Klarinet Archive - Posting 000377.txt from 2003/01

From: fpg <fpg@-----.us>
Subj: Re: [kl] Bill and telemarketing
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 11:47:07 -0500

Rebecca, I seem to remember Bill having a wonderful response to telemarketers;
he asked them to hold on for a minute, then placed the handset near his practice
stand, and continued practice. Ever since, I've been hoping for a call from a
telemarketer so that I could rehearse with a real live audience of one. Frank
Frank Galiani, Bloomington, IN

Rebecca Brennan wrote:

> Lelia said:
> >I miss Bill! I thought he was one of the wittiest and most helpful of the
> >list members.
>
> He was! Every time I posted a message, when I was a reply from him it would
> always be the first one I read because I knew he would have a good solution
> or something helpful to say! I also tried to e-mail him and tell him not to
> leave, but it didn't work.
>
> Lelia also said:
> >Which reminds me--I also hope people will lobby senators and congressional
> >representatives to pass that telemarketing control bill, and to pass a
> >similar spam-control law. If driving people nuts starts to hurt these
> >advertisers in the wallet, they'll . . . aw, they'll just find some other
> >way
> >to drive people nuts, let's face it; but at least we'll have some recourse.
>
> I got an after school job as a telemarketer in November and worked at it for
> about a month until I started being cheated on my paycheck. I will rell you
> exactly why the same people call you repeatedly!
>
> When someone hangs up on you before you read them the address and get a yes
> or no answer, they disposition the call as not home or something like that.
> Then they will probably still call you back, because that is what my bosses
> made me do. Fortunately I was only cursed out one time and a lot of people
> had bizarre conversations with me.
>
> The best thing to do when a telemarketer calls you is to tell them you are
> dead because if you tell us you are dead, whether you are or not, and they
> call you back, you can take legal action.
>
> Also, you can wait until they finnish their script and you can say no and
> tell them to take your name off of the calling list and ask to get it in
> writing that they will not call you anymore. Make sure you get to talk to
> the superviser or they will probably just call you back again!
>
> -Rebecca
>
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