Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Robocalls

Unsolicited phone calls are driving me crazy -- especially the "robocalls" from machines!  Despite being on the "do not call list" I still get calls soliciting for credit cards, roofing, funeral services (these will probably never end), various vacations, and solicitations disguised as surveys.  The political calls have pushed me to the edge.  Its time we did something about it.  Here are some ideas:

Keep track of the number of calls you get from each political candidate.  When the election comes, vote for whoever made the fewest calls.  Pretty soon candidates would figure out that making calls is an ineffective and counterproductive approach.

Pass State laws that require an actual person to answer within 10 seconds if the person receiving a robocall pushes the "0" button.  This would make robocalls too costly for most organizations.