RevK Jul 31, 2024

That is genius!

Update:

LOL, someone reported me to, err, me... The first report I have ever had!

Seems I have to clarify.

All junk calls I get, are either not legal under PECR, or actually fraudulent. I am assuming this is the nature of this call. If not, then not so funny.

I have zero sympathy for someone that works for criminals. Arguing that the only job you can get is working for criminals does not justify it. Sorry. But that is my free speech opinion.

So I won't be suspending myself.

Show threadOcéaneJul 31, 2024
@revk I'm not sure you understand how much stress this person has put on a delocalized worker, who's already alienated in normal conditions, having to follow a route made by white collar workers. He may have a family to feed and he isn't the problem himself. He may have been fired, or at best he's lost an hour of paid labor while fearing losing his job, in great distress.

This is only funny for ignorant people, and there's arguably racism in that. Do better.
Show threadpiofthingsJul 31, 2024
@oceane @revk I don’t buy the racism trope here. I know these junk callers! They know what they are doing! Yes they get paid a salary, but they are not all harmless! They are part of a well connected mafia! Some of these “call centres” are setup in Govt. mandated “IT Parks” with tax breaks in the respective country of origin! I may have sympathy for a homeless guy running from a mob because they got a bottle of car air freshener and took shelter in my living room! I would not if he knifed me!
Show threadOcéaneJul 31, 2024
@piofthings @revk Why would I tell there could be racism here if I didn't believe it? My other points can stand for themselves. Why are you reacting to this specifically?
Show threadpiofthingsJul 31, 2024
@oceane @revk because I am a brown guy who doesn’t want racism to be used for defending criminals!
Show threadOcéane
@piofthings @revk I felt that but don't you agree that white people performatively ruining a call operator's day would be performing white supremacy?
Jul 31, 2024 at 12:13pmWeb
Show threadOcéaneJul 31, 2024
@piofthings @revk This message is part of a collection of online messages in which you can see white people harming people with thick accents, in an attempt not to get called again. These operators don't get to make a choice; their supervisors do, so you need to tell them it's completely pointless wasting resources calling you to get their staff complimented, or to legally threaten them under the GDPR or under California's CCPA Act.
Show threadpiofthingsJul 31, 2024
@oceane given there was no mention of dialect, language, or country of origin for that call it is extremely presumptuous! Could have been a call from the same country, east European country or anywhere else! Also these scammers don’t distinguish between colour of skin! They started with national level scamming operations before they went international! So, I appreciate you being cognisant of racism, I simply disagree that needs to be at play here!
Show threadOcéaneJul 31, 2024
@piofthings Indeed, but I think that when most white people think about a call center, they either think about trusted services like energy or their government (that foreign scammers, as organizations, are impersonating) or about the scammers themselves, perceived as brown people.