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Local Outsourcing Telemarketing Moron
I got an interesting phone call today. A person from Global Pardigm Solutions asked how I was doing. When my '90s Corporate Buzzword meter exploded at the sound of that ridiculous company name, I should have went ahead and hung up. But I'm a glutton for punishment. He began his speil, not letting me get a word in. He explained to me how he and his company can end our IT woes by outsourcing all the technical functions for one low cost. Heck they'd even run our Email server for us. When he finished I asked him if he knew what I did. He said that he knew we were in the Land Survey business. I then told him that I was the person he was trying to replace. After a few stammering words he attempted to backtrack. A fella named Mike could swing by the office and have a ten minute meet and greet. I have found that on sales calls, the best way to get back at them is to let them think that your really interested, string them along a bit, then at the last minute, bail. So I played along, setting up a meeting for Monday morning. As I was about to hang up, I asked him Mike's last name. Another stammer. This guy didn't know the last name of the guy he was going to send over to take my job. Amazing. Should I cancel the meeting an hour before? Or is that giving them too much warning?
Local Outsourcing Telemarketing Moron
I got an interesting phone call today. A person from Global Pardigm Solutions asked how I was doing. When my '90s Corporate Buzzword meter exploded at the sound of that ridiculous company name, I should have went ahead and hung up. But I'm a glutton for punishment. He began his speil, not letting me get a word in. He explained to me how he and his company can end our IT woes by outsourcing all the technical functions for one low cost. Heck they'd even run our Email server for us. When he finished I asked him if he knew what I did. He said that he knew we were in the Land Survey business. I then told him that I was the person he was trying to replace. After a few stammering words he attempted to backtrack. A fella named Mike could swing by the office and have a ten minute meet and greet. I have found that on sales calls, the best way to get back at them is to let them think that your really interested, string them along a bit, then at the last minute, bail. So I played along, setting up a meeting for Monday morning. As I was about to hang up, I asked him Mike's last name. Another stammer. This guy didn't know the last name of the guy he was going to send over to take my job. Amazing. Should I cancel the meeting an hour before? Or is that giving them too much warning?
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