Why are people sooo rude to telemarketers?

Frankly it's because telemarketing calls come at the times when people will be home, but that's usually the time when people DON'T want to be annoyed with such trivial stuff. #2, there're so many of them hawking the same stuff, it's easy to go into overload and just not want to be bothered. #3 most working people DON'T accept telemarketing as a real and legitimate job - if you want respect, get a respectable job. #4 Because they can. Now, for all of you who haven't heard this yet, when a telemarketer calls, be nice and say; "would you please hold on a moment..." And then put the phone down and walk away. In a minute or 2 the telemarketer will figure it out and hang up. It works GREAT!

Bothering someone in their home at dinner time is a rude, no matter how polite you are. I don't use offensive words, but I refuse to accept such calls, and end them quickly. When I was a student, I worked as the person who intercepted calls from people who haven't paid their cell phone bills. The cell phone company paid me well, because the job involved listening to people scream and swear at me all day long. It didn't bother me, because I had accepted it as a condition of the job. Telemarketing jobs don't pay well, and I'm sure many members of the public hope that if they're abusive enough, people will start refusing to work in those jobs and the calls will finally stop.