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Paper Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 05:01 PM Original message |
Can't understand your customer service Rep in another country? |
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qb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. I like this idea. It's about promoting jobs in the USA. |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 05:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. And yet it gets an unrec??? WTF??? |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 05:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. That would be me. |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 05:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. No it doesn't sound like something MY grandma would forward me. nt |
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wpelb (292 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
78. Mine either |
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TheEuclideanOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. Well if it was forwarded to you by your grandmother |
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mimitabby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 05:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. some customer reps cannot/will not tell you where they are from |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 08:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. Yep. One week I had a Citibank rep ask ME how the weather was going in Chicago... |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 10:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
40. I am hearing impaired, and people with accents are even harder for me to understand |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 07:53 AM Response to Reply #40 |
55. Same here... |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:46 AM Response to Reply #40 |
76. So is it only "Indian" accents, or do you also ask to be transferred |
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droidamus2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #76 |
85. I think the point would be |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. And I already said, in my original post, that this is a legitimate complaint. n/t |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:21 PM Response to Reply #76 |
105. I have actually *never* asked to be transferred at all. I am just saying it's nice to know I could. |
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susanr516 (823 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 04:40 PM Response to Reply #76 |
133. I have a heavy Texas drawl |
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EnviroBat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 09:49 AM Response to Reply #8 |
60. Way to miss the point. |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:42 AM Response to Reply #60 |
73. Oh I get the point. It's just that harassing low-wage employees isn't the way to do it. |
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lark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:54 PM Response to Reply #73 |
102. Asking to speak to someone in the US isn't harassment |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 03:13 PM Response to Reply #102 |
117. So which is it, is it about good customer service or striking a blow for the workin' man |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:15 AM Response to Reply #8 |
61. I guess you just dont get it. This has nothing to do with harassing people. But again you |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:43 AM Response to Reply #61 |
74. Deleted message |
madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
70. Lofty political point? |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:44 AM Response to Reply #70 |
75. So harassing low-wage employees is the way to do it? |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:46 PM Response to Reply #75 |
82. This is what you consider harassment? |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #82 |
86. Right, and fucking with the indian guy on the phone will strike a deathblow against Teh Man. |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:07 PM Response to Reply #86 |
89. Pffffffffffft nt |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:08 PM Response to Reply #89 |
91. Yeah, that's about what I thought. n/t |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #75 |
98. hey, customer is always right remember... |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:44 PM Response to Reply #98 |
99. After having worked customer service for many years, |
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lark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
100. Look at this another way |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
109. Having struggled through these calls countless times, using |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:52 PM Response to Reply #109 |
111. Why are you and your fellow activists patronizing companies that outsource american labor |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 03:06 PM Response to Reply #111 |
113. Please tell me where I can buy a computer that is made in |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 03:11 PM Response to Reply #113 |
116. You can't do without a computer? |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 03:36 PM Response to Reply #116 |
120. I run a business that replies on the internet for |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 03:41 PM Response to Reply #120 |
122. And those furriners working the phones rely on that measley, outsourced paycheck to feed their kids. |
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j420norcal (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 05:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
141. "It sounds like something my grandma would forward me, with 5000 AOL emails behind it." |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
72. I unrecced because prejudging someone based on accent is wrong. |
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droidamus2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:07 PM Response to Reply #72 |
90. No |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #72 |
118. It's only bigotry if you don't like talking to Blacks, women, Southerners (or Northerners depending) |
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christx30 (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 04:15 PM Response to Reply #72 |
126. I do telephone |
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peace frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
96. Don't allow the unrec patrol to deter you |
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BonnieJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
97. I looked for this on Snopes |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
3. When I set up my cable a few months ago, I ran into this |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
4. Deleted message |
Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Actually, it sometimes works the other way around |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 08:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. Being hard of hearing, I find some accents very difficult to understand. You say I'm a bigot |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 07:58 AM Response to Reply #29 |
57. damn, glad i missed that post. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:27 AM Response to Reply #57 |
71. There is a difference between not being able to understand someone and prejudging them based on |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 03:06 PM Response to Reply #71 |
114. No problem, just (politely, and respectfully) ask every CS rep if they're in the US |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 04:59 PM Response to Reply #71 |
137. Well put. |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 05:42 PM Response to Reply #71 |
144. "thinking someone is in a "foreign" country, insulting...them because of xenophobia ... is bigotry." |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
37. What a huge bucket of shit! |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. In many cases, the need for a CSR in the US based on more than accent |
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Lint Head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
6. This is a great way to protest outsourcing. |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
7. Earthlink/Mindspring won't transfer me. edited to add - I don't ask for the transfer unless |
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MurrayDelph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 05:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I haven't tried in a while, |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 05:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. my husband is a computer dude. he finds this when dealing with outsource |
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MurrayDelph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 05:56 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I should point out that the idea |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 06:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. rude too. i had one when i first bought my car. i didnt get a coupon book |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 06:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Sounds familiar |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:29 AM Response to Reply #12 |
66. You will like this xkcd cartoon then ... |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 04:34 PM Response to Reply #66 |
130. xkcd |
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cottonseed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
11. Is this to be done immediately or upon realizing you can't understand the person? |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
13. I absolutely hate talking to ANYONE in customer service... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
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Paper Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 05:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I have had this happen to me many times.Computer problems |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
110. Exactly. |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
18. It's the VERY FIRST thing I always say |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 10:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
41. Then what happens? nt |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 09:34 AM Response to Reply #41 |
