Whose bright idea was it to start using automated Telemarketers?

Question

It was bad when a person called on the tele, trying to sell you something you didn't really need. But lately there are more and more calls from machines with pre-recorded messages of sales scams.
So this is their idea of saving money? Fire the real people and use machines instead?

I'm starting to not ever answer my land-line, I'm thinking of discontinuing my land-line service all together, and just using my cell, at least my cell company doesn't allow telemarketing on cell phones.

Answer 1

I don't know but it gets on my nerves especially when they call our company phone. Its like I'm working people, no time to talk to you or listen to your messages! They have really gotten way out of hand with it.

Answer 2

It's so they don't have to hire and pay real people to do it. Machines and computers are faster, more efficient, never get tired/hungry/emotional, and they can just call in someone to repair them if something is wrong. Just another excuse to put people out of jobs, no matter how degrating the job may be.

Answer 3

Automated telemarketers never turn into disgruntled slackers who despise their job but refuse to quit because they have no transferable skills and need their dead-end job to pay the monthly rent at the tralier park.

Answer 4

Whoever it was, they should be strung up by their thumbs in the public square and pelted with rotten fruit by small children for ten hours a day !
I used to hate those calls as they always seemed to come when I was ........indesposed !
Now I have call blocker that screens those out for me.

Answer 5

They want to save you money by having a machine talk to you. But then you can hang up on them and not feel about it. So it works out, I guess.

Answer 6

i hate all telemarketers.

Answer 7

I hate it too!

Answer 8

not sure