>I have an easy way to get rid of them without being rude. I just ask how much they're paying participants. Works every time.
A friend of mine (living in Canada) just ask them for their home phone.
And on the question "Why?"
he answered: "You call me in home, right? I'll will answer when you get back home and sit for a dinner" that also works every time :-)
Against Stupidity the Gods themselves Contend in Vain - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
The only thing normal about database guys is their tables.