Do You Talk To Telemarketers Or Do You Hang Up On Them?

I get really frustrated at this time of year because it seems the phone rings constantly. The onset of spring brings out all the companies that want to sell me lawn care, duct cleaning, carpet cleaning, doors, windows, driveway paving and even frozen food for the grill... the list just goes on and on. OH! and the donations folks all call at this time too, it seems, so I've got the firemen, the Shriners, the oldtimer's hockey association and a few others, on top of the service companies. I've gotten to the point that I screen all my calls now. If it's not a number I recognize, it goes to voicemail, simple as that. I am never rude, to the best of my ability, but if I say "no thank you, I'm not interested" and the telemarketer persists as though I've said nothing at all, I will repeat "no thank you" and hang up.