The Rise of Telemarketing and a Proposal to Make it Worthwhile to Answer

This might just be me, but over the past year I have noticed a huge increase in the amount of telemarketing, spam, and political (spam) calls I get. It is quite irritating when you're writing an article and a telemarketer calls, so you have to break your concentration to answer the phone. In this article, I will talk about telemarketing, and an idea I've had to make it less irritating.

I'm sure we all remember a time when every now and then you'd get a call from a salesperson, who actually pretends to care about you to attempt to sell you a product. Yes, they solicited, but they were at least respectful in only calling every now and then, and they didn't just attempt to "rob" you of your money. Now, almost every phone call is a robot, and we get them (if you're anything like me) 5 - 10 times a day. First of all, if a phone call is obviously a robot, I hang up immediately. If I'm not sure if it's a real person or not, I do what I call the cough test. I cough into the phone to see if they even hesitate or stop. If they seem unfazed, I hang up immediately. Lastly, when the planets align and a real person calls, I give them thirty seconds. If within that time they say something I dislike, or I decide their product/topic does not interest me I say please take us off your list.

But, this process is exasperating. I was trying to think of a good way to either A. Incentivize myself to listen, or B. Incentivize them not to call. I thought of a way to do both that may involve cryptocurrency. What if you could set up your phone so for outside numbers to call, they had to pay you a preset fee for your time. Of course, you should be able to set up a whitelist so people you know and like can call you for free. At that point, you could set your fees so either A. A company won't profit by calling, or B. You profit by them calling.

Thanks for reading this! This was a rant, and a proposal.

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