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Jan. 19th, 2006 04:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselkingIn case anything else I've ever said about them wasn't enough, the CPC have just sunk to entirely new levels of "unacceptable".
They use telemarketers.
PHONESPAMMERS.
This is an entirely new level of scumbag, here. I won't deal with any company that "telemarkets" at me - what the fuck makes you think I'll even remotely consider voting the kind of dishonest and unethical sleazebag who'd employ them into office?
Death to phonespammers. You should beg on the street first before spamming, it's more honest and less humiliating.
They use telemarketers.
PHONESPAMMERS.
This is an entirely new level of scumbag, here. I won't deal with any company that "telemarkets" at me - what the fuck makes you think I'll even remotely consider voting the kind of dishonest and unethical sleazebag who'd employ them into office?
Death to phonespammers. You should beg on the street first before spamming, it's more honest and less humiliating.
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Date: 2006-01-19 09:54 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-01-19 10:21 pm (UTC)(I actually hadn't gotten calls from candidates reps before this year. I generally find that the politest way to deal with them is to ask if what they have to say is anything I can't find on the website, and assure them that I do have the URL.)
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Date: 2006-01-19 10:41 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-01-20 02:12 am (UTC)We cold call in the UK (I've done it, horrible, I went back to doorstepping), but prerecorded/call centre bollux we can do without.
Oh,
http://www.daweaver.free-online.co.uk/writing/cswing.htm
I started reading his blog during the UK election, he got a better result prediction than the BBC did, so if he's doing Canada, worth a read. Looks good from a "all I know about the Canadian election I got from
I'm interested. Our media isn't.
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Date: 2006-01-20 10:51 am (UTC)We hates them, we do.
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Date: 2006-01-20 05:17 pm (UTC)-- Steve works in a call centre, and DOES NOT APPRECIATE scumsuckers who poison the well for those of us who do this the right way.