Re: Wheeeeee! New PSpice Benchmarks

From: Rich Grise (null_at_example.net)
Date: 08/24/04 

Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 22:44:31 GMT

Active8 wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 13:11:07 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote:

> You mean no dialing following a hangup. Prob is that some companies
> who *do* follow the rules have customers who want them to schedule a
> callback if they don't get the whole pitch out, otherwise "not
> interested" means just that. I'm in a no rebuttal state so "not
> interested" is supposed to end the call no matter what, but
> sometimes they'll ask a question.

I tried telemarketing one time when desperate for income of some kind,
and it was awful. What happens is you get old, lonely people, who are
so grateful to hear the sound of a human voice that they'd be more
than happy to listen to your pitch all day long. You have to cut them
off, because they're not buyers, and you're wasting time.

It broke my heart every time.

When I went in on the day I quit, I explained to the boss that I wasn't
cut out for it, and wanted to weasel out of giving notice. He was very
understanding, of course. "If it's not your cup of tea..." He took me
to the receptionist to "check out" and arrange for my last check, and
she said, "You came all the way down here to quit?" I said, "What was
I supposed to do, call?" She said, "Most of them just stop showing up."

It's not a great job.

Cheers!
Rich

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