[thechat] Say Hello to Sanjeep, Er, Sam

Martin Burns martin at easyweb.co.uk
Sat Oct 26 11:49:01 CDT 2002


On Sat, 26 Oct 2002, Kath wrote:

> At 10:21 AM 10/25/2002 +0100, Martin wrote:
> >So although the systems are
> >pretty quick (and must be to handle real time conversations), add the
> >international delay onto the small delay in the dialer working out that
> >it's a person answering the phone, allocating the call to an agent, popping
> >the screen up to that agent and the agent starting the script, and you've
> >got quite a lengthy pause...
>
> Just long enough for me to figure out that it's a telemarketing call and
> hang up.  I love those pauses!

I love the Telephone Preference Service even more - if anyone cold-calls
me, it's a criminal offence and they're liable for a UKP50k fine.
http://www.tps-online.org.uk/

Which is nice.

Cheers
Martin
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