These people did not identify themselves, but they asked to speak to the person handling our OSHA and safety requirements. I told him he was out for the day and asked if I could take a message and have his call returned the next day. He just said he'd call back.
They must sell all sorts of things reading the other comments stemming from Dish Network to Aspen Publishing company, to a company giving away free stuff.
Any time I get a call at my office and there is a delay when they respond to "hello", it is usuallly a telemarketer. As soon as they start their "is the office manager in" or "the person responsible for making financial decsions", it's usually a telemarketer. Most generally, I just hang up. If I was the only one in the office, I would blow a whistle very loudly in the phone. I have a whistle at each one of my phones at my house and that's what I do when they call there. The calls have slowed down quite a bit. What ticks me off the most is when I break my neck to rush to answer the phone and it's one of these jerks. I have heard that if you press the # symbol on your phone repeatedly for a few seconds it messes up their dialer system....at least too your number.