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**CorDarei** · 04-30-2008, 08:57 PM

Quoth Kogo Shuko View Post

...
Me: Hello! This is Lynne calling from Kids Books in ___________, Connecticut. I noticed that you have previewed books in the -
SC: So how's the weather in Connecticut.
Me:

I would imagine it's green there, sir.
SC: But I thought you said you were from Connecticut?
Me: Kids Books is from Connecticut, I on the other hand am not.
...

considering you said you were calling from Kids Books in Connecticut, i would be confused as to your location as well. I think you shoulda been saying calling for Kids Books in Connecticut....

but anywho, i think that harrison ford thing was funny, and you shoulda played with the lady some

**Jbball** · 04-30-2008, 09:12 PM

I'm sorry, but Telemarketers and Door-to-door salesmen are probably my most hated professions. I simply hang up on them all and tell the others to sod off.

I mean, really, I'm at home after a hard days work. I don't want some prick calling me and trying to sell me sh!t I don't need.

Get a real job. (not being mean to you, just telemarketers in general)

**symposes** · 04-30-2008, 09:26 PM

A real job? You mean like pink elephant handler?
or perhaps a job as a Carnie?

I didnt realize that telemarketer/door-to-door salesman, were fake jobs.

You do realize there are quiet a few people, that say being a cashier isnt a real job.

I find it to be a very mean thing to say honestly.

**Kogo Shuko** · 04-30-2008, 09:33 PM

You know... I hate telemarketers as well... but when it's the best paying job you can get straight out of high school - and one of the biggest corporations in town - it isn't fair to tell someone to get a REAL JOB.

Do you think I enjoyed doing it? No. I know where you're coming from. But the type of telemarketing I was doing was NOT cold-calling. So if you decide to give out your phone number when buying from say... Scholastic (which HAPPENS... you give your number and adress when ordering from a Scholastic book fair), then you have obviously previewed and bought merchandise from them before. Is it so bad that they are willing to offer you three free books so that you can look at ONE and then send it back? Not really..

**LifeCarnie** · 04-30-2008, 09:50 PM

If there's a need and pays the bills I have no issue with telemarketer's, the people are doing what they need to do to get by.

I treat them with the same polite dis-interest I use when the Johova Witnesses come knocking on the door.

I had a door to door preacher stop by the other day, I politely sent him on his way.

Quoth Jbball View Post

I'm sorry, but Telemarketers and Door-to-door salesmen are probably my most hated professions.

You forgot collections agents.

These douchebags will continue to call a residence for years after the person they are looking for has moved out. Even if you call them and inform them that said person is no longer living there, you don't know who they are, and by continuing to call they are harassing you.

Do these morons actually take the advice and find current information for the delinquent account holder? No. They just keep calling the existing number.

Which is super intelligent.

**Auto** · 04-30-2008, 09:52 PM

Quoth Jbball View Post

I'm sorry, but Telemarketers and Door-to-door salesmen are probably my most hated professions. I simply hang up on them all and tell the others to sod off.

I mean, really, I'm at home after a hard days work. I don't want some prick calling me and trying to sell me sh!t I don't need.

Get a real job. (not being mean to you, just telemarketers in general)

My sentiments too.

If those people are the original poster's idea of a SC -- wow. They were a lot nicer than I would have been had a telemarketer called me.

I never NEVER give my real phone number when I buy something. When I come home, I don't want to be bothered saying no to someone peddling something I'm better off not having.

**MadMike** · 04-30-2008, 09:56 PM

Since we have members here who work or have worked in telemarketing or collections, bashing these occupations is not OK. If you want to discuss the perceived evils of these jobs, take it to Fratching.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread.

**Primer** · 04-30-2008, 11:25 PM

To this day, I feel bad about one telemarketer who called me. I used to put my dog's name on mail-in questionnaires (back in the dark ages) as being my child. A day or two after he had to be put down, I received a sales call from a children's book company (not Kogo's company) wanting to sell me books for "Blackie." All I could respond with was, "He's dead." I could tell she felt extremely awkward, but she hung up pretty quickly.

