Tasks / Talk To A Telemarketer
Try to find out what their name is, where they're from, what sort of problems they're having in their life. Get to know them, if you can. Enjoy the telemarketing experience as a way to communicate with someone, rather than being annoyed by it.
1 to 10 players
15 points
Level 1
In the zone of: Humanitarian Crisis
Created by Spidere
5 completed :: 31 in progress
Interested in collaborating on this: (no one yet!)
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YOUR COMMENT WILL DRAW NO ATTENTION TO THIS TASK BUT MINE WILL FOR I AM TAC HABERDASH.
there can be only one. I propose a duel
Thanks to all of you Tac Haberdashes (Haberdashers?)
Let the games begin!
It's funny because this is my standard M.O. when receiving telemarket calls or door to door salesmen (I don't grill girl scouts selling cookies or people like that, but all of the religious yahoos get the full treatment every time). I've never collected the data though, that's a good idea.
That script doesn't complete the task at all.
But the task IS cool.
Most call centers exist solely because they can turn a profit on upsells and return business -- beyond tech support anyone else you talk to is going to be a salesman of sorts. For that reason, I think any of us would be justified in taking the task into our own hands.
i know its an odd comment to make, but this task sounds like a great way to meet people. not that i intend to use it as such, but it occurred to me that someone might, especially after reading silent seas praxis. =P
I would do this, but most telemarketers now are robots.
Hello me, how are you doing! I'm Phalene, who are you? You're Phalene too? Excellent. You were born in Montreal? Me too! What's your problem in life? Oh! You quit telemarketing and are looking for another job to make rent. Sweet. Can I have my 15 points now? :P
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His name was jeff from The Modesto BEE. i bothered him quite extensively until his earpiece was gurgling with blood. the time of this call was 4 min and 11 sec. the most i got was he grew up in texas and went to LA for some community college.
If this were a task, I would be torn between so many awesome ways to complete it. Current political phone banks would be great, but even on a longer time scale there are some excellent ways to do this besides the obvious. I just hope my comment draws enough attention to this task that it is ever a possibility.