Comments on: Choice is not an option. https://habitablezone.com/2014/11/19/choice-is-not-an-option/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:41:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: hank https://habitablezone.com/2014/11/19/choice-is-not-an-option/#comment-32076 hank Thu, 20 Nov 2014 02:40:13 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=48171#comment-32076 I think it was a pitch for contributions, and an ad disguised as a survey is legal for calling someone on the do-not-call list. (You would not believe the blatant marketing spam I get, dressed up in "survey" livery.) As soon as they realized they weren't getting any cash out of me, they went away to prey on someone else. I just hope they deleted me from their call list, or don't sell my number to somebody else. Next time, I'll be ready. I have an effective defense for this particular kind of home invasion. I think it was a pitch for contributions, and an ad disguised as a survey is legal for calling someone on the do-not-call list. (You would not believe the blatant marketing spam I get, dressed up in “survey” livery.) As soon as they realized they weren’t getting any cash out of me, they went away to prey on someone else. I just hope they deleted me from their call list, or don’t sell my number to somebody else.

Next time, I’ll be ready. I have an effective defense for this particular kind of home invasion.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2014/11/19/choice-is-not-an-option/#comment-32075 TB Wed, 19 Nov 2014 21:10:27 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=48171#comment-32075 <p>Might have been a survey on the opinions of pro-lifers.</p> I have had survey calls where I answered the first question and they stopped at that point. Sometimes I'm not the right age, or the right political party. Or was a homeowner when they want to survey renters, or in some other way disqualified from the specific group they're polling. Might have been a survey on the opinions of pro-lifers.

I have had survey calls where I answered the first question and they stopped at that point. Sometimes I’m not the right age, or the right political party. Or was a homeowner when they want to survey renters, or in some other way disqualified from the specific group they’re polling.

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