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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Call Centres and Globalization

You know that we live in a strange place when calling to book a plane ticket. I was just transferred to an "international" and talked with someone from "Hurtz" for car rentals, with a Southern accent. When asked why I was calling about, she then asked if I was talking to someone from India or someone from the States. I had been transferred to the wrong line. I then had to call again, to be told I had an even LONGER wait time to talk to someone. OK. So I called another airline, only to have to explain that Ontario is part of Canada, not California...

Our world is changing.

Sometimes I think, I get tired of change.

6 comments:

  1. and where might you be flying?
    you can email me - my first and last name.gmail
    that should work.

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  2. oi vey!
    you know they train call center people in india to imitate north american accents?

    yes, I hate this particular kind of change, where people don't matter so much anymore...

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  3. RW; i hope i emailed you correctly. did first.last@gmail.com

    V - yeah. it seemed troubling, but i am also feeling troubled these days...

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  4. oh-and I would be flying back to Ottawa from Michigan for Christmas...

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  5. when?
    I've got nothing yet.
    Hmm.

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  6. this AM

    was it to be

    firstname . lastname @gmail.com

    or

    firstnamelastname@gmail.com

    ?

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