outsourcing

[Tucsondriver]

You had to see this coming. Editor and Publisher reports several dailies are shipping ad jobs to India. A Pasadena online paper even put an ad up for a metro writer working remotely out of India last year. Hard to imagine Singleton's bean counters haven't at least considered routing prep results call-in lines overseas. Imagine Friday night football calls taken in Bangladesh?


http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003797872

 

[BYH]

so does this mean newspapers will now put their phone number someplace you can't ****ing find it, like with Dell?

"Hello and thank you for calling the Bum**** Gazette. To report a prep score, please press 1."

*press 1*

"Thank you for choosing local news. To report an obiturary, please press 1. To report a local crime, please press 2. To report a kitten in a tree, please press 3. To return to the main menu, please press 0."

*press 0*

"Thank you for calling our advertising department. There is no one here to take your call. To leave a message in our general mail box, please press 3. To return to the main menu, please press 0."

*press 7*

"Thank you for calling our prep sports department. Someone will be with you shortly. The estimated wait time is.............................93 minutes."

*10 minutes later*

"Hello there my name is Steve and I am a Local Scores Service Provider. How may I help you tonight?"

"Yeah I'm calling to report Bum****'s baseball game against East **** Tech."

"What game?"

"Baseball."

"Pardon me sir?"

"BASEBALL GODDAMNIT!"

*30-second delay*

"OK thank you for your patience sir. I am in the baseball database now. Please tell me the teams you are calling about."

"Bum****."

"Say that again please."

"Bum****!"

"Can you spell that?"

"B--U--M--F--U--C--K!"

*30 second delay*

"I'm sorry sir I'm not finding a Bom**** in the database."

 

[Tucsondriver]

That's the call I'm picturing. I don't they'll make people go through the voice mail maze though. Just directly reroute the calls overseas. Good times...

 

[leo1]

the folks you call when you don't get your paper are already in ****ing india. they have no ****ing clue. shocking.

it's amazing that no one in this country has every had a satisfactory experience with an indian or phillipino customer service call and yet every day more companies switch to those ****ers.

 

[Starman]

No Speeko Dee Engleeesh.

 

[friend of a friend]

so does this mean newspapers will now put their phone number someplace you can't ****ing find it, like with Dell?

"Hello and thank you for calling the Bum**** Gazette. To report a prep score, please press 1."

*press 1*

"Thank you for choosing local news. To report an obiturary, please press 1. To report a local crime, please press 2. To report a kitten in a tree, please press 3. To return to the main menu, please press 0."

*press 0*

"Thank you for calling our advertising department. There is no one here to take your call. To leave a message in our general mail box, please press 3. To return to the main menu, please press 0."

*press 7*

"Thank you for calling our prep sports department. Someone will be with you shortly. The estimated wait time is.............................93 minutes."

*10 minutes later*

"Hello there my name is Steve and I am a Local Scores Service Provider. How may I help you tonight?"

"Yeah I'm calling to report Bum****'s baseball game against East **** Tech."

"What game?"

"Baseball."

"Pardon me sir?"

"BASEBALL GODDAMNIT!"

*30-second delay*

"OK thank you for your patience sir. I am in the baseball database now. Please tell me the teams you are calling about."

"Bum****."

"Say that again please."

"Bum****!"

"Can you spell that?"

"B--U--M--F--U--C--K!"

*30 second delay*

"I'm sorry sir I'm not finding a Bom**** in the database."

Outstanding Mr. Hack.

You've got a bright future.

 

[Tom Petty]

so does this mean newspapers will now put their phone number someplace you can't ****ing find it, like with Dell?

"Hello and thank you for calling the Bum**** Gazette. To report a prep score, please press 1."

*press 1*

"Thank you for choosing local news. To report an obiturary, please press 1. To report a local crime, please press 2. To report a kitten in a tree, please press 3. To return to the main menu, please press 0."

*press 0*

"Thank you for calling our advertising department. There is no one here to take your call. To leave a message in our general mail box, please press 3. To return to the main menu, please press 0."

