Life as a Telemarketer

Jan 11, 2017 11:48 AM

80% of my time is spent saying my own name.

about 2 minutes into the call

Oddly, he didn't buy any wine

I think some people just have nothing better to do than to listen to everything we have to say, then laugh about how they wasted my time... I get paid by the hour.

An amazing phone call.

probably 1%-5% of my calls are recycled numbers with the wrong name attatched

maybe 85% of my time

"oh, well do you ...like...uh... wine"

(i am just waiting for someone to ask me this question)

I'm never rude, I just tell them I'm in the bathroom with both hands busy- and give them time to respond to that !!!!

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

sometimes i just listen to what the telemarketer has to say, i'm sure they don't get to say it all much. i still don't buy or whatever tho

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Telemarketers, probably;

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

What do you think is the most polite way to hang up on a telemarketer? I always end the call as quickly as possible to not waste their time.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

You get an upvote for that awesome pun at the end =P

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 2

Just wait until you call someone and are informed that they're dead. Happened to me twice in the last three months.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

you sure do wine a lot

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

People wasting YOUR time?

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

ahhh....yup

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

A telemarketer complaining about people they're interrupting. That's a new one.

9 years ago | Likes 28 Dislikes 3

not really a complaint. just a small window into randomly calling thousands of people.

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

Eh, little short. Normally these have a lot more individual stories.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

i loath getting calls from telemarketers, but your job must suck hobo's balls.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

just jump on your countries do-not-call register, they are normally free and it will stop 95% of the calls.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 2

Registering for do not call more than 6 months ago has stopped maybe 1 call a day of 15, had use 3rd party apps to stop calls, Mainly becaus

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

2/2 e they are almost never from the same number and even trying to tell them what you sell or are talking about is against my religions or

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

did, doesn't stop them.

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

3/3 beliefs seems to make them worse. I hadn't even been rude at that point..it takes being violently rude to stop calls... eg threaten life

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

In Germany calling someone, who didn't ask you to call, to sell something, is illegal. Its called a "cold acquisition".

9 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

im in australia, and it is perfectly legal, but with strict operating hours.

9 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

That explains why I never got a call like that, my phone is on "only ppl I know well" mode during work hours.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Unfortunately for "legitimate" telemarketers, in the US, there are so many scammers, I treat every unsolicited caller like the trash 1/2

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

the probably are. Especially when they call me mister and mispronounce my last name, it's clear they have no business calling me.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

to be fair "timesawastininkc" is not easy to pronounce

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Well I would change it, but it's my heritage! Lol

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0