Every minute they spend talking with you, a savvy Bernie supporter who cannot be fooled, is a minute they are NOT on the phone with a more vulnerable voter.
I used to work for a phone survey place in Montana. It was one of the only jobs available. It paid terribly, treated its workers terribly, and was basically the 9th circle of Hell. I had to do a couple of push polls during election season in state/local campaigns, even though I knew what push polls were and hated having to do it. Keep in mind that most of these people are in the same boat. They are almost certainly not volunteers for Hillary, they are just poor people trying to make a buck. What they're doing is frustrating, but be nice. If they want to eat, they have to make those calls, and they aren't told who is really commissioning the push poll. If anything, it's your chance to try and educate them about Bernie, and keeping them off the phone with someone less discerning.
Another tip: if you don't answer their questions according to what is on screen, they can't file that answer, and eventually your survey goes in the digital dumpster. Instead, as long as there's a "yes, I would still vote for Bernie" option, just give that. If you try to deviate them from the script a lot, and are successful, someone in QC could be listening and it can get them fired. Please don't do that. Just give the pro-Bernie answers. I know the whole point of the push poll is not the results, just the act itself, but those results will actually still get compiled and make it back to Hillary HQ. The best way to show them where to stick it is to just answer positively for Bernie no matter how sleazy the question.
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