[header] How to politely deal with telemarketers [title] Prepare yourself before answering the phone call. [step] If you have caller id, you may know that a telemarketer is calling before you pick up. If that's the case, try to be as polite as possible right from the start. 
If you know you can't, just don't answer. [substeps] Although it might be tempting to simply ignore the call or to answer and hang up quickly, that is not how you should handle telemarketing calls.