haha this was pretty well done.

Nana, you will enjoy this.

Some random thoughts, from me, as a person who randomly calls up folks and tries to get them to do surveys.

If you tell us that “now is not a good time”, we’ll call you back later. Say that you’re not interested in doing the survey at all. Or just say that you don’t want to be called back. If you tell us to call back at a certain time, you’ll probably get a call back around that scheduled time. Everything is computerized, so it’s not like we’ll “forget”.

If you’re rude to one of us on the phone, you’ll probably be called back. And maybe on the same day!

We have a certain number of surveys that need to be completed per day. We don’t work on commission, but if we don’t reach our quotas often enough, we can be fired. If you’re still fine with not doing a short survey (if they honestly tell you that it’ll be short, and you’re not doing anything), then that’s fine.

Calling me a faggot on the phone, or telling me to blow you, is really rude. So is answering the phone with a “what”? or a “yeah?” Also, saying “fuck off” doesn’t do anything except make for funny conversation on break.

We need to read all the questions, so stop trying to rush us. Even if something seems redundant. We’re trying to be objective, so we need to read everything the way it is on the screen, without reframing things too much, or skipping questions.

There’s more, but it’ll probably end up in a post later on.