Things Some Publicists do That Really Piss Me Off

They want me to book their client on one of the shows I work with. But they don't seem to have a clue. Instead of helping me decide to schedule their guest, I don't just cause I don't want to deal with the publicist in the future.
Some of the things that get in the way of booking:

• Putting the press materials in an envelope that's almost impossible to open - If I gotta spend more time opening it than I'm gonna spend looking at the stuff inside - I'm not going to bother.
• Leaving me a voice mail that doesn't tell me anything about the guest - just that I have to call them cause I will love the guest. Nothing worse than unrequited love.
• Leaving me a message asking me to call back, and then calling a whole bunch of times because I haven't called them back yet - less than two hours after the initial message.
• Calling me on my cell phone - during my program. Besides the fact that I'm focussing on other things when the show is on the air - it just tells me this is not a pro.

These are just a few of the things publicists can do to hurt their cause. Other producers - feel free to weigh in with your own stories.

What the hell, if you're a publicist, feel free to weigh in with things producers do to give you the short end.