There tends to be a fifty-fifty split between people who, upon realizing that I'm not going to buy their thing, say, "Alright, thank you, have a nice day" and people who, upon realizing that I'm not going to buy their thing, just hang up. I wonder what it is that makes someone have one reaction over the other.
I think it's a difference in how people view their job. Someone who has the former response sees being a telemarketer as working in communication - that is, actually talking to people and having conversations with them. It also might also be that the person who says "Alright, thank you, have a nice day" expected a real response on the other person's part (either rudeness or genuine interest in what they have to sell) and gives a real response themself. Someone who has the latter response, however, doesn't think they're paid to talk to people but rather at them, which admittedly is a realistic expectation of telemarketing. Either that, or they just don't know how to deal with most sorts of responses and hangs up out of inability to respond.
I think it's a difference in how people view their job. Someone who has the former response sees being a telemarketer as working in communication - that is, actually talking to people and having conversations with them. It also might also be that the person who says "Alright, thank you, have a nice day" expected a real response on the other person's part (either rudeness or genuine interest in what they have to sell) and gives a real response themself. Someone who has the latter response, however, doesn't think they're paid to talk to people but rather at them, which admittedly is a realistic expectation of telemarketing. Either that, or they just don't know how to deal with most sorts of responses and hangs up out of inability to respond.
I genuinely have no clue but it is interesting to be polite to telemarketers and not hang up on them or yell at them.
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