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Did I mention that I used to work those floors, then manage, and hire, for a phone polling company?
Did I mention that I created, and implemented door-knocking programs for a different company?
On the phones:
Did I catch people hitting "call back tomorrow" instead of the correct button of "never call back". Yes....I was on the floor, trained other people, and monitored for a couple of companies.
I am the phone polling queen my dear....tell it to someone that hasn't ever been there.
I'll tell you that they do call back after you say not interested, they only punch never call back if you are irate and threaten to litigate. When you hit "not interested" it puts their number right back in the call group for their area and it is recycled.
But fuck me, I have no compassion and don't "get it". I know exactly what the protocol is for calling companies.

Point being: Jester, you have to say and do some pretty screwed up stuff not to be rehashed on their list. The definite way to be off the list is threaten to litigate, and ask to talk to their supervisor 9 out of 10, they are instructed to make sure your number is never called again. Or insult them until they cry. One thing I have seen them do (remote monitor) is punch "call back tomorrow" if someone pisses them off. If you are inappropriate the whole way through, and are abusive...they are instructed to tell you so, and punch never call back. Or you could pretend to have alzheimer's which really annoys the hell out of the "interviewer". That's another "never call back".

Did your supervisor tell you Dana, that "not interested" merely means, call at a different time with another "interviewer" calling out? Did you know that "random dialing" is not random? This means you hope to catch someone different at the location with a different person calling. This pisses people off. And I do not blame them. But it works often enough to keep doing it, until someone threatens to sue.

Did you know that the difference between the poller and the target is that the poller is trained to not take the call seriously and the target you are bothering is not?