Telemarketers

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  • Brain of J.Lo
    Brain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    long red wrote:
    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!

    Yeah, it's a job...but it's one that allows people to intrude on my personal time at home. If I want to buy a service, I will call you. Not the other way around. (Not speaking directly to you, long red, but rather the companies that employ these practices.)
  • upina2001
    upina2001 Indiana Posts: 764
    long red wrote:
    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!


    For some reason, the general public doesnt realize that being mean to telemarketors only means they will call you back.

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  • orig_long red
    orig_long red Posts: 2,029
    upina2001 wrote:
    For some reason, the general public doesnt realize that being mean to telemarketors only means they will call you back.

    ya see, the general public is stupid.
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  • genie
    genie Posts: 2,222
    long red wrote:
    newspaper subscriptions for crappy local long island newspapers.

    and you'd be surprised how many morons buy this junk.

    my, my is that how you sell your products :D so do you go "Hello is this Mr. Moron, how are you today sir?" :D

    i would really love to one day hear my dad talk with those people because he doesn't understand English very well, so it would be hilarious to hear him extend the conversation for hours and then to just say no.


    but the little kid idea is genius! :)
  • Brain of J.Lo
    Brain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    upina2001 wrote:
    For some reason, the general public doesnt realize that being mean to telemarketors only means they will call you back.

    My baby doesn't mind. She likes talking on the phone. :)
  • orig_long red
    orig_long red Posts: 2,029
    genie wrote:
    my, my is that how you sell your products :D so do you go "Hello is this Mr. Moron, how are you today sir?" :D

    i would really love to one day hear my dad talk with those people because he doesn't understand English very well, so it would be hilarious to hear him extend the conversation for hours and then to just say no.


    but the little kid idea is genius! :)


    oh its great when the other person doesnt speak english. i'm very upfront about it..."Do you speak English?" I hang up if there is any pause or stutter. Next call.
    Jam out with your clam out.
  • genie
    genie Posts: 2,222
    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
  • genie
    genie Posts: 2,222
    long red wrote:
    oh its great when the other person doesnt speak english. i'm very upfront about it..."Do you speak English?" I hang up if there is any pause or stutter. Next call.

    hehe, how rude, everyone should be treated equally :D i will tell my dad to trace your call and tell everyone you're racist :D
  • orig_long red
    orig_long red Posts: 2,029
    genie wrote:
    however mad i may be at those people i must say i've never swore at them, and always said no i'm not interesting, 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 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."
    Jam out with your clam out.
  • sennin
    sennin Posts: 2,146
    I thought this thread was going to be about skiing. :p
  • genie
    genie Posts: 2,222
    long red wrote:
    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."

    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?
  • mookie9999
    mookie9999 Posts: 4,677
    long red wrote:
    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"

    "What's your name?"

    "FUCK YOU! THAT"S MY NAME!"
  • MattCameronKicksButt
    MattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    long red wrote:
    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.
  • genie
    genie Posts: 2,222
    MattCameronKicksButt wrote:
    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 :D
  • orig_long red
    orig_long red Posts: 2,029
    genie wrote:
    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.
    Jam out with your clam out.
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    genie wrote:
    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 :)
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  • genie
    genie Posts: 2,222
    long red wrote:
    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 :D don't know why, my friends told me she was getting rid of her tension ;):D

    i personally would not do this job even if the offer is good, it'll be like going against my morals
  • genie
    genie Posts: 2,222
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    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 think so too, a well deserved one!
  • BlackCorduroy
    BlackCorduroy Posts: 1,374
    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.
  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    gobrowns19 wrote:
    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.
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