- Jan 21, 2005
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About a month ago I got a call during work from a telemarketer named Jason. I normally don't have much patient for calls like this, but within a few seconds this guy had me persuaded to stick around for "two minutes of my time". I hesitantly agreed and listened to his pitch (while timing him - he nailed 2 minutes on the dot), and it turned out that he just wanted to send me a couple free movies and get feedback. I figured that the worst would maybe be some spam in the mail, so I agreed.
We got the movies... They weren't exactly appropriate for 23 year olds... and Jason had promised me we would enjoy them. Too bad for us, "No More Baths!" wasn't on our blockbuster queue... it was rated for 4-6 year olds.
Last night I got another call, definitely from the same guy. I noticed the same thing that I had picked up on the first time... This guy sounded so fluid and rehearsed... It truly seemed like a soundboard or something, but he was saying my name and answering questions with no down time. I finally picked up on it when I interrupted him and heard his audio clip get sheered off mid-speech. There was a moment of silence, and I asked him, "Jason.... are you a robot?". After a few seconds of silence he began to inform me that he indeed was a live salesman, but was using a text-to-speech converter.
This was just amazing to me. We had a five minute conversation, and the thin is just flawless. He must have had 5 replies for the word "yes", including "uh-huh", "yeah", "yep!", etc. Eventually Jason (if thats even his name) got bored and went back into his pitch... I cut him off again, so he told me he had to go.
I think I'm gonna miss him.
We got the movies... They weren't exactly appropriate for 23 year olds... and Jason had promised me we would enjoy them. Too bad for us, "No More Baths!" wasn't on our blockbuster queue... it was rated for 4-6 year olds.
Last night I got another call, definitely from the same guy. I noticed the same thing that I had picked up on the first time... This guy sounded so fluid and rehearsed... It truly seemed like a soundboard or something, but he was saying my name and answering questions with no down time. I finally picked up on it when I interrupted him and heard his audio clip get sheered off mid-speech. There was a moment of silence, and I asked him, "Jason.... are you a robot?". After a few seconds of silence he began to inform me that he indeed was a live salesman, but was using a text-to-speech converter.
This was just amazing to me. We had a five minute conversation, and the thin is just flawless. He must have had 5 replies for the word "yes", including "uh-huh", "yeah", "yep!", etc. Eventually Jason (if thats even his name) got bored and went back into his pitch... I cut him off again, so he told me he had to go.
I think I'm gonna miss him.
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