Why in the hell do people like to call with telemarketing business or surveys on the weekend?

I used to work telemarketing and we never worked past 5 on a Saturday. It's almost 9 in the evening and a lady just called with a survey from Blue Cross. When I suggested it was a little late, she pointed out that it wasn't 9, it was 845 and was quite a jerk.

Why in the hell do people like to call with telemarketing business or surveys on the weekend?
Well, most people are off work on the weekends. If they called on the weekdays, they wouldn't reach too many people.
Reply:Because that's when you're home.
Reply:ummmm.. i would of asked where she was at right then and threatened to come over there and slice her throat open if she EVER called this house again....but thats cause that is who i am. i would do that. yeah they call you cause they are poor little bastards and have nothing better to do with themselves over the wekkends but talk to cool people like you and act like a complete *****. i would of cused her *** out.....****.
Reply:because people are home in the evenings and those people want money,and people are weird strange crazy critters.not to feel sorry for bothering people at home,


I go door to door sales and have knocked after dark which is legal, if i need to pay a bill, right soon, and many people are busy doing something like washing dishes are watching TV are on the computer,but i still do make my living doing this and i am sorry i disturb them but i need money.ands it my way of doing it.as i cant work a regular job because of a bad back and neck and pain and just cant do it, i wish to God i could work like i used to.and didnt have to do what i do, but i have to live for Gods sake.I dont know why those people get a job calling people,but i always tell people who call for charitys i will them twenty dollars as i have been homeless and hungry.and i i will listen for a minute to someones sales line,i dont know why really.maybe because i sale.but if you dont wish for them to call, get that organization to put you on the no phone call list .then only charitys will call.
Reply:Because that is when most people are home.
Reply:yeah she knew she was within her right. get on the donotcall list
Reply:This lady definitely doesn't have tact. On why telemarketing or surveys are done over weekends and in the evenings; it could be because they like to believe that these are the time when most people would be home.
Reply:She may be a jerk.
Reply:It does get to be a pain, but sometimes I do go ahead and answer just to see who keeps showing up on my caller ID. I politely ask them to remove me from their calling list and tell them I do nothing over the phone and to put a stamp on it. If the information comes by mail, I give it to my Golden Retriever to carry back to the house. All junk mail is hers until we reach the trash can. (Then she gets a treat)
Reply:caller id is a wonderful thing.


I never pick up unless I recognize the name.
Reply:Ask for her name and home phone number and tell her you will return her call.
Reply:It's not that they "like"it.....it's a paycheck and you have to do what the company wants you to do. This kinda upsets me bc I am going to school and am pregnant and the only thing I can really do to fit in school and being pregnant is telemarketing but bc of people like you, I would rather sit here thinking about money instead of being there making it.
Reply:CUZ THEY'RE ASSHOLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reply:most people are home on the weekends. they will call up to 8:59 nowadays just to get to you. join the no call list so they wont call you.
Reply:Wiil you be home during the day? No, that's why they call later in the day.
Reply:I believe since caller id has come out they have found new ways to bug the crap out of us. :)
Reply:That is when most people can be caught at home. I used to print on my business card


"call 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM." I think calling anyone after 8:00 PM if it isn't a social call is rude.
Reply:Get on the "do not call list".
Reply:The stupid management of telemarketing believes that you will be home on Saturday evening, and they further believe that you will answer the phone. In today's screwed up society, few people answer the phone because of caller ID, and most people don't want to be bothered during meal time or when they are having sex! Lastly, the telemarketing employees are only doing what they have been instructed to do by their superiors, and they probably aren't earning much more than minimum wage money. One must remember, now with the collaspe of immigration law enforcement, and millions of illegal and legal aliens invading our country, good paying jobs will become very difficult to find. Also, well qualified American citizens with good education credentials can't keep jobs, because of thousands of Indian nationals from India are coming to the U.S.A. to work for half the going wage. The U.S.A. is on fast track to be a third world nation.
Reply:They are paid to this, as you should know. All you have to do is slam the receiver down in their ear and hang up.
Reply:You are most likely home at that time. They just haven't figured out that most people will be more annoyed with them at that time.





Still, they are just trying to earn a living. Don't be too harsh on them.
Reply:If you do not have caller ID, usually I'll answer, then after listening for a minute or 2, I'll tell them I'm not interested. If they procede with their sales pitch, I tell them I'm sorry then I hang up





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Reply:Unfortunately it s probably because there is a good enough chance we re home at that time or it wouldn t be worth paying the telemarketers...


I think there 's a number you can call to have your number taken off a good part of their lists, cutting down the number of those calls significantly because you have the legal right I believe to not receive them.

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