Caller said he would like to ask a few questions of a political nature. I told him to make it snappy. He asked whether I was driving. I told him I wouldn't have answered had I been driving. He asked what state I was in. Without responding to that, I asked whether I had ever done business with him. He didn't think so. I told him I thought he was breaking the law since I am on the Do Not Call List (that list seems to be a total joke, inasmuch as I have reported numerous violators and nothing has ever been done about any of them). Since his first two questions were not of a political nature, I told him to quit bothering people at suppertime.
>> I am on the Do Not Call List (that list seems to be a total joke, <<
No, but you are helping to confirm that our educational system may be a joke.
The DNC list is not a magic switch attached to your phone line, that will block calls.
The DNC list is intended to help stop calls originating from legitimate telemarketers.
* Your calls were not from legitimate telemarketers.
* Therefore, the DNC list will not stop those calls.
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The DNC list does not automatically block calls. Instead, it provides a list of "do not call" phone numbers to legitimate, registered telemarketers who pay a fee for the list.
The DNC list exempts political callers, survey organizations, charities, and companies with preexisting business relationships, as well as debt collectors, but these organizations might have their own, internal Do Not Call list (ask them).
The DNC list is not effective against criminals, spammers and scammers, because those people do not subscribe to the DNC list, and do not care if you are on or off that list.
Its purpose is to stop calls from legitimate telemarketers, and it does a pretty good job at that. Just think ... if there were no DNC, you would be receiving incessant calls from BOTH legitimate and scam telemarketing callers!
Here is your reading assignment:
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0108-national-do-not-call-registry
https://www.donotcall.gov/
http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/media-resource ... try/enforcement
http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases ... lemarketers-pay
http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases ... istry-data-book
Remember, the FCC's Do Not Call site is a good one to report unwanted calls from LEGITIMATE telemarketers. To report spammers and scammers, visit the FTC site, at https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/
If you receive calls even after reporting them (and waiting a sufficient time), then you should consider using a call blocker app, device or service as your first line of defense. Google "call blocker" to see such things at Amazon or other sites.
There's a huge difference between being an idiot and simply not knowing something. The fact that you can't make that distinction is a far more severe indictment of the education system than The Whippoorwill simply being misinformed about the details of the DNC. Don't be such an [***]. There's no reason for it.