Asshole-ish and Stupid Customers at your job

I work at a charity, as a sort of telephone solicitor. I call people and ask them if they want to get rid of any old clothes or household items they might have. If they say yes, the driver picks them up on a certain day, the items are sold, we get money, everyone is happy.

Lots of people are happy to help out. It's for a good cause, after all. (To help people who suffer from Cerebral Palsy) But of course, there is a good number of people who are NOT happy (at all) and think they're the mighty kings of the world. ANYONE who calls them is inherently evil and wants to kill their children and drink their blood.

It pisses me off when people respond with "I'm eating dinner right now!" Oh I'm sorry, it's kind of hard to keep up with 100,000 different dinner times, seeing as how people eat dinner at any time from 4 pm to 8 pm. If you're eating dinner, and picking up the phone bothers you, then why the hell are you picking it up? Please use your brain; other people aren't going to use it for you.

Sometimes people say "Oh you called me so many times this morning!" when we only call once in the morning. If I ask them if they know for sure it was us, they usually don't have a clue. If that's the case, then why did you mention it?

Just today, this person tells my coworker "Oh you called me at 9:30 pm last night!" Which is funny, because we close at 8:30 pm. Of course we called at 9:30. We also called at 1 am, 3 am, 5:59 am and 6 am just to piss you off. Seriously.

In the end, I realize that whether you're a telemarketer or not, people will get pissed off when you call them, but a "no thanks" is a good enough response. Hell, hang up in my face and quit wasting my time with stupidity. Thank you.

Jam it back in, in the dark.