call me on my land line (which I maintain but seldom use) or they like to jog my elbow when I’m busy. If I’m in the bathtub or busy with a project I can’t put down, I won’t drop everything just to answer a junk call.
When I do answer a pollster, I seldom make them happy. If I agree to answer polling questions that are “only supposed to last a couple of minutes,” 
and then drag on past five minutes or more, I lose patience and hang up. Be honest and up front. Play it straight and I’ll co-operate. Lie to to me and I turn instantly hostile.
I may be an outlier, but my deference and patience only goes so far. Pollsters and junk callers are uninvited guests infringing on my time: they have no reason to expect me to pull out the welcome wagon and serve them the fatted calf. If that messes up their sample, that’s. (Expletive adverb) darn bad.
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