Dear Charity Phone Solicitor
Yes, I realize that the Do-Not-Call list does not legally restrict you from calling me. That does not mean, however, that calling me is a good idea.
You see, I consider listing my phone number on that list as something that, whether you’re legally required to respect it or not, would at least be polite to take into account when calling. This particularly applies on Saturday morning, when you called just as I was lazily considering the merits of getting up or just lying in bed for a while and relaxing.
That in itself wasn’t enough for you, though. No, of course not. Even after I explained that I didn’t give to organizations that solicit me by phone, you continued with your script. I know you weren’t a recording, since you commented on the fire engine sirens in the background at one point.
At that point, I had no qualms at all about simply hanging up on you.
July 9th, 2005 at 18:29
You’re not alone in this; this happens to me too, and when I reminded the solicitor that I was on the do not call list, she launched in a lengthy defense about how charities were exempt from it, entirely missing the point.