In my tiny, cheap apartment, I don't have high speed Internet service and go through the phone line. Many days I just forget and leave the computer hooked up and so my phone line remains busy. But when I think of it, I unplug the computer and hook the phone back up.
This has resulted in a series of annoying calls from telemarketers trying to sell me everything I don't want and don't need. I try to be polite, as most of you probably do, but after a while it is annoying dealing with people who are programmed to not listen to your response and move on with their spiel. Obviously the day in second grade when they taught the meaning of "no" these telemarketers were absent.
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