Apparently my credit card company has outsourced their telemarketing to an Indian firm. No big deal really, I don’t care what nationality you are when you’re annoying me, I assume people that annoy me are Urassolevians. Anyway a guy with a very thick Indian accent calls and says “My name is Robert…” then starts into the marketing pitch. It’s standard fare, no chance to say “No thanks.” So while he is “verifying” my name and age of birth to give me this great deal (credit insurance in case I get fired) I just play along without realizing what I’m doing. I’m still amazed that this guy is calling himself Robert.
Before I knew what happened Robert is punting me to his supervisor to confirm the sale. His supervisor comes on the line, heavy Indian accent again “This is David” he begins. Okay, whatever. He explains that he was just checking to make sure I understood everything and agreed. I said I hadn’t really agreed to anything, there wasn’t a chance. Then I got a second pitch for the credit insurance. I pointed out that I don’t carry a balance. He parried by saying that it would be free since the amount is determined by the rotating balance. Sure… free but useless, hey thanks for making my payments of zero.
Anyway I was a little tired by this point. I finally get fed up of listening to the pitch.
“Do you get bonus if I say yes and cancel?” I ask
“Oh Mr. Seibold you won’t want to cancel this fine service..”
“I’m trying to help you out. If it means you’ll get bonus points or whatever and all I have to do is call later I’ll agree”
“You can cancel at anytime Mr. Seibold”
“Okay. Your name isn’t really David is it?”
David seemed suddenly defensive
“I don’t understand”
“Tell me your real first name and I’ll take the credit protection”
“Tushar”
I took the credit protection, Tushar is a name shared by an Indian guy I know so he might have been telling the truth.
The encounter reminded of students who come to the US and change their name. They might be Phenlip Toa or Jin Song in their own country but the show up here and they call themselves “Pete” or “Jimmy.” Ridiculous. I can take five minutes to learn someone’s name. If you’re a Raditya I can learn that, calling yourself Andy doesn’t help.
Ah, lots of cool thinks today:
iPod Love Warning: Large file. Unless you have a fast connection ignore it.
Subserviant Chicken Try “turn off the lights” Pretty funny use of the ‘net
James Vs The Fly
A most excellent use of iPhoto…
A most interesting link: This documents artwork before a guy goes insane and artwork as he slips farther and farther from reality. Interesting. Judging by Todd’s artwork he can turn psychosis on and off like a faucet.
I’d say the psychosis tap was half open for this one.
Or perhaps Todd just has a lot of artistic talent… That’s probably the case.
CKS/BL tridiot rating: 129.00000035%
I was surprised too…
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