Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for September 04, 2015

And did it ever occur to you, Mom, that that poor sales rep is only trying to do his or her job and would be written up and eventually fired if he or she took your first “no” for an answer? Sales reps are required to make at least two strong efforts before accepting “no” — and they’re not allowed to terminate the call unless they’re being subjected to verbal abuse and profanity. Maybe if you did a bit of the hell that is telemarketing for a while, you’d understand and learn to be a little more patient and polite when they call trying to put food on the table and keep a roof over their heads the only way they can.