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I don't understand this. Say you're not interested and move on. Being a dick to someone trying to earn a living says a lot about your character. And I promis

I don't understand this. Say you're not interested and move on. Being a dick to someone trying to earn a living says a lot about your character. And I promise, the sales rep doesn't care. Their job is dials and talk time. Your bot is helping them reach their daily quota.

908087 9y ago
Cold calling people you have no previous relationship with is a dick move. Lenny just helps some people return the favor. 419 scammers are "just trying to earn a living" too.
- goatherders 9y ago
  I call people I don't know all the time because I have something valuable to offer and want to share that with them. It's no different than any form of advertising....its just more direct. Put another way, if I could call you today and offer you a service or product that solved a big problem you have for a fair renumeration you would be thankful.
  - 908087 9y ago
    Other forms of advertising don't make my office phone ring while I'm in the middle of something, or make my home phone ring while I'm eating dinner to ambush me. Cold calling makes e-mail spammers look polite by comparison. Also, despite the fact that I despise and block everything the internet ad industry throws at me, that industry arguably provides something in return for the trouble of putting up with their bullshit. Cold calling provides me with absolutely nothing beyond a rude interruption of my day at best. I don't care what you're offering, because I subconsciously tag anything associated with cold calling as a scam and file it in the same mental folder as that "free cruise" I "won".
  - overcast 9y ago
    Is it a whitepaper? I bet it's a whitepaper that I absolutely can NOT live without. Unless you're purposely hiding yourself from the internet(I don't want to deal with you anyhow). Then why can't I just discover you on Google for my target? Or are you selling me something that I had no idea I needed? I will guarantee that for anyone who calls me unsolicited to sell something, I will do everything in my power never to buy your products.
overcast 9y ago
So you're already promising you don't care about the person you're trying to sell to? Hooooo boy, where do I sign up for your product!? To respond to your first statement, telemarketers don't take no, or not interested for an answer. You contradict yourself, first you say I'm being a dick, but then you say you don't care. So which is it?
InclinedPlane 9y ago
> "Being a dick to someone trying to earn a living says a lot about your character." Wow, you hit the nail right on the head. Being a dick to someone trying to earn a living does say a lot about your character. Cold calling someone is being a dick to someone trying to earn a living. Period.

908087 9y ago

Cold calling people you have no previous relationship with is a dick move. Lenny just helps some people return the favor. 419 scammers are "just trying to earn a living" too.

goatherders 9y ago
I call people I don't know all the time because I have something valuable to offer and want to share that with them. It's no different than any form of advertising....its just more direct. Put another way, if I could call you today and offer you a service or product that solved a big problem you have for a fair renumeration you would be thankful.
- 908087 9y ago
  Other forms of advertising don't make my office phone ring while I'm in the middle of something, or make my home phone ring while I'm eating dinner to ambush me. Cold calling makes e-mail spammers look polite by comparison. Also, despite the fact that I despise and block everything the internet ad industry throws at me, that industry arguably provides something in return for the trouble of putting up with their bullshit. Cold calling provides me with absolutely nothing beyond a rude interruption of my day at best. I don't care what you're offering, because I subconsciously tag anything associated with cold calling as a scam and file it in the same mental folder as that "free cruise" I "won".
- overcast 9y ago
  Is it a whitepaper? I bet it's a whitepaper that I absolutely can NOT live without. Unless you're purposely hiding yourself from the internet(I don't want to deal with you anyhow). Then why can't I just discover you on Google for my target? Or are you selling me something that I had no idea I needed? I will guarantee that for anyone who calls me unsolicited to sell something, I will do everything in my power never to buy your products.

overcast 9y ago

So you're already promising you don't care about the person you're trying to sell to? Hooooo boy, where do I sign up for your product!? To respond to your first statement, telemarketers don't take no, or not interested for an answer. You contradict yourself, first you say I'm being a dick, but then you say you don't care. So which is it?

InclinedPlane 9y ago

> "Being a dick to someone trying to earn a living says a lot about your character." Wow, you hit the nail right on the head. Being a dick to someone trying to earn a living does say a lot about your character. Cold calling someone is being a dick to someone trying to earn a living. Period.