*press 7*

"Thank you for calling our prep sports department. Someone will be with you shortly. The estimated wait time is.............................93 minutes."

*10 minutes later*

"Hello there my name is Steve and I am a Local Scores Service Provider. How may I help you tonight?"

"Yeah I'm calling to report Bum****'s baseball game against East **** Tech."

"What game?"

"Baseball."

"Pardon me sir?"

"BASEBALL GODDAMNIT!"

*30-second delay*

"OK thank you for your patience sir. I am in the baseball database now. Please tell me the teams you are calling about."

"Bum****."

"Say that again please."

"Bum****!"

"Can you spell that?"

"B--U--M--F--U--C--K!"

*30 second delay*

"I'm sorry sir I'm not finding a Bom**** in the database."

Outstanding Mr. Hack.

You've got a bright future.

dah. i think he'll fade fast.

 

[friend of a friend]

so does this mean newspapers will now put their phone number someplace you can't ****ing find it, like with Dell?

"Hello and thank you for calling the Bum**** Gazette. To report a prep score, please press 1."

*press 1*

"Thank you for choosing local news. To report an obiturary, please press 1. To report a local crime, please press 2. To report a kitten in a tree, please press 3. To return to the main menu, please press 0."

*press 0*

"Thank you for calling our advertising department. There is no one here to take your call. To leave a message in our general mail box, please press 3. To return to the main menu, please press 0."

*press 7*

"Thank you for calling our prep sports department. Someone will be with you shortly. The estimated wait time is.............................93 minutes."

*10 minutes later*

"Hello there my name is Steve and I am a Local Scores Service Provider. How may I help you tonight?"

"Yeah I'm calling to report Bum****'s baseball game against East **** Tech."

"What game?"

"Baseball."

"Pardon me sir?"

"BASEBALL GODDAMNIT!"

*30-second delay*

"OK thank you for your patience sir. I am in the baseball database now. Please tell me the teams you are calling about."

"Bum****."

"Say that again please."

"Bum****!"

"Can you spell that?"

"B--U--M--F--U--C--K!"

*30 second delay*

"I'm sorry sir I'm not finding a Bom**** in the database."

Outstanding Mr. Hack.

You've got a bright future.

dah. i think he'll fade fast.

How fast?

 

[Rex Harrison]

Best Buy answers the phone in India or some damn place. Bunch of ****ing idiots and you can't understand because the accent is so thick.

 

[BYH]

so does this mean newspapers will now put their phone number someplace you can't ****ing find it, like with Dell?

"Hello and thank you for calling the Bum**** Gazette. To report a prep score, please press 1."

*press 1*

"Thank you for choosing local news. To report an obiturary, please press 1. To report a local crime, please press 2. To report a kitten in a tree, please press 3. To return to the main menu, please press 0."

*press 0*

"Thank you for calling our advertising department. There is no one here to take your call. To leave a message in our general mail box, please press 3. To return to the main menu, please press 0."

*press 7*

"Thank you for calling our prep sports department. Someone will be with you shortly. The estimated wait time is.............................93 minutes."

*10 minutes later*

"Hello there my name is Steve and I am a Local Scores Service Provider. How may I help you tonight?"

"Yeah I'm calling to report Bum****'s baseball game against East **** Tech."

"What game?"

"Baseball."

"Pardon me sir?"

"BASEBALL GODDAMNIT!"

*30-second delay*

"OK thank you for your patience sir. I am in the baseball database now. Please tell me the teams you are calling about."

"Bum****."

"Say that again please."

"Bum****!"

"Can you spell that?"

"B--U--M--F--U--C--K!"

*30 second delay*

"I'm sorry sir I'm not finding a Bom**** in the database."

Outstanding Mr. Hack.

You've got a bright future.

dah. i think he'll fade fast.

How fast?

?*

 

[Starman]

Best Buy answers the phone in India or some damn place. Bunch of ****ing idiots and you can't understand because the accent is so thick.

No Speeko Dee Engleeesh.