It’s no secret that I pretty much hate telephone calls from anyone but family and friends. There are of course exceptions, doctor’s offices confirming appointments, employers, someone advising you that you won the lottery — that kind of thing. Although I dislike receiving calls from those political pollsters, I don’t dislike them as much as [...]

I didn’t realize how annoying unwanted calls are until I was accustomed to getting almost none of them since I signed onto the “Do Not Call” list a few years ago. It was so quiet for quite a while. This year my “friends” at CitiMortgage were most likely to blame for a bunch of telemarketing [...]