BY: Cheryl Smith
What I enjoyed most about this past Fourth of July is something I have been praying about for quite some time. Actually, I have also reached out to elected officials to express my disdain for the numerous phone calls I receive from telemarketers, which begin as early as 7:00 a.m. and continue as late as 9:00 p.m.
Well, I didn’t receive one “SPAM CALL” this past holiday.
What a relief. Talk about a good feeling.
Then the phone was back to ringing with those annoying calls ranging from offers to buy my house, sell insurance, get health benefits, and get home repairs, to securing a loan or participating in a timeshare program.
The National Do Not Call Registry gives you a choice about whether to receive telemarketing calls
- You can register your home or mobile phone for free.
- After you register, other types of organizations may still call you, such as charities, political groups, debt collectors, and surveys.
- If you received an unwanted call after your number was on the National Registry for 31 days, report it to the FTC.
I feel for those telemarketers. Back in the 1980s, I tried my hand at telemarketing and I didn’t last a week.
Even then, I felt I was intruding, and today I feel violated with every call!
It is quite annoying to run to the phone, stubbing your toe on the way, only to get an automated voice or some person you don’t know calling you by your first name, asking you how you are doing before they go into their pitch.
Someone is enjoying and benefiting because the calls are not going away.
It appears that I could either monitor and block calls, pay my cell phone carrier, T-Mobile, to block the calls, just grin and bear it.
All I know is I would be fine never receiving another call!
I have registered with the government. You can too.
Go to https://telemarketing.donotcall.gov to access the National Do Not Call Registry.
Is it too much to ask for peace?
Then too, I still get the calls.
