I just got telemarketed at work! - Page 2

Slartibartfast · 05-20-2004, 10:33 AM

Telemarketers read off a script. I found a script for anti-telemarketers to use.
If you have some spare time, you can waste their time!

The website also has lots of information to get off junkmail lists.

http://www.junkbusters.com/ht/en/script.html

vsp · 05-20-2004, 10:52 AM

Stolen response set #1:

* "Hi, I represent the Acme Widget Company. We're offering..."
* "Wait a second. Are you naked?"
* "Excuse me?"
* "Are you naked?"
* "No, I'm not. We..."
* "I'll only listen to your sales pitch if you're naked."
* "Sir, I don't think that..."
* "Do you want me to listen or not?"

Stolen response set #2:

* "Hi, I represent the Acme Widget Company. We're offering..."
* "Hey, I'll listen to your sales pitch, but could you do me a favor first?"
* "What's that?"
* "Could you talk to my plants for a minute?"
* "Excuse me?"
* "They're upset with me right now. Maybe you can talk some sense into them."
* "...Your PLANTS?"
* "Yeah. Tell them that they have well-shaped leaves and smell nice or something. Okay? Here's my row of begonias."
* "..."

DanaC · 05-20-2004, 11:48 AM

*coughs* speaking as an ex telemarketer ( or is that telemarketeer?) I gotta just say.....give these people a break. For you its a few minutes of annoyance for them its a day ( or evening) long drag of dialling peoples numbers watching the scoreboards, feel;ing the pressure getting sexually harrassed by the fieldreps( ok maybe they dont all but thats my experience) and threatened with dismissal if they cant meet their quotas......
is it too much trouble to just say

"Yeah, look I know you are just doing your job, but I dont have time for this right now/dont wish to hear about your services. Thanks for the call though."

Usually the people working those jobs are doing it because they havent any other options available to them which they can reasonably pursue. They are usually the members of an organisation who are treated the worst and have the fewest legal protections. They are also usually calling off canvass sheets which they have to trawl through again and again. Many of the jobs I had ( and they never last long) the managers were reluctant to "waste" new leads on you until you had thoroughly exhausted the canvass sheets you were working through. Consequently i made many calls which I knew to be stupid, knew would result in nothing but aggro but had to call because to do otherwise would have led to my sitting inactive with no calls to make and a supervisor explaining to me why I was no longer needed.

wolf · 05-20-2004, 01:34 PM

You could have turned to a more honorable profession, like prostitution, or murder for hire.

russotto · 05-20-2004, 01:36 PM

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Originally posted by DanaC
*coughs* speaking as an ex telemarketer ( or is that telemarketeer?) I gotta just say.....give these people a break.

Arm or leg?

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For you its a few minutes of annoyance for them its a day ( or evening) long drag of dialling peoples numbers watching the scoreboards,

What dialing? They've got automated predictive dialers which connect them to me after I pick up. Or, if they don't have enough drones, I get silence.

Quote:

is it too much trouble to just say

"Yeah, look I know you are just doing your job, but I dont have time for this right now/dont wish to hear about your services. Thanks for the call though."

Yes, it is. Particularly when I would have to say that many times a day and NOT get paid for it.

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Usually the people working those jobs are doing it because they havent any other options available to them which they can reasonably pursue.

Have you considered panhandling? Cuts the middleman right out.

Why should I be polite to someone whose job it is to annoy me, just because it is their job?

Happy Monkey · 05-20-2004, 01:38 PM

Every telemarketer fired is one more round of minimal training for the new hire, decreasing the profit to the company. Likewise for wasting the time of a telemarketer.

lumberjim · 05-20-2004, 01:43 PM

wow, a profession more disliked than mine
nice!

05-20-2004, 11:48 AM	#18
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	coughs speaking as an ex telemarketer ( or is that telemarketeer?) I gotta just say.....give these people a break. For you its a few minutes of annoyance for them its a day ( or evening) long drag of dialling peoples numbers watching the scoreboards, feel;ing the pressure getting sexually harrassed by the fieldreps( ok maybe they dont all but thats my experience) and threatened with dismissal if they cant meet their quotas...... is it too much trouble to just say "Yeah, look I know you are just doing your job, but I dont have time for this right now/dont wish to hear about your services. Thanks for the call though." Usually the people working those jobs are doing it because they havent any other options available to them which they can reasonably pursue. They are usually the members of an organisation who are treated the worst and have the fewest legal protections. They are also usually calling off canvass sheets which they have to trawl through again and again. Many of the jobs I had ( and they never last long) the managers were reluctant to "waste" new leads on you until you had thoroughly exhausted the canvass sheets you were working through. Consequently i made many calls which I knew to be stupid, knew would result in nothing but aggro but had to call because to do otherwise would have led to my sitting inactive with no calls to make and a supervisor explaining to me why I was no longer needed. Last edited by DanaC; 05-20-2004 at 11:52 AM.

05-20-2004, 01:34 PM	#19
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	You could have turned to a more honorable profession, like prostitution, or murder for hire. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-20-2004, 01:38 PM	#21
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Every telemarketer fired is one more round of minimal training for the new hire, decreasing the profit to the company. Likewise for wasting the time of a telemarketer. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

05-20-2004, 01:43 PM	#22
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	wow, a profession more disliked than mine nice! __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

05-20-2004, 10:33 AM	#16
Slartibartfast \|-0-\| <-0-> \|-0-\| Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 516	Telemarketers read off a script. I found a script for anti-telemarketers to use. If you have some spare time, you can waste their time! The website also has lots of information to get off junkmail lists. http://www.junkbusters.com/ht/en/script.html

05-20-2004, 10:52 AM	#17
vsp Syndrome of a Down Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: West Chester Posts: 1,367	Stolen response set #1: * "Hi, I represent the Acme Widget Company. We're offering..." * "Wait a second. Are you naked?" * "Excuse me?" * "Are you naked?" * "No, I'm not. We..." * "I'll only listen to your sales pitch if you're naked." * "Sir, I don't think that..." * "Do you want me to listen or not?" Stolen response set #2: * "Hi, I represent the Acme Widget Company. We're offering..." * "Hey, I'll listen to your sales pitch, but could you do me a favor first?" * "What's that?" * "Could you talk to my plants for a minute?" * "Excuse me?" * "They're upset with me right now. Maybe you can talk some sense into them." * "...Your PLANTS?" * "Yeah. Tell them that they have well-shaped leaves and smell nice or something. Okay? Here's my row of begonias." * "..."

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