Jul 31, 2006 11:51
For those friends of mine who have worked in telephone marketing: it is I who you have so long despised.
I'm the guy who keeps you on the phone for as long as I can, asking obscure questions that you have to look up, and with absolutely no intention of buying anything. I do this for pure, though cruel, self-satisfaction. I find such glee in leading you on with the possibility of a sale, stating my situation in terms concrete enough to sell to... "Oh yes sir, we offer a plan that caters to your lifestyle" "Really? Tell me more."
I feel no guilt. It is ouros bouros. I the ying you the the yang. For the many hundreds who hang up on you without a word, I am the one who will torment you with far greater indulgence, much as you are paid to torment those many hundreds. Of course, I am paid only in the currency of evil.
Or... maybe you get paid by the hour and don't care how many cell phones people buy.