The Hive is (realy) Dead! Long Live the Hive Mind!

[Aeson]

Well, hopefully busy means good income for the day.

Over here, I'm just doing searches for new online survey vendors. Not what one could call an exciting task.

I'm kinda glad the doctor's appt to talk about allergy meds took half the day...

not a whole lot of money. They're not spending much. I just had a customer go to The UPS Store because he thinks that UPS would be cheaper.


Online survey vendor? What is it you do again?


Half the day appt? Yuck. I guess it kept you out of the office for awhile.

 

[The_Warlock]

not a whole lot of money. They're not spending much. I just had a customer go to The UPS Store because he thinks that UPS would be cheaper.

Online survey vendor? What is it you do again?

Half the day appt? Yuck. I guess it kept you out of the office for awhile.

UPS? The people who charge a premium for a box?

Marketing research. But we don't have a server farm or anything like that, so we outsource certain parts of data collection (call centers for telephone surveys, web survey hosts/providers for online), then get the data and analyze it and pproduce a report for our end clients.

Well, the appt was just late enough to not really make sense to go in to work first, then the MD was a little behind schedule, then I had to get the prescriptions...so work started at 11:45 rather than 9. And I've got plenty of sick time, so it was a matter of just crossing those hours off. Luckily, it's the calm before the storm here. June will likely cause most of us to start emitting steam from our ears due to the work flow...

 

[Aeson]

He didn't come back so I guess he decided it was cheaper.

So you're one of those guys I hang up on?


I've rented out two mailboxes today. One to a woman calling herself Candi Summers. She's rented from me before. Google the name.

 

[The_Warlock]

He didn't come back so I guess he decided it was cheaper.

So you're one of those guys I hang up on?


I've rented out two mailboxes today. One to a woman calling herself Candi Summers. She's rented from me before. Google the name.

Or he didn't want to admit it wasn't cheaper...

Nope, used to be in the call center, but I'm analysis staff now. Chuckle. And generally, my company works with hospitals, insurance companies, local public health depts, so we are generally call people about services they use, or are members of, and very rarely product placement. And we don't sell anything, it's only needs assessment, image and awareness, community or client satisfaction, etc.

Hint, if you REALLY don't want to have your opinion heard, just stop them and say, "I work in marketing research", about half of the phone and online surveys can't survey marketers or researchers since it's a potential conflict of interest.

But the Call Center grunts are hired and fired based on whether or not they keep you on the phone. Hanging up is black marks on them. Making yourself inelegible lets the you off the hook, and lets them keep their job.

Oh my. That's...different.

 

[Aeson]

Did you look her up? I started a discussion in the CM chat room when I asked if it was wrong to trade services.


I'll keep that in mind. I didn't think about them losing the job because of hang ups.

 

[The_Warlock]

Did you look her up? I started a discussion in the CM chat room when I asked if it was wrong to trade services.

I'll keep that in mind. I didn't think about them losing the job because of hang ups.

Look up = Oh my.

Well, I get massage from a professional masseuse (and friend) for tech supporting her computer. But the services you're looking to trade might infringe on some local blue laws...chuckle.

Yeah, a lot of the larger call centers are near minimum wage with brutal quotas on the staff. If they don't meet them, there's always another recent college grad with rent due who'll take the hot seat.
Having been in a call center, refusal conversion is a must, and respondents hanging up is held against the interviewers even though they have no control over what we do on the other end with the phone.

Now, automated mortgage refinancers and satellite TV vendors...don't just hang up on them, hang up hard. Possibly with a gym whistle first.

 

[Mycanid]

<--- likes accents

Especially the more refined English accents, Irish and Scottish.

*purrs just thinking about it*

Hmm ... I like them too, but I don't think I have ever purred about it. :\

Besides, who ever heard of a fungus purring?

 

[Mycanid]

Hey Jonesy. You are really on the tip of Finland! Is Helsinki the capital? Dshai and I were discussing the countries he went to visit when he lived in Holland and how he has never been to Norway, Sweden or Finland and when we go we'll have to see them. I didn't make it there when I went either. The farthest north I got was Dusseldorf. I have both Danish and Swedish blood, so I know next time we go I would like to go to both of those places at least. Well, those plus Ireland and Scotland

Finland is BEAUTIFUL. Very beautiful.

Of course, not as beautiful as Scotland, IMNSHO, but it is beautiful. Especially if you like lakes.

 

[Mycanid]

Yeah, and usually the only Finnish town anyone's ever heard of.

What?!

What about Kuopio and Joennsuu and Vahtaa and Vasaa?!

 

[Mycanid]

No. Actually doing so is considered discriminatory *rolls eyes* I don't think the gov't should be able to tell me who I can rent my house to. Anyways, at this point we need it rented so I am gonna start advertising in other places other than the military site.

So! You actually ARE moving then?