i always try to be extra nice, no matter how shitty the other person is.
Me: "Hi I'm calling from blah blah blah..."
Them: "Do you know what time it is? We're eating! How dare you bother me at home! I'm helping little Timmy with his homework you fucking jerk!"
Me: "Okay well you have yourself a great night, bye bye."
You could make a fortune in real estate on Long Island with your skills!! When I first got into the business I took a class which relied heavily on cold calling people to see if they wanted to sell their house. I fucking hated it, definitely not my comfort level. But, I must admit it worked, well. This was on LI.
"The leads are weak!"
"The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"
yea i love when people are dicks. those are the ones i call repeatedly.
if you're nice and just say "no, thank you," then i'll leave you alone.
all i ask is that u non-telemarketers realize that this is a job, not a career.
be nice!
That's what I do but everyone comes off worse. I always say the wrong thing. I'm polite but after 10 minutes of someone talking at me, I then say no, I'm not interested. Sales people must hate me! HAHAHA.
That's what I do but everyone comes off worse. I always say the wrong thing. I'm polite but after 10 minutes of someone talking at me, I then say no, I'm not interested. Sales people must hate me! HAHAHA.
you give them 10 minutes!!! :eek: hehe, if they hate you then they must want to kill me
can i ask you, does numb you? so if someone outside work swears at you do you stress less over it?
or because of your job do you get more wound up?
after a long night of dealing with jerks, i'm usually in a pretty rotten mood. but that only lasts as long as my drive home. once i'm not there, u could tell me that i'm a telemarketer, and i'd be like, "what?"
i'm only thinking about it now because i have to leave for work in about 20 minutes.
however mad i may be at those people i must say i've never swore at them, and always said no i'm not interested, but when i do say i always cut them and then don't wait for them to say bye
there was once where i was in a really shitty mood and i just put the phone down on a guy and then he called me again, so as soon as i picked up the phone i cut him off again
I only ever swore once and that's because the guy called me up 10 seconds after I politely told him I wasn't interested. I tried the polite thing and he kept wasting my time so I feel I was justified in telling him to piss off
"I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
after a long night of dealing with jerks, i'm usually in a pretty rotten mood. but that only lasts as long as my drive home. once i'm not there, u could tell me that i'm a telemarketer, and i'd be like, "what?"
i'm only thinking about it now because i have to leave for work in about 20 minutes.
i see. i worked with this telesales woman once, and even slight little thing used to piss her off about people on the other line, she used to always moan to me about them, she was too stressed, and kept dissappearing to the toilet for a long time don't know why, my friends told me she was getting rid of her tension
i personally would not do this job even if the offer is good, it'll be like going against my morals
I only ever swore once and that's because the guy called me up 10 seconds after I politely told him I wasn't interested. I tried the polite thing and he kept wasting my time so I feel I was justified in telling him to piss off
I was a telemarketer for about a week and a half. I desperately needed extra money and the pay was good. I was one of those people that claims you "were selected" for free plane tickets. THen you have to go take a tour and hopefully buy time share.
Anyway, the job was hell. I sucked at it. More than once I would call and an old man would answer the phone-
me- "hello this is Lindsay, is Jane there?"
man- "who is this?"
me- "I'm calling from InnSeason resorts, I have some great news!.. based on Jane's entry form we selected her for free plane tickets!"
man- "..she passed 3 months ago"
I think I almost cried, I felt so bad. I quit that job very fast.
Lol, just say hello a few times then a recording comes on.
I say hello once wait a couple second then hang up. I suppose the they figure the easy targets will say hello a few times, because whenever I have, some stooge comes on if I say hello a bunch of times.
I tried telemarketing thing back in highschool for an hour and ended up just calling my friends, then told them to stick it.
I've had some people get the nerve to call me after 9pm. I also think they run automated dialers to scavenge legit tel #'s
A wasted life form I think. If you want to sell, go do retail or something actual instead of intruding on peoples personal lives, or work at a call center as a support tech for something, or selling pizza's
That's my take.
Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
I say hello once wait a couple second then hang up. I suppose the they figure the easy targets will say hello a few times, because whenever I have, some stooge comes on if I say hello a bunch of times.
I tried telemarketing thing back in highschool for an hour and ended up just calling my friends, then told them to stick it.
I've had some people get the nerve to call me after 9pm. I also think they run automated dialers to scavenge legit tel #'s
A wasted life form I think. If you want to sell, go do retail or something actual instead of intruding on peoples personal lives, or work at a call center as a support tech for something, or selling pizza's
That's my take.
Well, firstly, it's machine operated. The voice doesn't kick in for a few minutes. That's why it takes a while to hear a human voice. (The machine dials random nmbers for the salesman).
Secondly, I take offense at you calling salesman a wasted life form. :( There's a skill to it, you know.
I was a telemarketer for about a week and a half. I desperately needed extra money and the pay was good. I was one of those people that claims you "were selected" for free plane tickets. THen you have to go take a tour and hopefully buy time share.
