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In reply to the discussion: How to torment telemarketers [View all]zappaman
(20,627 posts)186. I like to get flirty with them
regardless if they are a man or woman.
"What's your name? You sound hot? Are you single?"
Always fun!
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Yes, how progressive. And someone posts this kind of crap about every other month on DU.
Th1onein
Jan 2014
#251
When these assholes con artists who ignore the do not call list learn compassion, so
B Calm
Jan 2014
#261
These "assholes con artists" don't "ignore" the do not call list, don't you GET it?
Th1onein
Jan 2014
#302
Your right it didn't sound loud. I would chuckle and one of the girls would ask
ArnoldLayne
Jan 2014
#105
Does it sound anything like that horn that begins the 'you've won a cruise' call?
polly7
Jan 2014
#217
Give the phone to a three year old. That's what we did last time during a birthday party.
Hassin Bin Sober
Jan 2014
#3
These are great, because I'm sure that the call center employees need more bullshit in their jobs
Orrex
Jan 2014
#6
I see you dodged the question. Please don't tell me that you worked for "Rachel" (nt)
Nye Bevan
Jan 2014
#175
Well the first requrement would be to ask. The company is called Stream International and all they
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2014
#319
So I named the company and you're not interested anymore. You feel you are better qualified to
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2014
#322
If I come right out and call you a liar, then someone will hit the Alert button.
Orrex
Jan 2014
#323
You already have, several times and I couldn't care less. I do think that most DUers that might be
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2014
#324
Often I will receive calls with anonymous as the caller and anonymous as the location.
RebelOne
Jan 2014
#143
There you go now your talking!! That's what I'm trying to tell everyone pretty much
ArnoldLayne
Jan 2014
#114
That's it - torture the low wage workers trying to feed their family & keep a roof over their heads
baldguy
Jan 2014
#12
These people are CRIMINALS. Violating the DNC list and cold-calling cellphones is a CRIME.
Nye Bevan
Jan 2014
#33
And I bet you moan & cry when you get crappy customer service from your cell provider too.
baldguy
Jan 2014
#56
Being frustrated gives you license to be an asshole? That's an excuse for a child.
baldguy
Jan 2014
#79
Spoofing the caller ID is not legal. Neither is lying and pretending that you represent Visa
Nye Bevan
Jan 2014
#157
I can't believe that anyone really spends as much time and effort on this as you do.
Orrex
Jan 2014
#272
So how many posts is that since your promised "last post" on this subject (post #195)?
Nye Bevan
Jan 2014
#276
Three, including this one. I didn't expect your campaign of silliness to continue
Orrex
Jan 2014
#287
When it's a human on the other end of the line, politeness is the decent thing to do.
lapislzi
Jan 2014
#238
Unless you have an existing business relationship, telephone solicitation is illegal.
kristopher
Jan 2014
#30
The normal business hrs for someone working the graveyard shift is Midnight to 8 AM
B Calm
Jan 2014
#27
Reputable companies do. But not the criminal scum of "Cardholder Services" and their ilk (nt)
Nye Bevan
Jan 2014
#222
The difference is, the grocery clerk is a legitimate worker, but these telemarketers are criminals,
Nye Bevan
Jan 2014
#45
Did you work for a reputable company that respected the DNC list, did not spoof caller ID,
Nye Bevan
Jan 2014
#41
I second that one. I was called HUNDREDS of times by these guys; and nothing stopped them
Brettongarcia
Jan 2014
#282
Yes they were reputable. I was on strike at the Steel Mill I worked at. I did telemarketing for 4
ArnoldLayne
Jan 2014
#89
Oh ok I see what you mean. We were being monitored by QA at random anyways. But no
ArnoldLayne
Jan 2014
#124
Because they are CRIMINALS. They violate the DNC list, they cold-call cellphones which is illegal,
Nye Bevan
Jan 2014
#46
Actually it doesn't. You think these criminals go to the trouble of maintaining their own DNC list,
Nye Bevan
Jan 2014
#70
The workers don't choose which numbers to call. They're automatic dialed for them. The company
El_Johns
Jan 2014
#250
The more of their time I waste, the less time they have to rip off Alzheimer's sufferers,
Nye Bevan
Jan 2014
#87
Again. The time they spend on the phone with me is time that they are not ripping people off (nt)
Nye Bevan
Jan 2014
#112
Check out post 75 in this thread for an example of an Alzheimer's sufferer being ripped off.
Nye Bevan
Jan 2014
#153
Look, I hate to break this to you, but you really have no sense of how things work.
Orrex
Jan 2014
#162
The point is that while each individual participant has a small effect on the larger outcome,
Nye Bevan
Jan 2014
#220
Just say NOT INTERESTED and hang up. This is about the 10th time I have said this but Noooo!!
