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Th1onein

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16. Telemarketers REQUIRE a good product that they believe in, to sell that product.

Sat Aug 31, 2013, 11:43 AM

Aug 2013

Most people don't understand that. Telemarketers are not people who are all out to screw you. I work with telemarketers every day, and the first question that they ask you, when you're interviewing them, is WHAT THEY WILL BE SELLING. You want to know why that question is paramount? Because they don't want to sell something that is a scam. They want to believe in their product. Because most people, even telemarketers, are basically decent people.

And, yeah, they call you at home, and they call during your dinner hour, and they can seem like pests, sometimes. But they call when YOU'RE HOME, because that's the most likely time to make contact with you. They don't know when you eat dinner; they don't have a crystal ball. They are people who are just trying to eek out a living, and they have a tough job.

Give them a fucking break.

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Turn telemarketers calls into CASH. Yep, it works. [View all] dixiegrrrrl Aug 2013 OP

I have a doctor (taped) that calls every day asking me to join his arthritis ( I don't have monmouth3 Aug 2013 #1

Apparently many stores ask for your phone number at check out dixiegrrrrl Aug 2013 #2

Memorize, and give out, the non-emergency number of the Police Department....nt MADem Aug 2013 #3

Or your local GOP campaign headquarters #. n/t Butterbean Aug 2013 #4

Brilliant. Jackpine Radical Aug 2013 #5

Oohh you're on to someting there.... pangaia Aug 2013 #7

Hmmmm... dixiegrrrrl Aug 2013 #6

If the number on the caller ID looks like a telemarketer SeattleVet Aug 2013 #8

I love it!!!!! Ingenious!!!! MADem Aug 2013 #13

8-6-7-5-3-0-9 n/t IDemo Aug 2013 #10

jenny jenny! n/t me b zola Sep 2013 #58

I never give out my phone number to checkers, only George Clooney types...LOL.. monmouth3 Aug 2013 #17

I just tell a store that I don't have a phone. ... spin Sep 2013 #19

I just say, "No." Mariana Sep 2013 #27

I tell them it's none of their business. Fawke Em Sep 2013 #33

I'm amazed at people who give out that info. I've never given it out. valerief Sep 2013 #53

dixiegrrrrl, still with the hot economic tips! upi402 Aug 2013 #9

Can'think of a better cause than my poor thin pocket book! dixiegrrrrl Aug 2013 #11

Yeah, they aren't REAL workers, are they? Th1onein Aug 2013 #12

Good point trumad Aug 2013 #15

Telemarketers REQUIRE a good product that they believe in, to sell that product. Th1onein Aug 2013 #16

No, they need to give *US* a fucking break. SeattleVet Sep 2013 #18

You are wrong in your assumptions. Th1onein Sep 2013 #20

They are working for a company that is engaged in illegal activity. SeattleVet Sep 2013 #21

Your argument is full of holes. Th1onein Sep 2013 #24

All telemarketers SHOULD have something to do with the DNC list, SeattleVet Sep 2013 #34

I guess everyone needs a reason to hate. Th1onein Sep 2013 #35

If you are operating legally, why are you sticking up for the companies that ARE breaking the law? SeattleVet Sep 2013 #40

Why are you mischaracterizing my statements? I am clearly FOR THE WORKERS! Th1onein Sep 2013 #41

You're not standing up for the workers (who incidentally are equally culpable at some point) IrishAyes Sep 2013 #51

You've got some real hate going on there, Irish. Th1onein Sep 2013 #56

Ah, the ignorant hubris you reveal IrishAyes Sep 2013 #65

Yes, I do remember how telemarketers were 'demonized'. SeattleVet Sep 2013 #60

You are way nicer than I am... pipi_k Sep 2013 #93

If you do not call residences, nor making illegal calls, why are you hi jacking this post dixiegrrrrl Sep 2013 #63

I wasn't aware I was hijacking the post. Th1onein Sep 2013 #75

These workers are getting repeated responses from people on the do-not-call registry, so they KNOW pnwmom Sep 2013 #72

You are clearly for the WORKERS?? SeattleVet Sep 2013 #95

I'll wager the businesses you do call WISH they could be on the DNC list. IrishAyes Sep 2013 #45

What in the hell are you talking about? Th1onein Sep 2013 #57

A lot of bad things have been public policy in the past: slavery, segregation, etc etc IrishAyes Sep 2013 #66

Absolutely! The last 2 places I worked we were regularly interrupted by cold-callers. SeattleVet Sep 2013 #59

Of course they know. They hear from angry non-customers every day who announce pnwmom Sep 2013 #71

Who said anything about "victimizing" the worker???? dixiegrrrrl Sep 2013 #30

I doubt the same telemarketer calls you again and again. And robots are NOT WORKERS. Th1onein Sep 2013 #42

