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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 6098957" data-attributes="member: 19675"><p>I'm starting to appreciate the people who write those scripts for the AI salesmen even more.</p><p></p><p>This year, I've received almost a call a day on average from somebody trying to get me to invest in something. They're not as entertaining as the robots.</p><p></p><p>Worse are the nearly as frequent calls from "Peggies"* with accents from the Indian subcontinent who want to talk to me about:</p><p></p><p>1) my Windows computer possibly having a security issue</p><p>2) an online survey I (or someone in my household) took regarding Wal-Mart, with a gift card to be awarded</p><p></p><p>These calls are 100% pure BS.</p><p></p><p>1) I don't own a Windows computer; the closest I come is an Android smartphone which I plan to ditch for a plain vanilla cellphone at the end of this contract. I overheard one of the of the Peggies ask his supervisors for assistance when I revealed this, followed nearly instantly by a nice, rude hang-up.</p><p></p><p>2) I haven't done an online marketing survey in years, and nobody in my household has been in a Wal-Mart since 2005. We don't do Wal-Mart. Period. And like the Windows Peggies, the Wal-Mart Peggies simply hang up once caught in the lie.</p><p></p><p>I hope I'm not crushing the spirit of some poor schmoe who is doing a soul-sucking minimum wage job in a boiler room to feed his family, but I can't care <em>too</em> much.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>* Peggy, of "USA Prime Credit" fame:</p><p><img src="http://i1307.photobucket.com/albums/s593/AJA1967/image_zps162d7979.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 6098957, member: 19675"] I'm starting to appreciate the people who write those scripts for the AI salesmen even more. This year, I've received almost a call a day on average from somebody trying to get me to invest in something. They're not as entertaining as the robots. Worse are the nearly as frequent calls from "Peggies"* with accents from the Indian subcontinent who want to talk to me about: 1) my Windows computer possibly having a security issue 2) an online survey I (or someone in my household) took regarding Wal-Mart, with a gift card to be awarded These calls are 100% pure BS. 1) I don't own a Windows computer; the closest I come is an Android smartphone which I plan to ditch for a plain vanilla cellphone at the end of this contract. I overheard one of the of the Peggies ask his supervisors for assistance when I revealed this, followed nearly instantly by a nice, rude hang-up. 2) I haven't done an online marketing survey in years, and nobody in my household has been in a Wal-Mart since 2005. We don't do Wal-Mart. Period. And like the Windows Peggies, the Wal-Mart Peggies simply hang up once caught in the lie. I hope I'm not crushing the spirit of some poor schmoe who is doing a soul-sucking minimum wage job in a boiler room to feed his family, but I can't care [I]too[/I] much. * Peggy, of "USA Prime Credit" fame: [IMG]http://i1307.photobucket.com/albums/s593/AJA1967/image_zps162d7979.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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