telemarketers annoyed I'm not quite sure why these people exist. I mean really. 021216 ... SuicidalAngel Because they make good money 021216 ... Rhin yes, but how can they possibly sleep at night? 021216 ... minnesota_chris telemarketers don't come from a country called Telemarkia... it's poor people that get jobs as telemarketers... they're not really worthless individuals, just poor and exploited... I've come to believe that they don't want to give the spiel any more than I want to listen to it. I turn on the radio to something fun and put the phone in front of the speaker, until I can hear the beep beep beep hangup sound. 021216 ... silentbob i can't tell you how many times i wished that the person would just put their phone up to the simpsons and just let me listen. it's not like telemarketers are eating your babies. it's not like telemarketers really believe in the product they're selling and sometimes telemarketers don't have to worry about how much they sell, because they get paid anyway. sometimes betsy would turn to me as i was making very serious faces on the phone and as i asked the person i was SUPPOSED to be giving a survey to, "So who do you think is at fault? the media or the preists?" i didn't care where the conversation went if sidetracked. next time a telemarketer calls you, if you get the opportunity to interrupt just change the subject and have amusing conversations with them. it will make their day 40% more interesting 021216 ... Strideo my friend Tom is a bill collector. he says hates his job. he has to call people and ask for the money they owe his agency. he would get another job, but he doesn't really have any other job skills. he wouldn't make as much money. i'm sure if he really tried he could find something but it's not easy. he complains about the people he talks to. i think his job stresses him out. . 021216 ... Strideo I also know a guy who worked as a telemarketer for about two weeks. it's funny, he says they where selling blueprints for bird houses. i wonder how many people actually bought those! . 021216 ... minnesota_chris tomorrow I'm going to start working at a chocolate truffle making company. It's so ridiculous. All my jobs have been ridiculous and short term. I love it. 021216 ... Strideo on that note I must shout: !Chocolate Milk! . 021216 ... SuicidalAngel See also: Telemarketing I think thats it No actually it employes most college students, elderly and handicaped. Where I worked they employed over 300 people and the majority were people my age. Not often can you find a job that pays well above minimum wage, and also doesn't require a degree. You read a screen, fuck with people's heads, laugh, hang up, go home, get paid. It's really quite easy sleeping at night. The only reason I didn't go back is because I got sick of it being so repeditive. It really isn't that hard to hang up on telemarketers, say "no thanks" or put yourself on a "do not call list" 021216 ... Strideo Behold! Telemarkia! The nation of telemarketers! The is no traffic because they are all telecommuting to their telebusinesses. If you want somthing just pick up the phone, or wait for someone to call you and try to sell it to you. . 021220 ... p2 telemarkia how interesting... "hi, i'm a telemarketer and i'd like to sell you something" "really? what a coincidence, i'm a telemarketer too!" "well, i'm selling these new and improved hooziwutzers to afford christmas gifts for my family" "i'm selling state of the art jangalafurs to afford christmas gifts for *my* family" "hmmm" "yeah" "ok, how about you buy some hooziwutzers for your family's christmas gifts and i buy some jangalafurs for mine" "deal!" 021220 ... p2 christmas day: "merry christmas dear!" "merry christmas!" "hey, you got me a jangalafur!" "hey, you got me a hooziwutzer!" "hmmm" "yeah" 021220 ... Strideo cool . 021220 ... p2 the day after: "hello?" "hey, i was just thinking about our christmas mix up" "and?" "do you think we're having trouble communicating?" "yeah, we should see a marriage therapist or something" "that's a good idea... and while i have you on the line, have you heard about the jangalafur plus?" 021220 ... silentbob today a telemarketer told me "For more information press one" i didn't press one and just waited to see what would happen. a dial tone shortly followed. 021220 ... accidentprone words are not enough. 030707 ... silentbob if you find yourself becoming angry because someone is calling you, for the sole purpose of selling something, i feel you must have unresolved anger management issues. Do you also become angry when commercials come on the tv, or when jehovah's witnesses come to your door? or ads in fall out of magazines en masse. phyisically, emotionally, angry. i mean, yeah its annoying, but it seriously isn't worth screaming at a stranger for. 030708 ... ferret i like to say "no, this is not the responsible adult of the house, let me go get him" and then just leave the phone there until they hang up 030708 ... silentbob someone once said if you put them on hold long enough it will jack up their phone bills and they will go out of business i worked at mci. you're required to keep everyone on the phone for at least three minutes. it doesn't jack up the phone bill, it doesn't put them out of business. if someone puts you on hold its a godsend cuz you can make excuses and say youre waiting and that means you dont have to do anything for a few minutes. 030709 ... minnesota_chris I've had two telemarketers call today. Both were black. The first one I hung up on. The second just called, I said "Hold on a sec" and I put the phone in front of the local black music radio station. After a few minutes I checked in, he was still there. So now he's listening to Jamiroquai's "Canned Heat". 041227 ... Strideo For some reason they keep calling my workplace. I usually just tell them they need to talk to some one at the corporate office because I don't make financial decisions for the company or I say "I'm sorry, can you excuse me please" and hang up on them. The hard part can be interupting the scripted spiel that they often do at the begining of the call. ... 061003 what's it to you? who go blather from