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The charity telemarketers (it's actually just one particular dude, lile 50% of the time) that call me once or twice a week asking for donations to one of a dozen different charity organization. That's apparently what I get for donating like $50 to a Firefighters' charity 4 years ago.
Charity gets you punished, folks.
That's a bit harsh. They're working for peanuts in a call centre, they did not make the decision to harass you. Just politely tell them to take you off their calling list and put the phone down.
I mean, is it rude to just hang up? Cause that's what I do.
No, it's fair enough. I usually try to give them some kind of reassurance that I don't hate them, I hate their bosses. Just because it must be an absolutely miserable job and they could probably do with a kind word. But sometimes, it's hard to do that and putting the phone down is better than berating them!
Thats an absolutely fair stance
Tech support scammers are in the same psycological position as them and that is more complex than just wanting to be a bad person. Corruption by desperation and greed.
Sure. That's how it works. People do crappy jobs because they like doing crappy jobs. They could choose any job in the world to keep a roof over their heads. But being paid badly to get shouted at a lot is just what turns them on.
There's a great documentary on HBO called Telemarketers that talks about this business model and how it's essentially a fraud. And they address how if someone ever donates they're put on a list of chumps to call back forever