Lived Through This
Being a Telemarketer Saved My Life
Cold-calling 800 people a day gives you a rare window into human nature
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13 min readMar 4, 2020
It’s 6:00 a.m. and you’re eating breakfast. Your phone emits a sudden, cruel cacophony and begins dancing across your kitchen table. When you grab the phone to see who’s calling, you don’t recognize the number. You hesitate.