Had a telemarketer do the same a while back. I laughed and told him his name wasn't Fred. He insisted it was and I kept calling him on it/laughing until he hung up.
Had a telemarketer do the same a while back. I laughed and told him his name wasn't Fred. He insisted it was and I kept calling him on it/laughing until he hung up.I remember calling Dell tech support once and they guy on the other end was clearly not American yet he had a name like Bob or something like that. Dude, you aren't fooling anyone.
It's kind of a joke thread...
I tell them my name is raju patel and they ask me if I am indian. I tell them I am chinese. LOL They tell me to fuck off
1) Such names do exist in India. Imagine that!
2) Elsewise, these CSR's are instructed to assume an easily digested White Man Name.
...specious accusations notwithstanding.
In the six months before this thread, how many threads have you been moved to start? The answer is 3.
And yet, today, you have chosen to make this thread, complaining about Indian CSRs assuming middle class American names on the phone.
I know you meant it as a joke but if you don't see the underlying intolerant xenophobia that permeates and suffuses your "joke" like the ugly taste left throughout a big pot of just burnt homemade soup, I don't know what else to say.(
...the ugly taste left throughout a big pot of just burnt homemade soup...
When a telemarketer tells you to fuck off, you've reached rock bottom, that special place that ferries fecal waste to the treatment plant, the sewer.
Try not to get any on 'ya, k?
Oh, crap, I did that with a pot of tomato sauce last night. Hate that.
Just be patient, dont feel bad and no need to rush. You will get that call too. LOL
Your opinion. I don't see it.
Yeah, I know. I get that. This is one of those divides, like so many in P&N, that seem impossible to breach.
I have to add, because it might look like otherwise, that I hold Haya in pretty high esteem, personally. It's probably why I go at him hard in cases like this . . . I tend to hold him to a pretty high standard.
And yet, around this general issue, he and I seem to be miles apart. Sucks, really.
The joke may have been in poor taste, but you need to say one way or the other if you believe I was being racist. I've already said I would give a personal apology if I gave the impression to those who are affected by this issue.
If this is a stone you feel you can toss, then please do it now, and I will act accordingly.
If you don't see that your joke (it sounded more like a testy complaint) was grounded in an unfortunate undertone of clumsy, culturally clueless xenophobia, so be it. I've already stated my opinion on the matter, as best I could.
I've made my feelings known. I haven't held back, but I'm not about to make any demands or ultimatums.
It wouldn't be me you'd be apologizing to, anyway.
Firstly, how the F do you know that they are Indian?
Secondly, its not of their choosing, the American company that hired then (directly/indirectly) wants some friendly names that they can pronounce or say easily, not because they want to disguise.
Thirdly, only cheap people who do business with cheap companies get calls from Indian call centers, or maybe you are Indian or doing business directly with Indian companies, mainly financial organization. So its your fault in the first place that you are getting calls from India. Myself, or anyone I know never get calls from Indian call center.
So... final word, get a life bigot.
YesAdam? Arnold? Armando? Alan? Aaron? Anthony? Anus? Anand? Abraham? Able? Aladdin? Ash?
Had a telemarketer do the same a while back. I laughed and told him his name wasn't Fred. He insisted it was and I kept calling him on it/laughing until he hung up.
I've been on the DNC list for many years. The telemarketers I get all sound like they come from a variety of places. I get the a-holes from other countries not caring about the violation, but the American-sounding a-holes advertising American small businesses doing it is just unacceptable.Experience, not ignorance. I have worked in greater Atlanta area, greater Boston area and now in TX, I NEVER heard from anyone that they got a call from Indian tele marketer or call center after registering in do not call list. Bigots are ignorant, not me
tldr;Oh man that is cold hearted! You made him hang up?
What if his employer insisted he call himself Fred or he would get fired? What if his employer has a rule that he is not to hang up on a customer and he ends up getting canned? Then he goes and weeps quietly at his desk as he is packing his stuff into a cardboard box to take home with him where his wife and 2 children are waiting.
It was only his 3rd day on the job so he hasn't even had a chance to make 1 paycheck yet but at least he got his severance check right? Which he is planning to take straight to the bank and cash it to then go straight to the pharmacy to buy some medication because one of his kids has been sick lately. He'll also need to remember to pick up that loaf of bread so his wife and he and the other child have something to eat that night.
His tears drip down off of his face and onto that cardboard box containing his stuff now staining the cardboard with little dark tear spots. Inside the cardboard box are just a few things that don't matter much to you, but mean the world to him. A picture of his wife and children smiling taken last holiday. He is so proud of them and what his children could accomplish if he can just work hard enough to provide for them. He'd give his life for them in a heartbeat if it meant they would have a better life.
Now security will escort him out of the building and he notices that it is raining outside. He's glad for that so that if he runs into anyone on the way to the bank he is not ashamed as the rain drops mask the tears on that cardboard box and on his face. He just hopes that the rain doesn't soak through his thin jacket and soak the severance check he has in his jacket pocket. Things will be alright he says to himself. Get it together. Must be strong for the family, and the little one who will be helpless against the illness he suffers from without his medication. I will be strong, and so will my son. I will one day be proud of him after he makes it through this tough time. No one will notice the tears I shed with all this rain soaking my face and the cardboard box. Almost there, my feet ache...Can't wait till this day is over. I hope that man that gave me a hard time on the phone instead of just accepting my nickname and accepting my help has a better life than this. I have no hate toward him he says to himself. How could he have known?
How do you feel now? That hollow feeling in your chest does not mean you are heartless, it means quite the opposite in fact. If you feel that then I'm glad I could give you that gift.:'(
...don't tell me you name is Stanley. I don't believe you. I'm going to assume you are a telemarketer and hang up.
Ted, Sandra? Come on. Does everyone in India have middle class American name? What if they call the hood? "Hi, I'm Latresha"?
Calling wales? "High, this is Rhys". BS.
Just tell me the name you were frigging born with. If I can't say it then I don't care.
/rant