&gt;If everybody that just don&#x27;t like telemarketing (count me in) just politely stop the caller and don&#x27;t buy the service everything you just said would happen, without burning the poor minimum wage employee that&#x27;s in the middle of the hate.<p>Except apparently enough people buy their junk&#x2F;scams&#x2F;whatever that it makes it viable to continue to run a telemarketing business. But just because a small percentage of people are into it doesn&#x27;t mean it&#x27;s right for them to harass everyone.<p>So from my perspective, as someone who&#x27;s not into being telemarketed and who doesn&#x27;t have the power to make their behavior punishable by law, I may disincentivize their behavior while entertaining myself.