Two encounters with the tele-sales-woman:
I said two encounters, because first time when she called I was in a meeting and had to disappoint her by declining to speak any further. Yet, even before I could tell her that she had called me at an unfavourable time, she was through with three sentences,
"Hello, I am Pushpa calling from Airtel" {What are you doing at Airtel, dear? I mean why did you have to go there and call?}
"Am I talking to(a long pause) Mr. Ajit Niranjan?" {Yeah, that's me!}
"Yes"
"Sir, thank you for being a customer for Airtel for last six months. Do you have any feedback to give?"- all these words come at a pace which signifies that she is actually reading it out from somewhere. Maybe her handwriting is too bad.
{Don't ever call me, is the only feedback I have, but this is no time for argument}
"Please call me later- I am in a meeting," I try to keep my voice as pleasant as I can.
"When can I call you, sir?"
"After six," I say this without raising my voice, accomplishing a victory over my angered self!
***
A few hours pass, and I happily forget about this call. But the Lady does not. She calls me promptly at around six. Yet, again, she starts-
"Hello, I am Pushpa calling from Airtel"
"Am I talking to (a long pause) Mr. Ajit Niranjan?"
"Yes"
"Sir, thank you for being a customer for Airtel for last six months. Do you have any feedback to give?"- all these words come at a pace which signifies that she is actually reading it out from somewhere. Maybe her handwriting is too bad.
If you are thinking, I have copy-pasted from the above incidence, you are right. I mean, I am describing the two incidences as they happened, and I have optimised my effort by copy-pasting the conversation. Without making any falsification, that is. And those were precisely the words I heard for the second time around.
Pity her job. And her handwriting, too.
She further asked if I could give her more references so that she could contact them and persuade into buying an Airtel connection. I said no, all of my acquaintances are on Airtel anyway, {and at any cost, I don't want to be the reason of your calling them.}
***
There is no "moral of the story" section. I don't have any good or bad comments about this rather amusing phone call, I wish I don't get any more. And that's that!
I said two encounters, because first time when she called I was in a meeting and had to disappoint her by declining to speak any further. Yet, even before I could tell her that she had called me at an unfavourable time, she was through with three sentences,
"Hello, I am Pushpa calling from Airtel" {What are you doing at Airtel, dear? I mean why did you have to go there and call?}
"Am I talking to
"Yes"
"Sir, thank you for being a customer for Airtel for last six months. Do you have any feedback to give?"- all these words come at a pace which signifies that she is actually reading it out from somewhere. Maybe her handwriting is too bad.
{Don't ever call me, is the only feedback I have, but this is no time for argument}
"Please call me later- I am in a meeting," I try to keep my voice as pleasant as I can.
"When can I call you, sir?"
"After six," I say this without raising my voice, accomplishing a victory over my angered self!
***
A few hours pass, and I happily forget about this call. But the Lady does not. She calls me promptly at around six. Yet, again, she starts-
"Hello, I am Pushpa calling from Airtel"
"Am I talking to
"Yes"
"Sir, thank you for being a customer for Airtel for last six months. Do you have any feedback to give?"- all these words come at a pace which signifies that she is actually reading it out from somewhere. Maybe her handwriting is too bad.
If you are thinking, I have copy-pasted from the above incidence, you are right. I mean, I am describing the two incidences as they happened, and I have optimised my effort by copy-pasting the conversation. Without making any falsification, that is. And those were precisely the words I heard for the second time around.
Pity her job. And her handwriting, too.
She further asked if I could give her more references so that she could contact them and persuade into buying an Airtel connection. I said no, all of my acquaintances are on Airtel anyway, {and at any cost, I don't want to be the reason of your calling them.}
***
There is no "moral of the story" section. I don't have any good or bad comments about this rather amusing phone call, I wish I don't get any more. And that's that!
No comments:
Post a Comment