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Wednesday, 31. January 2007, 00:17:24

Norwegian survey calls have this in common: the callers are extraordinarily rude (extraordinary with respect to the generally mild and friendly nature of Norwegians). They start an all-smiles call in speedy Norwegian, and as soon as I ask them to either repeat at a slower pace or in English please - depending on my mood…

…they hang up. No sorry, no can we call you back at some more appropriate time?, no oh, we are doing this only in Norwegian. It really must be a bloody waste of time to get a foreigner on the other end of your call.

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Comments

Aux 31. January 2007, 11:46

Kill'em all!

Jorunn Danielsen Newth 31. January 2007, 12:03

Not to mention what it must do to survey results when they only take replies from people who can understand and answer in fast-paced Norwegian. Not only impolite, but also plain stupid.

Hallvord R. M. Steen 10. March 2007, 22:31

It's a terrible job though. I've done it once, but it was a mercifully short stint. Calling completely random people who don't like you calling them to ask ridiculous questions you aren't remotely interested in, all while being told that your boss might listen in without you knowing at any time.. I think I'm relatively good at finding interesting sides with most tasks, that was probably the only job so far in my life I really loathed.

Øyvind Østlund 2. June 2008, 09:59

Funny you should say that. I have cell phone companies calling me day out and day in, so I have started to answer in French telling them I have a Swiscom subscription. It's the fastest way to get them to hang up on me :smile: Maybe I should try Italian next time. Do you think I could convince them with "Pronto! Non sono interessato. Io a Tele2" At least that sounds Italian to me :smile:


- ØØ -

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