Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin
Not after that 'broom-mop' telemarketer called me when I wanted to sleep in.
Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin
quote:
Lyinar Ka`Bael had this to say about Knight Rider:
I'll remember to laugh then the next time you bitch and whine because some "idiot" called you.
The difference is that he's not bitching, he's giving us material to laugh at.
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Lyinar Ka`Bael said this about your mom:
I'll remember to laugh then the next time you bitch and whine because some "idiot" called you.
Sure thing.
I don't complain about rude customers 
I hang up on them.
It's the morons that can't tie their shoes without help that I complain about 
Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin
It's really starting to scare me.........
[humor disclamer!]
Sage and I aren't the same personality type for nuffin
Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin
But sometimes, stupid just astounds me.
"Okay, let's get your account set up. What is your first name?"
"Shawanda." (NOTE : I do not remember the first name, only that it sounded typical for an african-american female).
"Okay, and your last?"
"Uh... let me go ask my mother." (Another note : This person I was speaking to sounded over 18 years old and had her own credit card.)
You can not honestly look at that and tell me that there is any excuse for stupidity of that level, aside from mental retardation. And from the rest of the conversation, I don't think the person in question had mental issues. Just mind-numbingly stupid. [ 07-13-2002: Message edited by: Khyron ]
[ 07-13-2002: Message edited by: UBT ]
Now my job is to handle customer questions, input changes to our customer's service in the computer, basically ordering Sprint to move customers, or add features to their phone lines. I handle some billing questions, take payments from customers in the lobby, add new customers to our database, and troubleshoot some repair issues.
I am basically a Jane of all trades.. I wear many hats at work.
quote:
So quoth The Nae (tm):
I used to do telemarketing for a long distance provider, until I learned that my job was hurting innocent people.
I wub 'nae
But it's bad mojo to get rude with them simply for being not as intelligent as the rest of the world.
[Edit] [ 07-13-2002: Message edited by: Lyinar Ka`Bael ]
Yep, Kin. I'm inbound. I get basically the same type of thing Khy does, except he works for an ISP, and I work for a call center answering a myriad number of idiotic lines.
Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin
They wouldn't even tell the people that worked for them what they were actually selling. We were calling businesses, my job was to get the Decision Maker on the line, so one of our floor managers could pound them into accepting our long distance plan.
We were selling a "Per Call Unit" rate. Not "per minute". Your guess is as good as mine what a "Call Unit" actually breaks down to. You get so many units per the first 5 minutes, then the next 10 minutes are so many more units, then the next 10 are a different number.
When asked what it breaks down to, they wouldn't tell us.
I watched them frisk people at work. They had a small army of Security officers there. When we went to work we had to walk the gauntlet through them. If our purse or jacket didn't meet their standards of size, they would take it away. They didn't want us to be able to sneak any numbers in or out of the building.
Read this about them... then decide for yourself.
http://www.telecomagent.org/NOS/Default.htm#Legal%20Disclaimer
That company sounds horrible
Glad you got out of it
Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin
14.95 an hour plus commission is not worth it.
It's companies like that that make outbound telemarketing so hated.
I think if people had more experience with the less pushy and nicer companies, they wouldn't consider them lower than dog shit.
Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin
sigpic courtesy of This Guy, original modified by me
What's it about?
Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin
quote:
The Nae (tm) had this to say about pies:
I used to do telemarketing for a long distance provider, until I learned that my job was hurting innocent people.Now my job is to handle customer questions, input changes to our customer's service in the computer, basically ordering Sprint to move customers, or add features to their phone lines. I handle some billing questions, take payments from customers in the lobby, add new customers to our database, and troubleshoot some repair issues.
I am basically a Jane of all trades.. I wear many hats at work.
Yay!
As a telemarketer, I would have been required to lose all respect for you.
But there has been repentance, there has been a change in your ways, and you are once more acceptable to society as the bright and wunnerful person you are! DOWN WITH TELEMARKETING!
