty dumb to think it could be as easy as saying, “Stop calling me,” to get you to stop calling me. > [@Ask the person who calls people--telephone surveys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-person-who-calls-people-telephone-surveys/638056/1): > > I’ve occasionally had people ask me “What do I have to do to get you to stop calling?” I usually say something along the lines of “Well, we’re trying very hard to get this survey completed.” It’s not considered good form to come right out and say, “If you had taken our survey the first time we called, we wouldn’t be bothering you now.” Oh wow, so if I’m actually smart enough to ask you what the magic words are to get you to quit calling, you’ll dodge the question and badger me some more? So I have to be a fucking mind reader now in order to get you to stop hounding me? > [@Ask the person who calls people--telephone surveys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-person-who-calls-people-telephone-surveys/638056/1): > > So if you have any questions, fire away. How do you sleep at night? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-for-rant-october-minirant-time/636386)._