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Glenda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 08:03 PM Original message |
Poll question: Has anyone here every been a telemarketer? |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. Made calls for Kerry and other Dems... |
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Glenda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 08:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Was it from a list of known democrats? |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 09:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. my local Dem lists SUCKED |
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Glenda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 10:15 AM Response to Reply #30 |
41. yeah, this may be one of the things we Dems need to get right.. |
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LynzM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yup |
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Glenda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 08:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Did you do it for 8 hrs a day? |
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LynzM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 08:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Yup. |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 08:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. I did it too once, when I was younger |
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Glenda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 09:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. OHhhh, that's a cute doggy petting emoticon! |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 09:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. it is a kitty, but still |
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Glenda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 09:35 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Ohhhhh, it's a kitty... |
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dolo amber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. I was a supervisor for a company |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
7. For about six weeks. |
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Glenda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 08:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. HOw could you stand a FT day job, plus all the voices in your head |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 08:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. What drove me mad was the people I had to call. |
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Glenda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 09:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Did you find the older people more likely to be the ones... |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 09:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
31. Not to perpetuate a stereotype, but older and/or Southern people. |
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Glenda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 11:38 AM Response to Reply #31 |
51. Older people are also more likely to answer the phone |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 10:59 AM Response to Reply #7 |
47. You COULDN'T quit? How does that work? |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 11:20 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. He meant he didn't want me to quit. |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
9. Yup, for ONE day. |
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Glenda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 09:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. I wonder if there are people who actually like doing it? |
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LynzM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 09:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Yeah, there are |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 10:49 AM Response to Reply #20 |
46. My ex-roommate |
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Kenneth ken (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
11. yes - for about 15 minutes. wasn't enjoyable to me at ALL n/t |
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Glenda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 09:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. YOu only lasted 15 minutes? |
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Kenneth ken (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 09:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. yep |
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CO Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
12. Yes - Both Outbound and Inbound |
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Glenda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 09:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Hmmmm... so you like doing this kind of work? |
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CO Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 08:40 AM Response to Reply #24 |
35. It Was a Job |
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serryjw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 10:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
33. Where in Denver is Convergys located? |
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CO Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 08:41 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Don't Know About The Denver Area |
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imenja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
13. do political campaigns count? |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
15. I didn't do marketing but I did do telephone research for five years. |
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Glenda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 09:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. WHat is telephone research? |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 09:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Market research. Kind of like polling. But we did vehicles and things |
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CRK7376 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
19. Yes it sucked! |
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Pushed To The Left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
23. In my late teens |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
29. For 3 days at some doofus company that sold contracted |
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tinfoilinfor2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
32. Yeah, about forty some years ago selling magazines |
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Glenda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 10:16 AM Response to Reply #32 |
42. That's so awful!! |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
34. Thirty years ago, I worked for the local Sears agency in the summer |
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Glenda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 10:12 AM Response to Reply #34 |
39. that would suck having the person breathing down your neck |
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SCDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
37. Called alumni for donations to Univ |
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Glenda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 10:10 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I think even the jobs like this for good causes suck |
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SCDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 10:28 AM Response to Reply #38 |
44. I agree |
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Glenda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 10:44 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. You did good! |
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Worst Username Ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
40. Yes, mortgages. |
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Dave Sund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
43. Inbound |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
48. Other. I did it for two weeks as background for a news article . . . |
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seaglass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
49. When I was 17 selling a vacation condo complex. It was |
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Pool Hall Ace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
52. Yes, through a temp service. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
53. Yes, for one month |
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Glenda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
54. I'm surprised at how many people have done telemarketing... |
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