pjgeer's Journal: "I hate telemarketers, don't you?"

When I don't want to be bothered, I turn the telephone ringer off. When I pick up the phone to make a call, the handset alerts me to any voicemail messages. I then skim my voicemail, which sometimes eliminates the need to call. After I call I'll turn the ringer on, if I feel like it. I do not own exclusive rights to the 10-digit number sequence that is my telephone number. But the handset is mine, and I will choose whether to answer it or not. I set my boundaries-- I choose when I will talk and when I will listen. It is not selfish, it is my responsibility. No one else is responsible for my behaviour, so with my own property I will act as I see fit. To not understand this is to ultimately require counseling.