The furore started with Timesjob on 26th February 2011. The telemarketer was giving a missed call continuously on my mobile number. The following was reported to the cellular operator too.

Number: 91 120 6189290
Call Times: 1500 to 1530 hours
Call Dates: 26th, 27th 28th Feb 2011 and 1st Feb 2011.
The Timesjob also seems to have another form of reputation that if the callee does not respond and dance to their tunes they shout at them in a brink of hysteria. See this URL. I have also captured a screenshot of this post for a quick and ready reference.
And when I reported the same to Timesjob team some one again called two days later. He had a broken language besides the fact that whilst initially he defended that the call was not made from them but agreed that it was indeed a telemarketing call from them but tried to ‘cover’ it as a ‘robo call’ (automatic call). This incident comes close to our discussion on ‘Telemarketing Disturbances and Treatment by FCC‘. But he lacked the courtesy and just banged the call and ran away. I took a diligent proactive stand to bring this also to the attention of TimesJob. Today morning I got a funny email from Timesjob with a third dimension added to the problem meaning the phone number and account details belong to a different customer and ‘soliciting’ my details (perhaps in a fresh endeavor to start another telemarketing session?).
I chose to go the way of our ‘British Telecom’ hero and hence drafted an affectionate love letter to them advising them on the demerits of unsolicited telemarketing besides explaining my stand towards unsolicited calls. I know the descriptive love letter I flirted to them might be an ‘A-certified’ comedy but it is a humble endeavor and a maiden venture to beat the records of our BT hero. Wish me!!!! Parallely the other inspiration for sounding little harsh was the Saami tamil movie where in the climax Vikram would say to Perumal Pichai that ‘He knows to create, preserve and destroy. There is no need for ethical tolerant behavior to the ever-continuing incessant trouble and these truants need a pat back on their arse for them being an acute PITA’. A complete conversation thread has been enclosed below for viewing pleasure:
I have also attached the snapshot in a video along with the climax dialog of ‘Saami’ movie here.
‘Saamy‘ style: where he would get an offending MLA booked by taking the help of a call girl because the rogue had support of top brass cops and hence only using such a trick he could be taken to task for his mis-doings.
‘LD‘ style: Do not get disturbed by such pranksters. Turn them into hilarity and make the world smile. A lot of people have different types of stress and we can make use of these skunks to relieve them of their stress.
I think TRAI should tighten the noose on the telemarketers and cellular operators further in order to control this telemarketing menace which is increasing at an alarming proposition and proportion.
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