When you don't pay your bills they call to collect. When you have great credit they call to sell you stuff. Sometimes they call to ask you dumb stuff. I think sometimes they know how much it infuriates me and they call to just irritate me.
I get the first greeting, "Is this James?" NOBODY calls me James, so I just slam the phone down. If they sound remotely like it is someone I do business with I politely answer around 2 or maybe 3 questions, then I slam the phone down. If they get right to the subject matter by talking quickly, I tell them "Not interested" then slam the phone down. I might mutter something about them at that time. I almost always mutter about invading my privacy.
I know that's their job and all that, but it still really pi##*% me off.
What do you folks do?