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MsFlorida (370 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:11 PM Original message |
Today - I asked for a customer service representative that was located in the US |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. good for you! |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. K&R. |
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Anakin Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. +1 |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. Tweener. |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
5. I got a hang-up. The call was VOIP to India and transferred back to the US... |
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postulater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
6. What were you in for? |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
7. Good for you... |
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Foo Fighter (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
8. What was the CSR doing time for? n/t |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
9. Yes, Apple makes the majority... |
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WorseBeforeBetter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 01:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
146. There's a very large call center in Raleigh, NC as well, with... |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
10. You do realise most clothes Americans buy are made "offshore" as well? |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 01:54 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Wouldn't it make more sense to ask for a local CSR rather than one in the US? |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 03:07 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. I don't care who I talk to as long as they deal with what I'm ringing about... |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 10:02 AM Response to Reply #19 |
44. Wow, you assume no accent means local? Where do you live? |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #44 |
56. Australia. n/t |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 05:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
118. Well, it's more than just locals v foreigners. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 09:27 AM Response to Reply #14 |
40. I'm not sure |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 02:14 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. I think by now most of us here, are in fact aware of this little datum. |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 03:11 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. What do you mean 'intelligible person'? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 06:57 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I worked with a Scotsman once.. |
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nannah (690 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #20 |
83. intelligible: understandable |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 08:51 AM Response to Reply #10 |
31. We know it better than you do, Violet..Unlike yourself who has |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 10:49 AM Response to Reply #31 |
52. Go online to shop. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #52 |
60. I know about that, Bluestate10 |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #60 |
68. We have to force brick and mortal retailers to offer USA made products. |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #10 |
51. I am buying my clothing from mainland USA sources. |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #10 |
55. Violet |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #55 |
71. I have started exclusively buying only USA made clothing. |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 01:20 PM Response to Reply #71 |
87. thanks, bluestate |
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MuseRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 01:25 PM Response to Reply #71 |
90. Thanks for all the links! n/t |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #71 |
94. Some of us really need to try on clothes |
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timo (890 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
67. hahahaha |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 06:29 PM Response to Reply #67 |
123. Thanks for typing what I was thinking. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 12:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
77. Deleted message |
sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 01:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
84. What do purchase American made textiles |
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DissedByBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 06:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
122. Sometimes it's hard to have 100% American |
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marybourg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 08:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
126. I've been calling and asking for (non-feather) bed pillows made in the U.S. |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
130. It's pointless trying not to buy something made outside of the U.S. |
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NBachers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
11. Moen has the best customer service I've seen |
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PSzymeczek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 04:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
109. My husband likes Moen products |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
12. great idea! I am not a fan of outsourcing. |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
13. If we had to pay for the products we buy daily at American wage levels... |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 02:00 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. ...or we could insist all workers be paid a living wage |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 09:10 AM Response to Reply #15 |
35. Thank you, REP....That is what we should be aiming for. n/t |
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Fruittree (488 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 06:43 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. I think that's it in a nutshell so to speak.. |
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Speed8098 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #22 |
45. Oxymoron |
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Fruittree (488 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-03-11 05:54 AM Response to Reply #45 |
149. I absolutely want this country to be able to produce |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 07:31 AM Response to Reply #13 |
24. NO we wouldn't. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 08:44 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Plus fucking one! |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 08:43 AM Response to Reply #13 |
29. Funny how they don't have to |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 09:07 AM Response to Reply #13 |
33. I believe that is what we ARE doing.... |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #33 |
75. Yes I remember when we used to buy "Made in America" |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #75 |
82. You "get used to it". |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #13 |
53. You offer a reasonable challenge. People need to think about what you just wrote. nt. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 02:27 AM Response to Original message |
17. Good Work! NGU!!! |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 03:00 AM Response to Original message |
18. Sounds racist. nt |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 09:36 AM Response to Reply #18 |
42. Racist, no. Xenophobic, yes. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #42 |
46. In most cases, I don't believe it's either |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #46 |
69. There are Americans with Indian accents |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. If you mean naturalized Americans of Indian birth |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #72 |
86. How do you know whether they are at "work in America"? |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 01:50 PM Response to Reply #86 |
92. "I would like you to explain how you do that" |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 02:36 PM Response to Reply #46 |
100. Yes, I'm a Brit in NC. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 03:45 PM Response to Reply #100 |
106. Who are your customers? |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 05:09 PM Response to Reply #106 |
111. My customers are mainly US based - anyone in the USA and even ex-pats. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 06:00 PM Response to Reply #111 |
120. You can't rule it out in all cases, I'm sure |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 03:54 AM Response to Reply #46 |
136. "the english of non-native speakers"... If that's the case, definitely avoid Americans. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #136 |
141. Your heroic, if predictable attempt at "politcal correctness" is well noted, boppers |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 09:17 PM Response to Reply #141 |
147. Well, it was meant as a humorous tweak.... |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 11:06 AM Response to Reply #42 |
57. Indian is not the "new Black." |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Thank you. |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 03:07 PM Response to Reply #57 |
102. Depending on treatment - yes. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 08:57 PM Response to Reply #57 |
132. I'll add something |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 02:18 PM Response to Reply #42 |
