You all know the scenario. It's 6PM and you've just gotten home from Work. Your phone rings, and it's from a silent number. That's right, it's a telemarketer.
You're expecting a poor-quality international line, and the caller on the other end is bound to have a poor grasp of the English language. It's like sitting in a lecture at ANU.
Ah, but this time, I was pleasantly surprised. It was a crisp line, with a cute-sounding 20-something year old girl by the name of Clare on the other end.
In no time, Clare had convinced me to change my phone plan to some company called SimPLUS (have you even heard of them?). Wait a minute! When I change my phone plan, I spend at least a week looking around for the best deal! Perhaps this company is onto something...
I wonder if Clare lives in Canberra...
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I had the same thing! Except they were door knockers. I ended up being signed to 'Save the Children' for a year because of her.
See this is why telemarketers exist!!! I don't understand how you are so easily persuaded ... especially over the phone. Who knows what they really look like (not that looks should influence your decision) .... just because Claire has perfected her "phone voice" she has you wrapped around her finger
Hey, generally, a girl who sounds cute on the phone is cute in real life. I mean, I imagine Summer (off the OC) would sound very cute...
The "phone voice" thing is bull. Traits of your personality always come across over the phone. That's one of the reasons that you're told to smile when you answer the phone.
Just to prove you wrong, I invite you to get a friend of yours with a cute voice to call me and chat me up à la telemarketer. If I'm convinced she's cute, I'll buy her dinner somewhere nice.