Telemarketing

[lillibet]

I just got a great call from my best friend, who announced "I just had the best telemarketing experience!"

Apparently he picked up a call for his husband, Tom, from a Southern-accented telemarketer and after he explained that Tom is not at home, the woman asked if she could please speak to Tom's spouse, steve said "Speaking!" She paused and said "You're married to Tom?" "Yes, ma'am," he responded, "this is Massachusetts." She hesitated again and then launched into her spiel without further question.

Comments

[rmd.livejournal.com]

in fact, that is excellent as telemarketing experiences go. :-)

[dpolicar]

indeed excellent.

[orbitalmechanic.livejournal.com]

I've noticed that capitalism always overcomes morals, and that's not always a bad thing.

[ayelle.livejournal.com]

So if she has a Southern accent, that automatically means that one of her moral values is that gay marriage is wrong? She couldn't have just been, say, slightly surprised for a moment to hear a man say he was married to a man?

[orbitalmechanic.livejournal.com]

Eh, I meant it more as a general comment that no matter what you think about the situation, salesmanship overcomes the personal reaction. For most people gay marriage comes out as a moral issue, whether it's framed in terms of traditionalist/conservative values or of social justice. I don't think anyone in the US today has no reaction, you know? So the smoothness, that's what's unnatural and, in this case, fabulous.

Another example: if a man goes to an expensive or professional or trendy enough makeup store and looks like he's going to pay, he can probably get a makeover from someone who thinks drag queens are scary and weird. It's kind of what the urban world is all about.

[ayelle.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, I gotcha. Sorry I jumped the gun there -- I'm a little sensitive about that stereotype. But that makes sense.

[gilana]

That's fabulous! Did he mention what she was selling?

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

Hee! Excellent.

[http://users.livejournal.com/cgull_/]

It'll be even more excellent when this is no longer The Best Telemarketing Experience, but just annoying as usual. :)