There's only one thing more irritating to me than telemarketers - it's telemarketers from halfway around the world. Oh wait, there's one more thing even more annoying - it's when they harrass me by calling two or three more times after I have said, "Not interested, thanks," basically the least amount of talking I can do to avoid eating up my minutes, which would essentially mean paying for telemarketers to tear into my day and irritate me.

And when did it become okay to flagrantly dismiss the Do not Call Registry? Suddenly, every lead generation company with leads to sell has found me on Active Rain and wants to call me - without any idea of how to read a script to make it seem like he's actually talking - and sell me something!

Puh-leeze. Leave me alone. We don't have "a business relationship."

And I will report you to the registry. In fact, I just did. I don't care if you live halfway around the world. If you're calling a US number and selling to a US person, you better obey the rules.