You can say no to a telemarketer or request more time to consider your donation.

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Among Granirer's routines is a feigned phone conversation in which he unsettles a smarmy telemarketer.

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"Caller ID was blocked, so at first I thought it was a telemarketer, " his message joked.

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In later years, she took a variety of jobs - including drug and alcohol counsellor, telemarketer and estate agent.

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The first years as a telemarketer were slow, but Shigeta was laying plans.

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With the rise of television and Internet marketing, door-to-door sales jobs contracted by 40% in the last five years for which data is available, and telemarketer positions declined by 25%.

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