96. it's not so simple. i am a computer programmer but being in a small company i also have to provide |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 04:34 AM Response to Reply #96 |
138. I hear you |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
131. it's not racist |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 06:40 AM Response to Original message |
21. It is sooo frustrating |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #21 |
61. Precisely. n/t. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
98. it's like those new commercials where the customers get that siberian dude who calls himself peggy.. |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
25. I recently called about my Internet connection and talked to "Glen". |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
26. Horrible bias.: prejudging foreigners. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 09:09 AM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Free Trade Sucks...and isn't "free" for most of the people..Fair Trade |
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MuseRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #34 |
91. I agree. n/t |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 09:50 AM Response to Reply #26 |
43. So you are a Democrat that supports free trade? What you call "free trade" is killing America and |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #26 |
81. Your free trade |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 05:28 PM Response to Reply #26 |
116. Is that satire? |
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90-percent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
27. CSR |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 09:05 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. A thoughtful gesture, but you need to be careful about that |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 09:13 AM Response to Reply #27 |
36. Whatever |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #36 |
85. +1 |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 09:24 AM Response to Reply #27 |
39. I know that a good few of these Indians happen to be in America. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #39 |
66. I will deal with whomever can help me... |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #66 |
107. Thumbs up to that! |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #39 |
89. Scots never learned English |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 05:26 PM Response to Reply #89 |
115. As an honorary Scotsman I'd take a wee bit o' offence ta tha' remark. |
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OnlinePoker (837 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #89 |
134. I've seen programs where Americans from the deep south need subtitles. n/t |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 03:28 AM Response to Reply #134 |
135. Wouldn't surprise me |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 04:27 AM Response to Reply #89 |
137. Like the guy with his own American TV Show, Craig Ferguson? |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 10:07 AM Response to Reply #137 |
140. Read his bio - it took five years of speech therapy before he could say "hello" |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 05:10 PM Response to Reply #39 |
112. Are you also aware that the majority of the indian nationals in this country |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 05:31 PM Response to Reply #112 |
117. Sadly, you're right. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 09:31 AM Response to Reply #27 |
41. Meanwhile the guy on the other end is thinking |
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SnakeEyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 10:29 AM Response to Reply #41 |
48. lol n/t |
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90-percent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #41 |
64. silly yuppie guilt? |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 02:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
95. Fair enough, but in turn they should apologize to you for taking a job away from an American. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
28. K&R Love that Alice's Restaurant! nt |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
37. Great idea....I'm going to do this from now on. n/t |
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1American (154 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
38. To MsFlorida |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 11:08 AM Response to Reply #38 |
58. Sorry to tell you this, "Sweetie" |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
47. Good to know that we have the option. Tried to explain to my niece that all of the stuff she loves |
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fatbuckel (518 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
49. Because we need all those customer service minimum wage jobs back in America. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 11:17 AM Response to Reply #49 |
62. Not minimum wage, bro...At least not the one that I worked...It paid well above that. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #49 |
143. Yeah, it's not like we have high unemployment here or anything. eom |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
50. Before you buy products, try to find out where they are manufactured. |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
54. Good luck with that |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #54 |
73. Then buy some other computer brand. nt. |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #73 |
88. other computer brand |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
63. spam alert. thius has been posted on freepy site (and here, quite a few times now) |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
65. I'll join you.... |
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briteleaf (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
70. Buy AMERICAN MADE supported by AMERICAN EMPLOYEES |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. 1,000,000% agree with everything you wrote. nt |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #70 |
78. It can't work. |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 04:35 PM Response to Reply #70 |
108. I agree in theory. |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
76. Call Centers are coming back to the US, in the form of "Home-Shoring" more details: |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
79. Speaking as a non-American, I don't regard employing people in other countries as immoral. N.T. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #79 |
93. That's nice... |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #93 |
119. Ahhh, yes; the US is the only country in the world with outsourcing issues. (nt) |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 06:03 PM Response to Reply #119 |
121. I never said that it was..and my response was framed as a question |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 06:44 AM Response to Reply #121 |
139. The issue is the same for most rich countries. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #139 |
142. Most rich countries may have outsourcing issues, |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #139 |
144. If Indians want to eat, that's what UNICEF is for |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 12:58 PM Response to Reply #144 |
145. Except for that other possibility... |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
80. Our company doesn't have any overseas representatives. |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
97. It's not right to outsource jobs that should be going to Americans. Also, it's not right to force me |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
99. I occasionally am asked where I'm at |
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orbitalman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
101. Didn't know that could be done, but I will always do the same!!!!! n/t |
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Patchuli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
103. So did I !!!! I wasted 30 minutes with the nice guy in India |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
104. I have more trouble understanding |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
105. You should boycott America for killing all those people in the Middle East. nt |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
110. my husband has done it. |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
113. I have family oversea's that work in Call Centers. They need the work, bad. |
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ekelly (303 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 06:51 PM Response to Reply #113 |
125. I have family HERE who have NO JOBS!... |
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jeanpalmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 09:29 PM Response to Reply #125 |
148. Can we get Obama to make one of these call |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
114. I think I will do this from now on, and hum Alice's Restaurant while on hold! |
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tooeyeten (441 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
124. Remember |
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dark forest (65 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
127. Ya know, |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
128. I'm a CSR at LLBean. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
129. I deal with offshore all the time |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
133. Funny, during the beginning of your discussion, I thought of Alice's Restaurant |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-03-11 06:37 AM Response to Original message |
150. Good for you! |
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