Grandpa Kim on the topic of duty

[AS of SA]

I had a telemarketer try this on me.

[tbontob]

Originally posted by Auron Stiner:
I had a telemarketer try this on me.

My understanding is that a lot of telemarketers are trained not to accept "No" as an answer.

If they can keep you on the line, their odds of succeeding increases of finding a 'chink' they can exploit.

Much more difficult to sell you something when you have hung up (removed yourself from the situation).

But the area in which we have the most difficulty is our personal life.

A parent, sibling, friend or boss may be using similiar tactics to get their way.

We can be quite blind to the tactics used by these people since we may prefer to believe they "care" deeply about us.

If so, we are probably in denial that someone we love/like/dependant upon would use us in such a way.

And if we try to questioning it, we are brought face to face with the possibility that s/he may not love or like us.

For a lot of people that can be incredibly painful.

The need to be loved or liked can be so great that it aborts any 'real' attempt to take control of their lives and change their situation.

In such a situation, the please disease is in full operation.

[Grandpa Kim]

Glad you liked the quote, tbontob. Its not mine, of course, but it fits my philosophy.

Another reply to the subhuman who just won't quit: "If you want it so badly, you do it!" Many variations on this reply: "If you think I need it so badly, then you pay for it.", "It doesn't interest me so I won't waste my time on it... but since it interests you, you can spend your time on it."

If they still persist, start writing out an invoice for your time. And don't forget the zeros!

Kim

[AS of SA]

The solution to telemarketers is to have a 900 number. No two ways about it. Get rich for listening to them

[tbontob]

Originally posted by AS of SA:
The solution to telemarketers is to have a 900 number. No two ways about it. Get rich for listening to them

ROFLOL

[Krsqk]

My latest technique on telemarketers, especially those asking for charity donations (like Florida Highway Patrol Sympathy Fund or whatever it is) is to ask the caller how much they have personally donated to the cause. When they stutter and stammer, I politely inform them that they shouldn't call back until/unless they have given to the very important causes they are promoting. I also love finding out an ATT telemarketer (who probably lives in town here and very rarely actually works for ATT) has Sprint for his long-distance carrier, or vice-versa.

[Phoenix-D]

"My understanding is that a lot of telemarketers are trained not to accept "No" as an answer."

I worked very briefly (translation: two weeks) as one, and yep, that's the case. I was told to not accept no for an answer until the -third- time I gave a counter and was turned down.

One of the reasons I quit. I have a very simple strategy for dealing with telemarketers. As soon as I figure out who they are, I hang up. It's not rude because A. they're interuptting MY day, so if anyone is rude they are, and B. I'm not going to buy anything, so the faster they get off me the faster they can move on to someone else. At least where I worked a lot of the pay is commission.

Phoenix-D