**Evil Queen** · 04-30-2008, 11:45 PM

OKay, I know everyone hates telemarketers but has anyone thought about it from the telemarketers point of view?

Could it possibly be that, Gasp! They hate cashiers or bank tellers? Or travel agents or people working in call centers?

My mother was a telemarketer for a security system sales office and she actually GASP! LIKED working there. It was easy money (to her) and she did it in an air conditioned building (our home, at the time, had no AC) and she got to visit my Dad; one of the sales people who actually went and talked to other people about getting a system installed, any time she wanted. (he worked in the next room)

And, excuse me, but as long as it pays and is legal, isn't that the meaning of a "real job"?

**aurelemsrealm** · 05-01-2008, 12:02 AM

I tried telemarketing for a month last summer at Wyndham. I wasn't sure if I'd like it, but the pay rate and hours were better than the convenience store where I work. I worked it for a month before I decided to return to the convenience store. I liked not dealing with SCs face-to-face aside from the better pay and hours. What I hated was the pressure to sell and meet quotas. At least at the c-store, I don't have to fuss with suggestive sales pitches and haggling to make the sale.

It wasn't for nothing, though. The store did rehire me at a better pay rate than what I left. The manager tried to talk me out of leaving when I was offered the job at Wyndham, but it took leaving, having them beg me to come back, then returning to get a raise.

Had it not been for pressure to meet sales quotas, I might have been willing to stay at Wyndham. I did like many of my coworkers, and talked to some interesting people on the phone. There were plenty of good incentives to sell without the pressure, but there were too many team leaders with temper tantrums if sales were slow.

**tropicsgoddess** · 05-01-2008, 12:22 AM

As much as I can't stand a telemarketer calling me for useless shit or a collector calling and harassing me like crazy, they still have my sympathy in some aspects. I've done cold calling before and the first time I did it was for a third party call center where my account called to see if small to medium sized businesses were happy with their credit card processing providers (in short a "would ya like to take a survey?" type of call). I can't tell you how many times I've had secretaries/receptionists get snooty with me when I asked to speak to their bosses along with getting cussed out and hung up on. It's not easy, but somebody has to do it.

**RecoveringKinkoid** · 05-01-2008, 12:35 AM

Quoth Kogo Shuko

I have had one WOMAN go along with my spiel, and even agree to the offer. And then halfway through getting her info, she asked in a breathless voice, "What are you wearing?"
Ewwy! I was so grossed out, that I hung up on her.

I've actually done this, but the telemarketer on the other end didn't hang up. She actually continued to attempt her sales pitch.

Unbelieveable. Well, I guess she deserves props for pressing on bravely though a pervert's heavy breathing.

**Kogo Shuko** · 05-01-2008, 01:11 AM

As a telemarketer I worked for four different companies

The book company - who were calling people who had purchased their items in the past

And I would just like to clarify that as a child my mother accepted every call she got from these guys, because it's fun to screw the system. If you preview one book, you get about three or four free things - and then you can send the item back for free! And still keep the free items they gave you!! Free stuff for listening to a telemarketer! :O

I also worked for a CD and DVD club (Canadian based) - they were calling old members who hadn't been in the club for at least a year.

The deal was actually a really good one, and I waited for the call from one of my fellow coworkers so that I could get the deal too, because we weren't allowed to set it up on our own accounts

a magazine (Canadian based) - they were also calling old members

and a pantyhose company - they were actually calling MEMBERS just to let them know of promotions... the pantyhose was special stuff that's good for medical problems and things like that

**smileyeagle1021** · 05-01-2008, 04:01 AM

Quoth aurelemsrealm View Post

I tried telemarketing for a month last summer at Wyndham. .

hey... you worked for the same place that one of my coworkers worked at...

oh and telemarketing can't possibly be as bad as the survey takers... i've done that before... lasted 3 months doing it...

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