I just got a call from the Yale Alumni Fund. She started by apologizing "for your last name", so I said "it's a perfectly good last name, there's no need for you to apologize." Then she clarified, and I told her she'd done about average on the pronunciation.

I told her I can't afford to donate, and she said "a member of your class has challenged..." I told her that if said member offered me a job, I might reconsider, but until then rent and health insurance are higher priorities. She said something about "only $25", and I explained that that's real money to someone without a job, which she should understand, given what they were paying her. At that point she said she understood, and I said "good night" and hung up.
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I have turned more than one salesperson away from my door with "I'm afraid you're wasting your time, I'm unemployed."

It works.
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