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When people ask me how I'm doing, that's my way of saying that things are kind of sucky or not as I would like, but tolerable. I'm not in a particularly happy-go-lucky mood, but I'll get over it after a while and continue to live.
Anyone who bothers to ask: "How are you today?"
Me: *slight sigh or eyeroll* "Oh, it's just another day in paradise." I usually found myself saying it frequently to regular customers when I worked at the c-store, and wasn't in the best of moods over whatever bugged me. Most of the good ones sympathized with me at that point.
Anyway, I made another sale today at my new telemarketing job, so I'm happy about that. I'm still debating on whether or not it's right for my personality. I'm good at presenting the facts, and answering any specific questions. However, the big inner conflict is that I'm like a lot of people who got involved in the debate that closed that thread. (By the way, mods, I almost feel like I should apologize for opening that can of worms. I just felt the need to vent my feelings at the moment.) I mean, I have a new appreciation of how telemarketers are real, live human beings with feelings, too. I was never rude, anyway, but was generally indifferent about their pitches when they called on me. On the other hand, I can appreciate how some people feel like it's a violation of their privacy to be hounded by the relentlessness tenacity that telemarketers are expected to possess. I'm not so aggressive about that, and it could cost me achieving quota in the end. This is my first week, and I've made three sales, which puts me at $110 below quota as of today. Tomorrow will determine whether I make quota for my first full week.
I was sweating it Tuesday and yesterday, but found myself a little more indifferent today. I'll give it one or two tries if they seem willing to carry on a conversation, but usually let it go if they show no interest after that. I've not voiced it at work, but I just don't like to push and am not prone to using assumptive language in my natural conversational style. In serious mode, I tend to be very matter-of-fact and speak in conditional thought patterns. This is the way it is, think whatever you wish. I'm not one to generally approach life making assumptions, especially about people.
I hesitated applying for this job because I wasn't sure I'd like telemarketing, but I finally went for it because the base pay was more than I was making at the c-store. Since then, the manager at the c-store has offered me more money to come back, but it still falls just barely short of the telemarketing base pay. Plus, I do like the hours much better, and it's nice not having to look at nasty, hateful SC personality types.
I've been looking at the website for a competitor for the c-store chain where I had been working. They do have an employment post for a possibly lucrative job in their corporate offices. It's been posted for quite some time, so it may be old now. It's still posted, though. I do seem to fit the qualifications for that job. So, I'm updating my resume yet again. I just did for the telemarketing job, so that should be easy enough. We'll see how it goes. If it works out, I think I can handle being buried in mounds of c-store reports and paperwork much better than I can handle calling people who don't necessarily want to talk to me on the phone.
Anyone who bothers to ask: "How are you today?"
Me: *slight sigh or eyeroll* "Oh, it's just another day in paradise." I usually found myself saying it frequently to regular customers when I worked at the c-store, and wasn't in the best of moods over whatever bugged me. Most of the good ones sympathized with me at that point.
Anyway, I made another sale today at my new telemarketing job, so I'm happy about that. I'm still debating on whether or not it's right for my personality. I'm good at presenting the facts, and answering any specific questions. However, the big inner conflict is that I'm like a lot of people who got involved in the debate that closed that thread. (By the way, mods, I almost feel like I should apologize for opening that can of worms. I just felt the need to vent my feelings at the moment.) I mean, I have a new appreciation of how telemarketers are real, live human beings with feelings, too. I was never rude, anyway, but was generally indifferent about their pitches when they called on me. On the other hand, I can appreciate how some people feel like it's a violation of their privacy to be hounded by the relentlessness tenacity that telemarketers are expected to possess. I'm not so aggressive about that, and it could cost me achieving quota in the end. This is my first week, and I've made three sales, which puts me at $110 below quota as of today. Tomorrow will determine whether I make quota for my first full week.
I was sweating it Tuesday and yesterday, but found myself a little more indifferent today. I'll give it one or two tries if they seem willing to carry on a conversation, but usually let it go if they show no interest after that. I've not voiced it at work, but I just don't like to push and am not prone to using assumptive language in my natural conversational style. In serious mode, I tend to be very matter-of-fact and speak in conditional thought patterns. This is the way it is, think whatever you wish. I'm not one to generally approach life making assumptions, especially about people.
I hesitated applying for this job because I wasn't sure I'd like telemarketing, but I finally went for it because the base pay was more than I was making at the c-store. Since then, the manager at the c-store has offered me more money to come back, but it still falls just barely short of the telemarketing base pay. Plus, I do like the hours much better, and it's nice not having to look at nasty, hateful SC personality types.
I've been looking at the website for a competitor for the c-store chain where I had been working. They do have an employment post for a possibly lucrative job in their corporate offices. It's been posted for quite some time, so it may be old now. It's still posted, though. I do seem to fit the qualifications for that job. So, I'm updating my resume yet again. I just did for the telemarketing job, so that should be easy enough. We'll see how it goes. If it works out, I think I can handle being buried in mounds of c-store reports and paperwork much better than I can handle calling people who don't necessarily want to talk to me on the phone.
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