This number has called at least once daily for months. They have identified themselves as the US Coast Guard taking a survey; have also identified themselves as the Dept of Health. Have asked them not to call, they ignore request.
This woman keeps calling at all times of the day and evening. Very disruptive. I'm not interested in her survey and told her to take me off her call list. If the calls continue, I will report the number.
This is just to inform everybody that the US Coast Guard's boating safety division is currently conducting its national recreational boating survey. This survey is being fielded by ICF Macro, the private survey company that won the contract several years ago. I am the technical manager of this survey, and like to invite recreational boaters and boat owners to visit the boating safety division's website (http://www.uscgboating.org/) to see what we do. A few things to know:
1) The phone numbers dialed by ICF Macro are randomly generated by a computer to remove any possible bias in the selection of survey participants. Consequently, even if your number is on the DO NOT CALL list, the computer random number generator may still put it together one digit a time, and dial it. Therefore, the decision to dial your specific number was not made by someone determined to disturb your daily routine. Instead, it was made by a computer to ensure randomness.
2) If you are not a boater and do not own a recreational boat, please inform the interviewer right away that you have nothing to do with recreational boating. They will never call you again.
3) If you are a recreational boater, please help the Coast Guard make the use of american waterways safer by taking a few minutes of your time to participate in the survey.
4) The National Recreational Boating Survey enables the Coast Guard to better identify safety priorities, coordinate and focus research efforts, and encourage consistency in the information that is collected as well as the applied analysis methods.