It's the sort of job one should do badly then quit.

I think that's easy to say when you have other options -- education, for instance. Most people working crap jobs aren't doing it because they like it but because they have no other options. You are right that telemarketing is predatory, but I think the people who should be taken to task aren't the saps doing it but the people in charge of the whole operation. I mean, really, what point does it serve to give some woman on the phone a hard time. It's like being at a protest and yelling in the faces of cops just for being there -- it does nothing but make the yeller feel good about his or her self. I'm not saying that the latest robo-calls should be legal, but I also don't think it's all that big of someone to go out of their way and punch in the number as directed just to hassle a live person. If you've got caller ID, don't pick up the phone; if you don't, just hang up.