Weird Telemarketing Call | Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Posted in Experience, Funny
I just had to take the time to write about this or I’ll die…
*RING* *RING*
My sister answers the phone. I was watering my plants at the time and she approached me with a weirded out look and gave me the phone. I regretfully answered.
LJ: Hello?
Gay Sounding Telemarketer: Ma’am, nagtatanggal ba kayo ng buhok sa […]
Big Nothing | Thursday, March 20th, 2008
Posted in Experience, Funny, Daily Stress
I honestly have not seen this movie.
Alright! To eliminate misconceptions:
1. Call centers use the one-name-for-all strategy. In my experience, it’s false. BUT! A lot of call centers don’t mind if their agents use a different name. When I was an agent, I used the name Giselle and Erin when […]
Binibining Pilipinas Q&A | Saturday, March 15th, 2008
Posted in Opinions, Funny
Everyone has been talking about the very controversial Bb. Pilipinas 2008 pageant. If you have been reading this blog, my co-writer Gary made sure that y’all know about it.
Janina San Miguel has created, well… a quotable quote.
Omaygad… Wait! Did you notice that Jennifer Barrientos (Bb. Pilipinas-Universe) and Patricia Fernandez (Bb. Pilipinas-International) had a few funny […]
Tales From Recruitment #4 | Saturday, March 15th, 2008
Posted in Recruitment, Funny
This is the final installment to my recruitment tales.Its been a few months since I posted the last one. Enjoy ^_~
Q: What is your major health issue?
A: I have Typhoon Fever……
Q: What is Typhoon Fever? Can you expound further?
A: Well…. When there is a typhoon and I get wet I get a fever.
*I wonder how […]
Call Center Game | Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Posted in Games, Funny
I found a time-waster. Check out Call Center Charlie!
Charlie is a Filipino Call Center Worker. It’s her first day on the job, but there’s one problem: There’s two agents absent! Now she has to cover the calls the other two agents were supposed to take. She even says “Hello?” with a Filipina accent and earns […]
Purchasing Power | Friday, January 4th, 2008
Posted in Experience, Opinions, Call Center Perks, Careers, Funny
A co-worker of mine, Jill, made a comment. She said I have a lot of shoes.
I was taken aback by it. Believe me I was. So when I went home today, I counted all my shoes.
I have 46 pairs, all except 7 were bought with my own income, but only 27 of those are the […]
The Phones | Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
Posted in Funny
Need a little bit of call center humor? CallCenterComics.com, a website that aims to assist companies with training and management through artwork that depicts that reality of the call center world, is showing their appreciation to their readers by giving a way free copies of “The Phones.” It’s 29 pages of call center humor that […]
34 Ways To Get Back at Telemarketers from InsideCRM | Monday, December 3rd, 2007
Posted in Experience, Funny
I haven’t checked my “other” mailbox in a while and guess what I found. Amy Quinn from InsideCRM told me about a recent article they just posted called Flip the Script: 34 Scripts and Ideas for Getting Back at Telemarketers.
As a former telemarketer, I hated customers who were so rude and cursed to me a […]
Call Center Math | Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
Posted in Callwork's Comics, Opinions, Funny
Source: Callwork
Translation:
Clover: The life of a manager is great!
Rhea: Why’d you say that?
Clover: Look at that… Just sleeping but gets a 6-digit salary!
You might have seen your manager “resting their eyes” or “praying” a few times. Ever wondered how much are they really responsible for when they sleep on the job?
Fresh Grad / < […]
Festival Mall Incident | Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
Posted in Ramblings, Funny, Daily Stress
I was walking around Festival Mall when I noticed this tall good-looking guy looking at me.
I pretended not to notice and flicked out my mobile phone pretending to read a SMS message so I don’t have to do a double-take.
When I looked up, he was still looking at me.
I began thinking he possibly found me […]