Telemarketing

  

"Hi, could I speak to Ramon, please?"

"Sorry, wrong number."

"Oh, well maybe you'd be interested. I'm calling from Colandar World, where all of your wildest pasta draining fantasies come true. I want to talk to you today about the ColandarMax 4000, which represents the newest, greatest breakthrough in straining technology. It will literally suck the pasta water right off your noodles, leaving them totally dry and flavorless, just the way you like them. So...how many should I put you down for? 100? 200? Maybe you'd just like to buy the company?"

You know these guys. They call you at least five times a day. You don't know them, nor do you want to. They exist somewhere between ambulance-chasing lawyers and collection agents on the "Most Hated Professions" list.

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