ArnoldLayne
Jan 2014
#244
Any evidence that is the norm in the industry? Because if not, I can make the same charge that
El_Johns
Jan 2014
#305
The criminal lying scum simply ignore the DNC list. Also, they illegally cold-call cellphones.
Nye Bevan
Jan 2014
#76
If they're calling your cell phone, then your cell phone provider sold it to them.
baldguy
Jan 2014
#172
No. They simply call random numbers without caring what kind of phone it is.
Nye Bevan
Jan 2014
#173
Most of those autodialers and robocallers at the end of their message ask you to push 1 or 2,
B Calm
Jan 2014
#178
My son, who is bi-polar, worked as a telemarketer because it was the only job he could get.
OregonBlue
Jan 2014
#80
The criminals that we are talking about in this thread will simply hang up and ignore your request,
Nye Bevan
Jan 2014
#93
No. All the time they spent talking to me they were not ripping off an Alzheimer's sufferer (nt)
Nye Bevan
Jan 2014
#151
Characterizing every call center worker as "ripping off an Alzheimer's sufferer" is insanity.
baldguy
Jan 2014
#164
Not "every call center worker". Just the "Rachel from Card Services" type criminals (nt)
Nye Bevan
Jan 2014
#167
You're characterizing every call center worker as a criminal, subject to vile treatment
baldguy
Jan 2014
#191
I'm sorry if I did not make it clear that I do not have a problem with legitimate telemarketers.
Nye Bevan
Jan 2014
#196
People who hate low-wage workers because they're low-wage workers are not Democrats.
baldguy
Jan 2014
#159
Not an uncommon tactic on DU. "No *real* Democrat would disagree with my point!" (nt)
Nye Bevan
Jan 2014
#160
If you're getting your kicks doing childish tricks to low-wage workers, you need to get a life. nt
raccoon
Jan 2014
#96
Not so much "getting kicks" as "wasting their time so they have less time to rip people off".
Nye Bevan
Jan 2014
#100
I answer by speaking in a phony foriegn language. Gibberish from the country of Gib.
Lint Head
Jan 2014
#108
As a young single mom, I worked telephones for market research for 3 years...
ScreamingMeemie
Jan 2014
#120
But you were working for a legitimate company, not "Rachel from Card Services".
Nye Bevan
Jan 2014
#123
The scammers being discussed here are criminals who totally disregard the DNC,
Nye Bevan
Jan 2014
#136
The callers being discussed here lie to people and attempt to get their credit card number
Nye Bevan
Jan 2014
#137
It is very clear that this is meant to be an indictment on all telemarketers.
NCTraveler
Jan 2014
#161
I would not abuse an ordinary TM, but when that little bastard calls saying he is from Microsoft
CBGLuthier
Jan 2014
#135
Oh, I have never got one of those calls but I would *so* waste the guy's time.
Nye Bevan
Jan 2014
#142
Those are the ones I've been getting lately, from "the technical support department"
Fozzledick
Jan 2014
#187
I just tell those 'tech support' scammers that I have "national security information"
SeattleVet
Jan 2014
#259
Telemarketing is not a job that most people take by choice. There's no need to get ugly
Arkansas Granny
Jan 2014
#152
I worked and raised 4 kids by myself. Does that equal a 24 hour shift?
Arkansas Granny
Jan 2014
#212
Oh yea I got that too. I am straight but I had Men and Women trying to hit on me.
ArnoldLayne
Jan 2014
#201
I've been trying to tell everyone that for 4 hours but no one will listen.
ArnoldLayne
Jan 2014
#210
If you don't want what they're selling, use it as an opportunity to get something that YOU want...
Ian David
Jan 2014
#207
Plus you are not tormenting them at all. Another call comes in via a computer and you are forgotten
ArnoldLayne
Jan 2014
#213
as soon as I figure out they're selling something, I say I'm not interested and hang up
yurbud
Jan 2014
#242
Someone needs to write the troll app for phones. Generic comments everytime the caller stops talking
Taitertots
Jan 2014
#252
YES. Ignoring the DNC list, spoofing caller ID, and lying to try to get credit card numbers
Nye Bevan
Jan 2014
#269
That is their problem. Your actions are your issue. Don't lay your shit on me, dude.
Tuesday Afternoon
Jan 2014
#270
Before you get them really angry, consider that many are state prison inmates
JPZenger
Jan 2014
#267
Telemarketing is a rude and unwarranted invasion of privacy for profit, and should be illegal. nt
Zorra
Jan 2014
#277
Yeah, right. I'm sure that your harrassment of minimum wage workers was what did the trick.
El_Johns
Jan 2014
#306