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4. If you can't separate your identity from your occupation

Mon May 20, 2019, 04:37 PM

May 2019

You probably need a new occupation. Yeah, it's tough being the voice on the end of the line for some unethical company or agency, taking abuse from righteously aggrieved members of the public. If it's too tough, get your resume in order and start looking around. Or, decide that you are not your job, and pass along the legitimate criticism your employer has earned.

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GOOD. Ohiogal May 2019 #1

Yes, torture some poor office worker customerserviceguy May 2019 #2

Torture??? Really? Look up that word in dictionary. Nt USALiberal May 2019 #3

Ok, I was being flippant customerserviceguy May 2019 #5

How about "inform"? 11 Bravo May 2019 #7

I'm sure that by the second call customerserviceguy May 2019 #8

If you can't separate your identity from your occupation gratuitous May 2019 #4

And that is exactly why customerserviceguy May 2019 #6

It is possible to be polite to the worker while Bettie May 2019 #10

Yes, I suppose that's true customerserviceguy May 2019 #12

I've worked customer service so Bettie May 2019 #13

It's like folks who worked in a restaurant customerserviceguy May 2019 #14

But, there's nothing wrong with a call Bettie May 2019 #15

If that's all it is customerserviceguy May 2019 #16

Not so sweet Home Alabama...where the women aren't free. nt UniteFightBack May 2019 #9

Those call centers in India won't like that fescuerescue May 2019 #11