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Rudely Hanging Up On An Opinion Pollster
I want to do better and be kinder next time in a world of unsolicited calls
The other day, I received a call I thought was spam. But fifteen seconds in, I learned it was from an opinion pollster asking about my political opinions. I was in a rush and did not have that much time, but for a long time, I was interested in the industry of polling and how pollsters do what they do and get their results on national opinion and the pulse of the country.
I thought it was going to be interesting, and I thought was going to be asked about national politics, and what I thought about Trump, Democrats, the state of the country, and more. I was open to being polled, which is why I stayed on the phone and entertained the conversation.
The pollster asked me what I thought about a random county executive race I had never heard about before. Logically, this county executive position likely impacted my life just as much, if not more, than the presidency, but I just was not very interested. They asked me questions about the candidates running for the race, only one of whom I’d heard of before from seeing his name in the news. I told the person various times I was not interested and wanted to hang up, only for her to tell me we were “almost done” despite being nothing close to being done. This…
