Answering the phone WAS: Licensing snafu

[Bruce Easton]

Kenneth Brody wrote Wednesday, September 19, 2007 2:12 PM:
> Quoting Walter Vaughan (Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:33:56 -0400):
> [...]
> > I get this cold call from PCMall with this person who is now my   
> > account manager. Fine, I'll listen for a few minutes. The only
> > problem is that I can't understand a word he's saying. People in
> > Bangalore India need jobs too. But golly gee wiz, I ask him to
> > repeat things several times, and It's just making me crazy that
> > now I am feeling xenophobic. 

Yeah - I felt that way in high school.  They were always short on 
percussionists and my ruthless band teacher was always trying 
to get me to shake, rattle or beat on something.  Oh, wait, sorry -  
I thought you said xylophobia.  

> > "Can't they find some farmers wife
> > in North Dakota to make these calls?", is all I am thinking. Do
> > we have to shift all the jobs to India?
> 
> Didn't I recently read that one of India's biggest outsourcers is
> now outsourcing itself back to the US?
>

sounds familiar - I think they're setting up somewhere in North Dakota ...

> (Unfortunately, I can't remember the company's name, so I can't
> fund anything by searching.)

I wouldn't fund them even if I did know the name. :)

Bruce