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I was just called up by some sales representative of the Seamen's Church of Norway. They wanted a shitload of cash for handicap ramps because they allegedly had to "carry the handicapped into their churches" otherwise. What a bunch of jerkoffs. Here you can complain about telemarketers and how lame they are. OFFICIAL THREAD. |
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They are 8.9 PFS lame. People who opens threads at XLT about it are however 9.3 PFS lame. |
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you're a fag, shut up, move on. |
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sorry, that was anger residue. promise. |
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Forgiven |
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yeah, they're an awful pest. I used to wind them up and give them a generally awful experience.. I'd precede the whole thing with "listen i know this is your job, but you know how bloody annoying it is for us do-gooders?" and they'd be like "well sir i'm only here to let you know of the savings you could experience if you switched your phone line back to Eircom" at which point i'd snap into character.. my favourites were to: 1) scream a lot, roar awful words like "RAPE" or "MURDER" 2) tell them my life story, beginning with "well, i was born in ...", as if they'd asked me about it 3) go through the whole process, ask them about everything they brought up, keep them on the phone for about 10 minutes while they blabber on and I ask single-word questions every now and again, before slamming the phone down as they're mid-sentence, explaining something completely mundane to me. ahhh, carefree childhood.. |
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"Slik som det er nå må vi bære de handicappede oppover trappene og inn i kirken." |
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i never had the guts to go mental on them. i feel like i've missed a vital part of life. i did prankcall a lot when i was younger, though. |
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if you have a little time to spare, you can really turn it to your advantage, and come away from the whole thing smiling and laughing, instead of coming away from it being really pissed off |
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it's much more fun than prank calling, trust me.. it's really quite a rush.. in order to be somewhat fair to them, you do need to tell them at the onset why you're doing it (eg regardless of whether or not it's their job, that you don't appreciate them calling you and being so intrusive, and that it's not necessarily anything personal) |
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One of my old housemates used to talk dirty to female telesales staff. My favoured response is to play along and pretend you're just going off to get paperwork, "Why yes, as it happens, my insurance is due for renewal this month. Who am I with currently? Give me five minutes, I just need to dig the paperwork out upstairs..." Come back ten minutes later, "Are you still there? Good. Sorry about that. I couldn't find them in my filing cabinet, but I've just realised where they are, won't be a minute." Then just leave the phone off the hook. It's amazing how long some of them stay on the line. I don't accept the excuse, "I'm just doing my job." That makes it sound like it's an unpleasent, but neccessary encounter, for example, when you're annoyed at the taxman, a policeman closing a road, a court official, etc. There is no need for telesales people. I wouldn't care if they were selling a Maserati for 50p. I wouldn't buy from one on principle. |
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I say no and hang up |
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Yes, there's no justification for it, but people need money to survive unfortunately, and there are lower levels than telesales that they stoop to in order to get it. I think if you act weird and spazzy, they get something out of it too, so you both go away from the experience smiling, which is something. I did that "leave the phone off the hook" thing a few times but always gave in to the urge to get back on the phone to them. One memorable time was when i picked the phone back up, there was no tone so they were still there, so I started to sing my best rendition of "Father and Son" (boyzone version) to them. they laughed. i laughed, told them, "don't call here again, you sheisty bastard" and hung up. |
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I do the same as DM. They probably just sit and laugh at the stupid twats wasting time 'winding them up'. Who's getting the last laugh? They are at least getting paid for the time wasted. In Ceri's case, the fact they don't hang up could just mean they have more respect and courtesy for their fellow humans. I know a couple of girls who work in telesales. They have babies to feed and at least they are trying to do it through work rather than just being another social benefit claimant and round by where I grew up there aren't a lot of jobs available other than in this sort of thing. |
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"the fact they don't hang up could just mean they have more respect and courtesy for their fellow humans." Possible, but I suspect that it has more to do with the fact that they are effectively being payed to sit and wait and it's a handy break for them. It's their company's time and money I take pleasure in wasting more than theirs. In a small way, it makes it that bit less profitable and hopefully brings us nearer to the day when it's just not an economical means of marketing. I agree with you about people who really are forced into it and that's why I could never bring myself to talk dirty to them (although it didn't stop me being amused when a friend would). |
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I once agreed to fill out this form about all this crap, because the marketer sounded kind of cute. I ended up sending a comic i did in as a reply instead. |
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As an addendum, I think I also don't respect them (and I suppose a lot of salesmen in general) because they'll say anything to get the sale. I was talking to one a few weeks back and they were trying to convince me that their plastic doors were "reinforced" and as strong as steel ones (I had asked if they did steel doors and they only sold plastic ones). DP: Quality! |
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i imitate sex sounds or animal sounds |
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next time i will try sex with animals sounds! "Rex! Stop that!" |
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I'm registered with the TPS. If any chancers do decide to ring, I simply mention this fact and they put the phone down immediately. Sorted. |
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I'd been meaning to do that, but thanks to your reminder have just done so. Any ones that ring through, I will ascertain the name of the business and then explain that I'm going to shop them to the TPS. |
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A colleague of mine has been a telemarketeer for a couple of years. I can tell you he's even more annoying in real life. |
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wind them up. pretend you are going deaf and repeatedly ask them to repeat everything they said until they hang up. or just make sheep noises down the phone. anything immature will do. |
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call center staff are rated on their average call time. people doing shit like redrum said he's done piss them off, but the only reason they dont hang up is that they think its genuine and might be able to get their sales pitch in somewhere to justify their call time. either that or they just don't give a shit. i worked in a call center for a while. people rang us, i.e not sales, and you still get you unfair share of cuntrags. personally if i get cold calls at work now i lead them on a bit and then just randomly hang up in the conversation. but like brisk said for personal numbers get on tps. if you get a cold call, let them know that they're breaking the law and they poo themselves. |
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my dad grew up in norway and when he realized it was a telemarketer he would start telling a big long inane story in norwegian. he wouldnt let them get a word in edgewise and just end up hanging up after a minute or so. also, saying whoever theyre looking for is dead and then sobbing into the phone is quite entertaining, altho i guess it could kind of mess with someone's head in the end. |
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wow thats cold. i dont remember it, but my dad said when he got a call, back when i was a wee nipper he would get me and my brother just to talk bollocks into the phone until they hung up. |
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it's different when people are calling you and you're in a call-centre. we're talkling about people calling you at home.. innit |
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yeah thats what i meant. i couldnt do sales. it was bad enough having to deal with cunts who wanted/needed to talk to you. i don't think i could cope with dealing with people who didnt want to talk. and telesales do wind me up. i dont do that anymore, i work in a pub and people ring up all the time trying to sell shit and tings. so its fun to give em a run around. |
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In a disputed study, female orgasm has been linked to education and income, with heterosexual women with post-secondary degrees more likely to reach orgasm than their less-educated counterparts. |
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i beg to differ. that sounds like made up rubbish talk |
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all the telemarketers we get round here nowadays are recordings anyway... |
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fuck me i fucking hate auto dialers. you cant even lose your temper with them. creepy as fuck. i fucking hate the things and the people who voice them are spineless |
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most of our telemarketers are from india. its weird. you dont really wanna be offensive cos you know how much effort they must have put in to call you. i'd one day like to try the seinfeld thing with the whole "im busy now, why dont you give me your home phone number and i'll call you later?". i_x_ten. a friend sent that paragraph over msn and i have no idea of its source. but perhaps scientists have proved something men can actually be proud of.. that most women not getting orgasms because they're too stupid. |
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Hey! My mother's an handicapped sailor, so I was offended by that post |
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