January 17, 2006

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A Reader Is Receiving Irritating Telemarketing Calls in Spanish

From: Eric Kessler

Here's something that I wonder whether other VDARE readers have encountered: telemarketing calls in Spanish. 

I recently received such a call from someone who asked for me by name.  Since I don't have a Hispanic name, I see no reason why I should be targeted by Spanish-speaking telemarketers. 

I said to the caller, "Please speak English," but she continued to speak to me in Spanish.  I said, "I want to speak to someone who speaks English," but she persisted in Spanish so I hung up.  Now, when I get telemarketing calls in Spanish that ask for me by name, I simply hang up.

I wonder, if I were to say to them, in English, "Please put me on your Do-Not-Call list," and they continued to call (presumably because they can't understand English), whether they could be held liable under federal law or whether I have to learn how to say, "Please put me on your Do-Not-Call list" in Spanish (or in whatever language the telemarketer calls in) in order to trigger the federal law. 

Perhaps I should simply learn profanity in Spanish to use next time they call.