It’s evident that my suggestion is utterly ridiculous and implausible, therefore it’s not a true threat. Nobody would waste that much bacon! :eek:
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I never said anything about killing them, in fact I’m looking out for their health. The bacon does double-duty: nourishment, plus when it attracts the sharks, the marketer will swim like hell, therefore improving his/her/its cardiovascular health. And really, who couldn’t use a nice relaxing beach vacation? My suggestion is pure altruism, and you wound me deeply by implying it’s anything else :mad: :p.
As Vinyl Turnip pointed out, this guy wasn’t ranting at a telemarketer who called him during dinner one too many times. He called them 'cause they sent him junk mail.
Frankly I prefer the junk mail senders to the telemarketers. I’d prefer these people send me junk mail, 'cause I have to get the mail anyway and I can just trash it as soon as I step in the door, and then I’m guaranteed to be done with junk mail for the day unlike the phone calls.
No, his ire was directed towards the wrong people, what a waste.
You understand, of course, that the people who actually make the calls are minimum-wage slaves working the most unpleasant desk job there is, and have no control over the content of the call or what time they call, right?
You realize that’s not true, right? You can choose to make phone calls about car warranties or not. In my career in marketing, I’ve turned down lucrative jobs because I didn’t want to associate myself with certain products.
I’ll also add, that I am extremely nice to telemarketers who call to poll about issues. I understand that calling someone and interrupting his day is a difficult thing to do. My sister had a job like that a while back, but even before that I was very polite to the telemarketers who made it possible.
It’s still your choice. Working for a scum sucking dishonest sales company because you need the job, just demotes your status in the eyes of most people for doing that job. I am speaking about the auto warranty company in particular.
Doesn’t matter. No one’s forcing them to take a job with the sole purpose of invading people’s privacy. If they’re that desperate for money, there’s always Taco Bell.
Most telemarketers – especially the ones who hound you endlessly and won’t go away – are sociopaths who enjoy irritating people. Genuine energy vampires.
Not as a telemarketer, but I did work a brief temp job for a survey company (Davis Research, it’s somewhere in Pr0n Valley) which cold-called people to ask what kind of gas they buy. Even though I wasn’t selling anything, I felt dirty every time I called someone who didn’t want to be bothered, and had to put up with quite a few abusive callers. (Even my mother, who coincidentally was on the list, hung up on me!! She took the survey when I called back and told her who I was, though.)
I only kept that job a week, and quickly took a different assignment when it became available. I can’t imagine how anyone would actually enjoy that type of job, unless they were a sociopath who enjoyed disturbing people.
What’s the big deal anyway, RNATB? Were you a telemarketer once?
The guy on the phone is acting as the only representative of his company with whom I will ever speak. The guy on the phone chose to act as this intermediary. The guy on the phone will therefore deal with it.
Heh. (Um, you do realize I sell insurance now. Most people rate us barely above telemarketers in the grand scum scheme of things)
I understand the general sentiment. But the telemarketing I was doing was for current customers to extend their services, usually at a nice discount. Also things like getting free baby magazines to ob/gyn offices and the like along with coupons and things for the new moms. We also abided by the DNC laws and hanging up on someone or refusing to honor a DNC list request was grounds for immediate termination and I saw that happen a couple times.
That said, these warranty people are despicable and their tactics beyond slimy.