59. Excuses why they can't transfer. |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
19. I got a sales call from a major bank one time. |
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Alameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 08:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. The Reds??? That's your test? |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 07:20 AM Response to Reply #34 |
54. That is my point. |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
22. This is true...I've been doing it for years n/t |
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Shandris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
23. You do realize many of them are also allowed to SAY they're in some major US city, right? |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:27 AM Response to Reply #23 |
64. This isnt at all about the poor guy working in India. This is about being able to understand your |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
25. Sorry, but that email is xenophobic nonsense... |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:22 PM Response to Reply #25 |
39. LOL "our call centre in India". It doesn't matter what country they are from. What matters is... |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:30 AM Response to Reply #25 |
48. I think Queens would scare some DUers to death. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:02 PM Response to Reply #25 |
104. I like the part where they say to ask, just in case you can't be sure you can't understand them. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
26. In most cases, they'll just disconnect you. |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 08:10 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. And that's when you call back and ask to speak to a supervisor |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 08:19 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. how many jobs have you had in india? |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 08:34 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Customer service is customer service whether its India, Kansas or Utah |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 04:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
132. supervisor |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
31. Plenty of people in the USA have strong accents, don't assume where they are based on accent |
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lovelyrita (213 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 08:52 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. This is so true. |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:58 AM Response to Reply #33 |
49. "Girl"? They employ children? |
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lovelyrita (213 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 04:49 PM Response to Reply #49 |
135. Yes, the company I work for employs children. |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 04:51 PM Response to Reply #135 |
136. Do you refer to an adult male as a "boy"? |
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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:34 AM Response to Reply #31 |
68. Pretty much this. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
35. I am employed in a call center in Madison Wisconsin |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 03:03 PM Response to Reply #35 |
112. That's why asking to speak to a different CSR is sometimes warranted |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
36. Sounds racist. And nativist. nt |
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BoWanZi (502 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:22 AM Response to Reply #36 |
46. Bullcrap, I just can't understand people with strong accents. |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 08:28 AM Response to Reply #46 |
58. Would you prefer an American with an accent to a foreigner who was more understandable? |
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droidamus2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:20 PM Response to Reply #58 |
93. The problem here |
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BoWanZi (502 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 04:48 PM Response to Reply #58 |
134. I have problems with the accent themselves. I would gladly switch to a more understandable... |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
38. I've done it. |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
42. I tried this a few weeks ago when contacting DELL. No go. |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
43. I have tried that for years and it never worked.. I'm always thrilled when |
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badgerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
44. It takes time and experience... |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 07:56 AM Response to Reply #44 |
56. Yes, ESPECIALLY over the phone. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:30 AM Response to Reply #56 |
67. Oh, the phone is a big problem for me, too |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:29 AM Response to Reply #44 |
65. Yes, it does... |
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BoWanZi (502 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
45. I have a very hard time understanding accents on the phone but... |
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SoCalDemGrrl (786 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
47. Excellent idea - let's hope this thing snowballs!! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
50. We have been doing exactly this for quite some time... |
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dreamnightwind (863 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:40 AM Response to Original message |
51. Many here seem to miss the point |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:56 PM Response to Reply #51 |
84. I don't like giving personal information or access to my compuer |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:11 PM Response to Reply #51 |
92. You're absolutely correct. |
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dreamnightwind (863 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 06:13 PM Response to Reply #92 |
145. But it's a small act in the right direction |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 04:25 PM Response to Reply #51 |
127. Exactly. |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 03:08 AM Response to Original message |
52. I have done exactly this |
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jeanpalmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 03:29 AM Response to Original message |
53. It's too bad Obama |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
62. "she was from Fort Lauderdale." Fort Lauderdale, India. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
63. As a customer you deserve to get service that you like. No excuse for being rude but essential that |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
69. I like this idea as well. Good customer service includes employing Americans. |
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Celtic Raven (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
77. But we love Peggy! |
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keepCAblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
80. Fort Lauderdale, India? n/t |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
81. It doesn't always matter where they are |
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FloriTexan (481 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
83. Wish I had known this last night... |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
88. DAMN FURRINERS! THEY TALK FUNNY! n/t |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
94. First, I'd like to say |
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davidwparker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
95. Will do. Spoke to one this week named "Alan." I had to |
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rollin74 (489 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
101. K & R |
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onlyadream (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
103. I find that THEY can't understand me |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 03:39 PM Response to Reply #103 |
121. imagine being on a conference call for ten hours with them |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 03:42 PM Response to Reply #121 |
123. You have to talk to furriners? That talk weird? |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 03:43 PM Response to Reply #123 |
124. it is much, much worse than that |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 03:44 PM Response to Reply #124 |
125. Damn shifty indians. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 08:26 PM Response to Reply #125 |
146. I grew up in Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota and England |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
106. Doesn't work with Dell unless you are a business customer |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
107. k&r for simple, but great advice |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
108. You do realize folks right here in the good ol' USofA speak with accents, right? |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
115. Interesting. Having worked in a foreign call center... |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #115 |
119. You mean a stupid email forward happened to be untrue???!!! |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 04:36 PM Response to Reply #115 |
131. Also interesting, I worked at a call center here in Argentina where we were required to tell people |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
128. delete |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
129. I don't think this always works |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
138. Thanks so much for this info |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
139. Our mortgage holder is based in New Jersey, but their phone is answered in India... |
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indimuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
140. Thank youo~ |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
142. Of course! Why should I have to put up with some American accent I find hard to follow? |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
143. For who I work for, the OP is standard operating procedure. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
147. Peggy? |
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