THINGS I HAVE LEARNED IN MY JOB......

I feel the need to educate anyone that might be reading this while venting a bit...after all that is why I got a blog.(venting NOT educating).

I have mentioned before that I started a new job about 3 months ago..and honest to God I DO remind myself nightly to be grateful I HAVE a job..honest I do.

The job that I am doing involves calling people on the phone . At this point, I will state that I, in NO WAY ever ever try to sell anything to anyone, I would never be a telemarketer. But of course, often when I call someone they don't let me get 3 words out and they wanna yell at me that they don't want to listen to my sales pitch (even though there isn't one coming..lmao).

I have more than 20 years experience in the field of retail and this is the first time I can honestly say those years of dealing with every kind of customer you can imagine has toughened me and prepared me for a job. While working the current job, I have been called every dirty word you can think of (including the "c" word on a few memorable occasions..lol).

It amazes me how very rude people can be when they have NO idea why I am even calling. I understand that it is their right to not want to be bothered by a stranger on the phone, but come on now ...how hard is it to just say "no thank you" or "I am not interested" and hang up, instead of becoming verbally abusive. As I said, I am a tough old bird but sometimes I want to yell back and say "ya know what jackass? I am just trying to feed my 2 gremlins so give me a break".

At this point, I would have to say that karma is a bitch..because I have surely hung up on strange calls in my day but NEVER have I EVER swore at the person on the other end of a line or called them a "c%$^". (guess my momma raised me right..lol)

Anyway, for the most part I have reminded myself that it isn't personal and some people are just assholes....but tonight was one of those nights that really made me have to dig in my heels to even finish the shift.

It wasn't bad enough that I had to put up with the normal abuse...oh noooooooo...my boss gave me a verbal warning because I was taking too long between calls..I am supposed to only take 2-3 seconds between calls and any longer than that , I am in shit.... I was like fuckkkkkkkkk come onnnnnnnn..lol. But unlike some of the morons I talked to tonight, I managed to hold my tongue.

At first, I used to think that it was ok people were being so cruel because I was calling their home...but now I think that there IS a way to handle that situation without being a total asswipe to me, when I am only doing a job.

So the next time, someone calls you with an annoying call, try to think of me and at least say NO THANK YOU then hang up if you must. After all, it could be me sitting here just waiting to hear your wonderful voice..lol.
OK end of rant..thanks if you actually managed to read all of this..
As always, to be continued....