# Fucking stop sending my cellular directory assistance calls to India! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 14, 2004, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-stop-sending-my-cellular-directory-assistance-calls-to-india/255034 "2004-07-14T05:54:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2004, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-stop-sending-my-cellular-directory-assistance-calls-to-india/255034/1 "2004-07-14T05:54:06Z")
This is not a racist rant. Claims of bigotry will be ignored. The hard working people of India just happen to have gotten in the middle of this. But… I am Gawd damn sick of having to talk to an Indian every time I use Directory Assistance on my U.S. Cellular cell phone. I use my cell phone alot during my work day, and I make an average of 3 calls to D.A. per day. Now, while they speak better English than a few of the folks who live here, all in all, I can’t understand them, and, just as bad, they can’t understand us. One problem is, they don’t understand our municipal set up. For instance, if I ask for the number of a business that’s on a “Parkway” or “circle”, they get real confused. “What the hell is a Hummingbird Parkway? Is that a business or residence?” But over and above that, they just don’t understand Americanized English, and I can’t understand Indianized English. What _ **REALLY** _ pisses me off is, right before the Indian operator comes on, a man or woman is heard asking “what city and state please.”. That is a fucking recording! Made by someone speaking in regular, American style English. I did some checking, and, sure enough, almost all my Directory Assistance calls are transfered to India. I’d rather they use American operators, even if it means my [employers:D) bill going up. As it stands I have to remake about 25% of my D.A. calls because they fucked up the number because they couldn’t understand me, and/or I couldn’t understand them! This kind of outsourcing sucks big time! --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-stop-sending-my-cellular-directory-assistance-calls-to-india/255034)._