hahahaha... The chemistry between these two is perfect. Give them a sitcom!

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She's a frickin' champ, and who still uses that style of phone.

I would never pay that much for the Globe and Mail...

Or any other newspaper that doesn't come with a computer disk for displaying cool graphics! Yeesh..

"Why are you multiplying, sir?! DON'T MULTIPLY!"

"Oh, you've GOT to multiply..."

"You are included within that 'everybody'. Okay?"
"That's so nice."

>> ^eric3579:

She's a frickin' champ, and who still uses that style of phone.


Guys who intend their pranks to last over an hour.

While I laugh, and while we're all in the right to feel a bit of a consumer victory against telemarketers in general thanks to a video like this, I can't help but feel bad for the girl (assuming this is real).

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>> ^Arkaium:

While I laugh, and while we're all in the right to feel a bit of a consumer victory against telemarketers in general thanks to a video like this, I can't help but feel bad for the girl (assuming this is real).


Why would you feel bad for her at all? From the way he's acting, the only impression one can assume she has is that she believes he has some sort of issue with his mental capacity, and DESPITE that, she is STILL trying to sell the paper to him. This is clearly the sort of bitch that would attempt to sell her shitty product to an older person with Alzheimer's who doesn't even want it. Fuck her.

I believe telemarketers are generally not allowed to hang up on potential customers. I think she goes to get permission to end the call near the end of the video.

>> ^JAPR:

>> ^Arkaium:
While I laugh, and while we're all in the right to feel a bit of a consumer victory against telemarketers in general thanks to a video like this, I can't help but feel bad for the girl (assuming this is real).

Why would you feel bad for her at all? From the way he's acting, the only impression one can assume she has is that she believes he has some sort of issue with his mental capacity, and DESPITE that, she is STILL trying to sell the paper to him. This is clearly the sort of bitch that would attempt to sell her shitty product to an older person with Alzheimer's who doesn't even want it. Fuck her.


Or perhaps another way to look at it:
Isn't sad that this person is in a desperate position that she is forced to take a job cold-calling people trying to sell a paper? Of course listening to how young she sounds, this sounds more like that first job that you have to take to put something down on your resume.

Of course, I tend to fail empathetic so my view might be skewed.

>> ^JAPR:
>> ^Arkaium:
While I laugh, and while we're all in the right to feel a bit of a consumer victory against telemarketers in general thanks to a video like this, I can't help but feel bad for the girl (assuming this is real).

Why would you feel bad for her at all? From the way he's acting, the only impression one can assume she has is that she believes he has some sort of issue with his mental capacity, and DESPITE that, she is STILL trying to sell the paper to him. This is clearly the sort of bitch that would attempt to sell her shitty product to an older person with Alzheimer's who doesn't even want it. Fuck her.


Because she's a human being. And while there may have been other options for her, there probably weren't a ton, with the state of the world economy atm. If he'd said no thank you, the call would have been over. Your suggestion that she's supposed to diagnose the guy on the other end of the phone and ascertain the nature of his mental illness is a bit unfair.

I don't like telemarketers. I think it's a loathesome profession. But it sounds like she's just trying to do her job, and she is pretty darn patient and courteous throughout.

That tone of voice is far from polite, the only thing that remains polite is her vocabulary. Yeah, shit job, but I've had to do similar jobs (such as political canvassing), and I'll be fucked if I try to get money from somebody incapable of making their decisions, regardless of what my employers think.

She sounds cute. He should have asked for her number so he could call her and talk for over an hour.

When I was a telemarketer I loved shit like this. Anything that keeps me talking on the phone to convince my boss I'm working and to keep me from thinking about how sad and pathetic my life is because I'm working as a telemarketer for the most soulless F*&%*(# C*&^ Ahhhh!

When I get telemarketer calls sometimes, I start asking them about their day and try to cheer them up. Then I get them to start venting about how much their job sucks and what a cock their boss is.

That guy looks like a skinny version of Kenny from Kenny vs. Spenny

My tactic is to just leave the phone on the table and forget about it. I've had them hang on for over a minute. This is, of course, much more amusing but also takes much more effort. Maybe a compromise could be had with some kind of automated soundboard to keep them going. Think of it as adding some selective pressure to the mix of business evolution.

Edit: It also occurs to me that the internet is quite awesome in that it's actually quite likely the lady at the other end of the phone will end up seeing this video.

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

I believe telemarketers are generally not allowed to hang up on potential customers. I think she goes to get permission to end the call near the end of the video.


I didn't think of that, good point.

That would be easy, program it to wait for a pause and reply with, "I don't understand.", "Tell me more.", "Could you repeat that?" and a few others.

>> ^rebuilder:

My tactic is to just leave the phone on the table and forget about it. I've had them hang on for over a minute. This is, of course, much more amusing but also takes much more effort. Maybe a compromise could be had with some kind of automated soundboard to keep them going. Think of it as adding some selective pressure to the mix of business evolution.
Edit: It also occurs to me that the internet is quite awesome in that it's actually quite likely the lady at the other end of the phone will end up seeing this video.

I'm going to have $23.10 stuck in my head for a long time now.

I feel bad... she was clearly going through real stress.

Its like 'we pretend-kidnapped a person for 1 hour,... ok, now lets let them in on the joke...'

Don't forget to multiply it

>> ^kurtdh:

I'm going to have $23.10 stuck in my head for a long time now.

this is so amazing

$23.10? For paper? Really? I get tv, phone and internet for that kind of money. Why would anybody want to buy paper that expensive?

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