Stopping Unwanted Calls

[Nix]

By making the call, you invite the abuse, as far as I'm concerned.

As far as I'm concerned you're talking out of your backside.

My attitude is very civil most of the time and I tend to give people respect until they prove unworthy of it; ringing people at all hours and being deceitful about who you are or what your purpose is deserves the sort of response we are talking about.

I understand why people are upset, but you have to understand - those making the calls usually are just doing a job, nothing more and they aren't out to spite anyone so hurling abuse at them isn't going to solve anything. It is easier just to say "No thanks." and put down the sodding phone. Attacking the individual making the call is just showing your inability to deal with the situation and also a distinct attitude problem and even a superiority complex.

I'm not saying that the above applied to you when you worked at a call center but I'm affraid it does to many people who "work" there.

I never met one person who wanted to be abused nor asked for it, although they probably do exist. It got to the point, that after two weeks of working there, I didn't want to phone one more person but I had to because I needed the money.

Please don't take it so personally, but there is NO defense for phoning me or anyone else for "market research" or "I'm calling on behalf of Orange" or you have won a free mobile phone etc etc. Just **** off and get a job clamping cars where you will meet many more nice people who will be only too pleased to hear how you're just doing your job.

Like I said, don't shoot the ****ing messenger boy. If you've got such a gripe with it, take it to the company CO. The employee cannot help what they're being told to do for their pay.

Sorry but if you like annoying people as a job ....... don't stand around complaining about your situation ..... do something about it.

I don't like annoying people, even when I was working there, I didn't like doing it... but I had to. People have lives outside these jobs, which you seem to fail to comprehend. I quit the damn job after a couple of months, I couldn't deal with it anymore and I'll never go back into that line of work.

Anyway, enough of this badinage ........ live long and prosper.

 

[Borris]

Borris, grow up and stop being so victimised. The caller is only doing their job, just say "No thank you." and put the phone down! Tell them to take you off their list and they will do so.

There is no need to attack the individuals phoning you! They're just doing a bloody job! It's people like you who need to know their place.

I temped in a call centre when I was 16 and quit shortly after, four years down the line I'm still paranoid about phoning people I don't know because of people like you hurling unwarranted abused at me. I didn't, nor had any other caller have some personal vendetta against those we called, so stop ****ing thinking they do! They're just doing the ****ing job they're paid to... so grow up.

I'm being told to grow up by by someone that is dictating how I conduct myself in my own howm, on my telephone, in my own time. Not only have you made a flawed arguement, you have also personalised it and displayed an egregious level of baseless arrogance.

I do not need to be called at all. By default, I should be required to opt in to any form of unsolicited call, and not have to explain my actions, or offer any excuse for them, to some sub-literate pissant in a call centre.

There are a thousand reasons why people do not want to be called, even just once. None of them need to be explained.

If you find that you are not up to the job - Get another. Your sob story garners no sympathy. If it is the only one available locally - Move. Hundreds of thousands of people migrate to a better life - there's nothing stopping you, exept your own inertia.

[Edited the tone down a little, as I was quite rude to Nix, and have no desire to sink to the same level]

 

[z0mbi3]

The point is we pay for our phone service and we don't want others abusing it. If it was a case of telling one person not to call once and that was it then it would be fine.

The fact that its lots of different people calling multiple times means after a while you'll stop being polite.

No one likes being had a go out, but in telemarketing abuse must part of the job and I'm sure whatever authority figures prepare their staff for it.

You're effectivley spamming people in their homes so I don't know what you expect from them.

 

[Baddass]

think this one's served it's purpose. Let's close it now