The "What Are You Doing This Moment" Thread

[The Ozzman]

I get nervous if it's a business contact or if I'm calling a business with a question. I'd much rather e-mail people to confirm things than call.

 

[mutantllama]

Just finished my last final. Now I'm just waiting an hour for the bell to ring then it's the fucking summer!


Shitty last day outside though.

 

[cookiecutter]

Agreed

EDIT: With Ozzman and Joe

 

[The Ozzman]

Yeah, it's why I would hate working at a call center (although you usually work from a script so it wouldn't be too terrible) or doing sales as I'm pretty awful at selling stuff.

 

[Zephyrus]

Yeah I suck at phonecalls, especially when leaving answering-machine messages. I can never make them quick and to-the-point unless I rehearse it a few times.

And I can't stand when I'm expecting a phone call. It's almost as bad as waiting to be picked up.

 

[The Ozzman]

And I can't stand when I'm expecting a phone call. It's almost as bad as waiting to be picked up.

This is much worse when you submit a resume to a company and you wait for them to call to schedule an interview. It is fucking agonizing.

 

[Dak]

@Ozzman: Working at call centers sucks. I know from experience. People are much bigger dicks over the phone than they would be in person because of the un-personal nature of a call vs in person.

 

[The Ozzman]

@Ozzman: Working at call centers sucks. I know from experience. People are much bigger dicks over the phone than they would be in person because of the un-personal nature of a call vs in person.

I'd like to work at one for a bit just to see if it's as terrible as people say it is. Same goes for food service.

 

[Krow]

I was actually thinking of applying for one later today. I dont take anything personally and it's alot of fun to let someone get extremely pissy with you and keep responding to them nicely... letting them boil over until they hang up because they dont get a reaction.

 

[The Ozzman]

If I didn't mind taking a 3 dollar an hour pay cut I would do it

 

[Krow]

I currently dont have a job... so $10 an hour doesnt sound bad.

 

[Ross]

I dont call people for the reasons stated above.

Thank fuck for SMS's.

 

[arg]

i did the phone interview in the nude, for the job i got now. it might help.

 

[mutantllama]

I love being a dick to people who try to sell me stuff on the phone.


It's fun.

 

[Dak]

I was customer service for a bank, people called me. I could never do phone sales, the whole concept irritates the hell out of me.

 

[SentinelSlain]

I love being a dick to people who try to sell me stuff on the phone.


It's fun.

Some cow double glazing saleswoman rang me up right before school once and I said something like 'I don't really have time for one such as you' in a gay voice and she told me to fuck off.

As funny as it is, you'd think we a job as easy as hers the basic principles of politeness could be adhered to.

 

[Dak]

I had this girl solicit me at a outdoor shopping area to buy some cologne from her, and I was like "I don't wear cologne", and when she persisted to try and sell it to me I just told her "Cologne is for faggots" and walked off.

My friends were like "daaamn, that was cold". You can't give people like that any opening or they won't shut up.

 

[Vimana]

One time some person tried to sell me something and as she was opening her mouth I just gave her a hard "no" and she made a very annoyed face.

Seemingly to old ladies in Hong Kong selling stuff the holding up of the palm facing the object being sold doesn't mean "no thanks" there. Whenever I did it they thought I was interested which led to many giving me angry faces and saying stuff to me in Cantonese.

 

[Krow]

Some cow double glazing saleswoman rang me up right before school once and I said something like 'I don't really have time for one such as you' in a gay voice and she told me to fuck off.

As funny as it is, you'd think we a job as easy as hers the basic principles of politeness could be adhered to.

As far as I know the place you're working for monitors your calls... so you cant get away with shit like that.

My uncle Brian did manage to really let loose his last day at working at one of those places.... where everyone he called, he opened with "Hello, my name is Brian, and I'd rather kill myself than work here another day."

Proof he did it came in a letter sent along with his last pay check.

 

[The Ozzman]

I was customer service for a bank, people called me. I could never do phone sales, the whole concept irritates the hell out of me.

Yeah, I could do work at a call center where people call in for questions/help

I had this girl solicit me at a outdoor shopping area to buy some cologne from her, and I was like "I don't wear cologne", and when she persisted to try and sell it to me I just told her "Cologne is for faggots" and walked off.

My friends were like "daaamn, that was cold". You can't give people like that any opening or they won't shut up.