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I'm pretty sure they're referring to Lenny the telemarketer bot. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lenny+telemarketer+bot https://www.youtube.com/res

I'm pretty sure they're referring to Lenny the telemarketer bot. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lenny+telemarketer+bot https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lenny+telemarke...

atonse 8y ago
This is amazing hahahahaha. I love it. Although I still feel bad for the telemarketer operator. I don't think anyone chooses that kind of job. I'd rather just not answer the phone.
- krageon 8y ago
  Their job is actively harmful, because they exist to prey on the class of people that can't see through their bullshit. I agree that they are the low-level operators (and therefore perhaps not worth the effort to punish), but I do think it is high time we start viewing predatory sales as exactly what it is: predatory.
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  - atonse 8y ago
    I am simply saying that many of the people that work as telemarketers are in that job because it was the only job available. Would you take that job? No. Would I? No. But if it were the only job available, you bet your ass I will take it and put up with the humiliation of 90% of angry callers to support my family. Yes, I agree that it's a scummy tactic, but I still make a distinction between their customer (the company paying them to do the job) and the actual operator.
    - loco5niner 8y ago
      > ... I still make a distinction between their customer (the company paying them to do the job) and the actual operator. Nope. Lying to someone because 'my superior told me to' is still lying. > Yes, I agree that it's a scummy tactic So, how low are you willing to go on the "scummy tactic" scale?
- actsasbuffoon 8y ago
  They’re not all just cold callers trying to sell a legitimate product. Some telemarketers are outright scammers and they’re stealing thousands of dollars from the elderly and infirm. Check out Hoax Hotel and Kitboga on YouTube if you want to learn about the unseemly underbelly of telemarketing. Also, talk to your grand parents and parents about these scams.
overcast 8y ago
Correct, we have him on his very own extension, to which anyone can conference him in :D

I'm pretty sure they're referring to Lenny the telemarketer bot. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lenny+telemarketer+bot https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lenny+telemarke...

atonse 8y ago

This is amazing hahahahaha. I love it. Although I still feel bad for the telemarketer operator. I don't think anyone chooses that kind of job. I'd rather just not answer the phone.

krageon 8y ago
Their job is actively harmful, because they exist to prey on the class of people that can't see through their bullshit. I agree that they are the low-level operators (and therefore perhaps not worth the effort to punish), but I do think it is high time we start viewing predatory sales as exactly what it is: predatory.
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- atonse 8y ago
  I am simply saying that many of the people that work as telemarketers are in that job because it was the only job available. Would you take that job? No. Would I? No. But if it were the only job available, you bet your ass I will take it and put up with the humiliation of 90% of angry callers to support my family. Yes, I agree that it's a scummy tactic, but I still make a distinction between their customer (the company paying them to do the job) and the actual operator.
  - loco5niner 8y ago
    > ... I still make a distinction between their customer (the company paying them to do the job) and the actual operator. Nope. Lying to someone because 'my superior told me to' is still lying. > Yes, I agree that it's a scummy tactic So, how low are you willing to go on the "scummy tactic" scale?
actsasbuffoon 8y ago
They’re not all just cold callers trying to sell a legitimate product. Some telemarketers are outright scammers and they’re stealing thousands of dollars from the elderly and infirm. Check out Hoax Hotel and Kitboga on YouTube if you want to learn about the unseemly underbelly of telemarketing. Also, talk to your grand parents and parents about these scams.

overcast 8y ago

Correct, we have him on his very own extension, to which anyone can conference him in :D