Carol Park of Vancouver and her husband, Jim, receive about four calls per day from people who mistakenly think they are a telemarketing firm due to its similar phone number. “It just kind of drives you insane,” she said. The Parks hope the new 10-digit dialing rule will help. Alisha Jucevic/The Columbian
Your dinner was interrupted by a telemarketer? The Park family sympathizes, but they shouldn’t.
For the better part of a year, Carol and Jim Park, who live near the Vancouver-Camas border, have fielded irate phone calls from people who mistakenly think they’re redialing a telemarketer to give them a piece of their mind.
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