im a bit of a people pleaser and i mean this to the extent that i feel bad hanging up on cold callers abruptly
however if you dare call me from a business and i can hear other people in the background in the call centre or hear the wind down the line or just find it hard to understand you because of network connection i am hanging up and i am not sorry
even for cold callers this is extremely unprofessional
Many cold callers are actually working from home, with the background noise of a call centre being added to the call in order to make it seem as if they're phoning from a big organisation.
My phone doesn't ring if the number isn't in my contacts unless they verbally identify themselves. Cold callers never do.
I think cold calling is incredibly rude practice - interrupting me in my own home, in my personal time, to flog stuff I don't want.