Anyway, the job was hell. I sucked at it. More than once I would call and an old man would answer the phone-
me- "hello this is Lindsay, is Jane there?"
man- "who is this?"
me- "I'm calling from InnSeason resorts, I have some great news!.. based on Jane's entry form we selected her for free plane tickets!"
man- "..she passed 3 months ago"
I think I almost cried, I felt so bad. I quit that job very fast.
I've never done it, but it seems like a shit job. It'd be easy to say, "Nobody ever buys that stuff," but some assholes are buying it or the telemarketing companies wouldn't pay other assholes to make those calls. And please, I'm not calling the individual telemarketers assholes, though I'm sure some are. I mean the collective asshole of the whole telemarketing thing. I can't imagine what it must be like to be almost universally scorned for doing a job. Abortion doctors in Utah think telemarketers have it bad. I've got a marketing suggestion to improve the image of the industry: "Telemarketers -- At least they're not tow-truck drivers." Two truck driver -- now that's a shitty and hated job.
"Almost all those politicians took money from Enron, and there they are holding hearings. That's like O.J. Simpson getting in the Rae Carruth jury pool." -- Charles Barkley
I've never done it, but it seems like a shit job. It'd be easy to say, "Nobody ever buys that stuff," but some assholes are buying it or the telemarketing companies wouldn't pay other assholes to make those calls. And please, I'm not calling the individual telemarketers assholes, though I'm sure some are. I mean the collective asshole of the whole telemarketing thing. I can't imagine what it must be like to be almost universally scorned for doing a job. Abortion doctors in Utah think telemarketers have it bad. I've got a marketing suggestion to improve the image of the industry: "Telemarketers -- At least they're not tow-truck drivers." Two truck driver -- now that's a shitty and hated job.
nothing wrong with doing abortion, those doctors help people and society as a whole.
tow truck drivers? i wouldn't hate them, they've got a reason to tow away the car.
yea i love when people are dicks. those are the ones i call repeatedly.
if you're nice and just say "no, thank you," then i'll leave you alone.
all i ask is that u non-telemarketers realize that this is a job, not a career.
be nice!
See, this is why no one is nice to telemarketers. You leave people alone when they say 'no thanks', but no one says 'no thanks' because the 50 telemarketer calls that got there before you don't leave you alone when you say 'no thanks'.
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can i ask you, does numb you? so if someone outside work swears at you do you stress less over it?
or because of your job do you get more wound up?
You could make a fortune in real estate on Long Island with your skills!! When I first got into the business I took a class which relied heavily on cold calling people to see if they wanted to sell their house. I fucking hated it, definitely not my comfort level. But, I must admit it worked, well. This was on LI.
"The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"
"What's your name?"
"FUCK YOU! THAT"S MY NAME!"
That's what I do but everyone comes off worse. I always say the wrong thing. I'm polite but after 10 minutes of someone talking at me, I then say no, I'm not interested. Sales people must hate me! HAHAHA.
you give them 10 minutes!!! :eek: hehe, if they hate you then they must want to kill me
after a long night of dealing with jerks, i'm usually in a pretty rotten mood. but that only lasts as long as my drive home. once i'm not there, u could tell me that i'm a telemarketer, and i'd be like, "what?"
i'm only thinking about it now because i have to leave for work in about 20 minutes.
i see. i worked with this telesales woman once, and even slight little thing used to piss her off about people on the other line, she used to always moan to me about them, she was too stressed, and kept dissappearing to the toilet for a long time
i personally would not do this job even if the offer is good, it'll be like going against my morals
i think so too, a well deserved one!
Anyway, the job was hell. I sucked at it. More than once I would call and an old man would answer the phone-
me- "hello this is Lindsay, is Jane there?"
man- "who is this?"
me- "I'm calling from InnSeason resorts, I have some great news!.. based on Jane's entry form we selected her for free plane tickets!"
man- "..she passed 3 months ago"
I think I almost cried, I felt so bad. I quit that job very fast.
I say hello once wait a couple second then hang up. I suppose the they figure the easy targets will say hello a few times, because whenever I have, some stooge comes on if I say hello a bunch of times.
I tried telemarketing thing back in highschool for an hour and ended up just calling my friends, then told them to stick it.
I've had some people get the nerve to call me after 9pm. I also think they run automated dialers to scavenge legit tel #'s
A wasted life form I think. If you want to sell, go do retail or something actual instead of intruding on peoples personal lives, or work at a call center as a support tech for something, or selling pizza's
That's my take.
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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Well, firstly, it's machine operated. The voice doesn't kick in for a few minutes. That's why it takes a while to hear a human voice. (The machine dials random nmbers for the salesman).
Secondly, I take offense at you calling salesman a wasted life form. :( There's a skill to it, you know.
:( :(
nothing wrong with doing abortion, those doctors help people and society as a whole.
tow truck drivers? i wouldn't hate them, they've got a reason to tow away the car.
Jerry: Yes (hangs up)
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