So if a machine interface is the means of abuse, that makes it okay? Not in any moral universe! IrishAyes Sep 2013 #47

You doubt it? This is why people are so angry. It seems like a handful of telemarketers pnwmom Sep 2013 #73

Are you sure you're not talking about the same COMPANY? Th1onein Sep 2013 #76

How would I know? One call center can be calling for multiple companies. pnwmom Sep 2013 #78

So you're ASSUMING that it's the same telemarketer calling you over and over again. Th1onein Sep 2013 #83

Yep - the robocallers are the worst. enlightenment Sep 2013 #81

Reporting illegal activity is NOT victimizing anyone. Own your shit. IrishAyes Sep 2013 #50

When the worker is told repeatedly that they're participating in illegal calls, they should quit. pnwmom Sep 2013 #70

But if they're calling people on the do-not-call registry they're breaking Federal law. nt pnwmom Sep 2013 #69

But if they're working at jobs that require them to illegally harass people -- pnwmom Sep 2013 #68

Yeah, because it's so easy to find another job in this economy. Th1onein Sep 2013 #85

They're breaking the law and they know it. Every day many people like me tell them pnwmom Sep 2013 #94

They are not breaking the law. Their company is. Th1onein Sep 2013 #96

I looked into this yesterday, when the news the guy had done this had come out... jmowreader Aug 2013 #14

My office gets a robocall daily about substance abuse tabbycat31 Sep 2013 #22

The feds IrishAyes Sep 2013 #23

I don't know who is calling you, but why would anyone who wants to sell you something be rude? Th1onein Sep 2013 #25

You're calling me a liar - when you weren't witness to the occasion(s) IrishAyes Sep 2013 #26

No one is calling you a liar. Sorry you choose to take it that way. Th1onein Sep 2013 #36

No there aren't, unless you suppose I was tripping or don't understand English perhaps? IrishAyes Sep 2013 #43

They may not start out pipi_k Sep 2013 #31

I agree with you. No one should be rude, period. But how do you know it wasn't a bill collector? Th1onein Sep 2013 #37

Your telemarketing business, intrusive, is therefore rude from the gitgo. IrishAyes Sep 2013 #48

It could very well pipi_k Sep 2013 #86

When I ask who's calling, they usually either hang up or only give a first name. pnwmom Sep 2013 #74

The beauty of living in a small southern town dixiegrrrrl Sep 2013 #32

they didn't barge in... they knocked on the door ProdigalJunkMail Sep 2013 #39

You're rashly assuming everyone has caller ID or a functioning phone recorder. IrishAyes Sep 2013 #44

i'm sorry... you answered the phone. ProdigalJunkMail Sep 2013 #46

It's false pretenses because in essence they're being sneaky, hoping you have no viable choice IrishAyes Sep 2013 #49

Many, many Telemarketers fredamae Sep 2013 #28

Absolutely, fredamae. Th1onein Sep 2013 #38

No, they're illegal operators. IrishAyes Sep 2013 #52

I'm so sorry, IrishAyes! I don't think I was speaking to you, was I? Th1onein Sep 2013 #55

Kind of ironic that you are putting Irish Ayes on your do not call list n/t Fumesucker Sep 2013 #61

Ummm.... pipi_k Sep 2013 #87

Don't need your permission to speak in an open forum. Ignore me and you'll never be sure IrishAyes Sep 2013 #64

. blue neen Sep 2013 #77

Might as well pipi_k Sep 2013 #88

How does it make any difference to them? They aren't having their lives interrupted pnwmom Sep 2013 #98

thank you gopiscrap Sep 2013 #29

Telemarketers can be especially difficult for disabled or elderly No Vested Interest Sep 2013 #54

I'm not either. IrishAyes Sep 2013 #79

I keep getting this call about credit card debt. I don't have B Calm Sep 2013 #62

+1. nt No Vested Interest Sep 2013 #67

I only give out my Google Voice #, but this idea sounds better nt ecstatic Sep 2013 #80

Combining the fact that I'm always at my computer TlalocW Sep 2013 #82

Ya think that might mean someone made a mistake and he didn't intend to call you again? Th1onein Sep 2013 #84

If the caller made a mistake, TlalocW did him a favor. Mariana Sep 2013 #89

Right. He's got that DNC registry engraved in his brain, right? Th1onein Sep 2013 #90

The caller was inexcusably rude, too. Mariana Sep 2013 #91

Yes, he should have apologized. Of course. Th1onein Sep 2013 #97

Here's how he could have pipi_k Sep 2013 #92

No. When someone tells him they're on the registry, it's his job to remove the number from the list. pnwmom Sep 2013 #99