Update: People are fucking rude to me on the phone. It is fine if you have differences of opinions with me on the issue, but:
1. Do not hang up on me in the middle of a sentence. We may have a difference of opinion, but be cordial buttface.
2. Call me a 'little bitch' or 'I'm a bad person'
3. Yell at me about your own problems
4. Tell me you cannot volunteer, because of bs reasons like I'm too busy or I work 40 hours a week. You are lazy, liars. I used to work 40 hours a week and you have the weekend. Laziness especially when the cause affects you directly. Asses.
5. I am not a telemarketer. I am cold calling which is hard enough.
6. Stop reminding me this economy is terrible and you cannot afford to donate. Nice $1.99 ringback tone, btw.
7. I work 9-9. I will not call you back nor should you call me before or past 9.
8. Stop texting me back to ask me who I am. Thats a dick move.
9. Stop fucking calling me back. I don't know you!!!
10. From now on, I am going to be less rude on the phone.
Sincerely,
Cylon
Cold calling is shit. I had to do that at my previous internship, and it is no fun. I've also been cold calling to generate job leads. It's hard and you face a lot of rejection.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry people are assholes sometimes. But they are. And since you're calling about a political topic there are often lots of strong opinions involved.
#6 is terrible.
As for 7-9, what phone are you using? Your own? I just wondered how people are calling you back.
Anyway, keep it up, I'm sure doing a great job!
Oh god, I did that in high school for my government AP course. And it was for a class--I wasn't getting anything out of it. Just a measly letter grade that did not deserve being harassed like that.
ReplyDeleteI especially hated calling people from the list that weren't Republicans. (I was calling for the Republican party because it was the closest to my house and I didn't have my car at the time). Damn, Democrats can be such effin' assholes too.
But there are some really nice people too. I called an old lady, and she thanked me for reminding her to vote (that's all I was doing! I wasn't even rallying for the Republican candidates either!) and that I was a sweet girl for taking the time to remind people.
So all's not lost. It's not the best job in the world to cold-call people because people are pissy little pissypants, but there are nice people too. (Also, the other workers at the Republican party were so nice to us! Lots of free food. Yumyum!)
I'm nicer to people on the phone now too. You are awesome for putting up with these people, and you're 928375889234572945x better than they ever WILL be! <3
I love how you tell them to be cordial as you're calling them buttface. And I realize that probably sounds sarcastic, but it's not. People who are not cordial deserve to be called buttface.
ReplyDeleteI've never been rude to cold callers on the phone, but now I'm going to go out of my way to be extra nice to them. Cold calling is hard and just because I disagree with their views does not make them A. A bad person or B. Worthy of being called a bitch. Really you just shouldn't call people bitches. Ever. Especially since it's like, "How dare you call people about a cause you care about who may or may not being interested in supporting you and try to gauge their interest!"
It sucks that you have to use your own phone. I must admit I do #8, though I generally don't do it unless someone has left me a text message (in which case I need to know who it is) or if someone leaves me a voicemail. I just don't call people back when they just leave their numbers because I figure it's someone cold calling me who doesn't need me to call them back. Is that a dick move? I think it's understandable.
Hang in there Cylon. This experience will be good no matter the outcome. Short story about bitchy people on phone?