# Ask the person who calls people--telephone surveys

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-person-who-calls-people-telephone-surveys/638056
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [October 17, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-person-who-calls-people-telephone-surveys/638056 "2012-10-17T20:07:52Z")
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### Author: ![Flyer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyer/32/7298_2.png) [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2012, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-person-who-calls-people-telephone-surveys/638056/88 "2012-10-18T15:00:06Z")

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> [@Battle\_Pope](#):
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> You know, if I’m ever in charge of hiring people and I have two candidates who are otherwise even as far as qualifications and suitability but one worked as any kind of telemarketer or phone surveyor, that would be a good enough reason to not employ them.

In other words, you want somebody who will break down crying the first time a customer gets really nasty.

I’ve seen that happen more than once in low-paying jobs. As evidenced by this thread, a lot of people can be really unpleasant to someone else, merely because of the type of job that person has. I can take it just fine, and I can respond in kind when I feel it’s appropriate, but a lot of people can’t.

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