Tied to troubles…tring tring!
“Is this Mr.-------“
*you affirm it*
“Goo’ Morning Sir. Am calling from ------. We offer credit card facility with no membership fee for a life time. Would you be interested? There’s more to it..................”
*you say that you aren’t interested*
“Guess you are busy. May I call you later Sir? When can I call you?”
*your patience is running out. You’ve got to rush for a meeting. You tell him so and hang up abruptly*
Sounds very familiar. Doesn’t it?
Have enthusiastic telemarketing guys from different banks like HSBC, Standard Charted, HDFC and the like, irked you endlessly by calling up on your mobile time and again, asking you to avail of the various services provided by their bank?
To your utter amazement; have they always known you by name?
Have they called up at the most reprehensible points in time…when you are in the middle of a meeting with your team or when you having a late lunch at 3pm?
If the answer to these questions is S..then you have ample company.
The good news is, this may not go on for long. After hearing a public interest litigation filed by one Mr.Harsh Pathak, wanting a law prohibiting cellular service providers sharing their users’ personal info' with other companies and prohibiting such telemarketing, the Supreme Court has questioned the need for such pesky calls on cell phones and has issued a notice to various cellular operators and Multinational banks.
Hey….there’s a bleep on my mobile and the message reads “ SMS 6754 to 7--- ……“. Well, I don’t have to read the rest of it. You, me and every other mobile phone user will bet that this message is all about ring tones. Think Harsh Pathak has missed out mentioning SMSs offering ring tones. Will some one let the SC know that these are irksome too!?
I only hope all this telemarketing which is uncalled for will stop soon. We are too used to cell phones to let go off the convenience they provide. We are tied to these devices. If the SC fails to put a stop to this menace, we would remain tied to the troubles they bring with them too.
*you affirm it*
“Goo’ Morning Sir. Am calling from ------. We offer credit card facility with no membership fee for a life time. Would you be interested? There’s more to it..................”
*you say that you aren’t interested*
“Guess you are busy. May I call you later Sir? When can I call you?”
*your patience is running out. You’ve got to rush for a meeting. You tell him so and hang up abruptly*
Sounds very familiar. Doesn’t it?
Have enthusiastic telemarketing guys from different banks like HSBC, Standard Charted, HDFC and the like, irked you endlessly by calling up on your mobile time and again, asking you to avail of the various services provided by their bank?
To your utter amazement; have they always known you by name?
Have they called up at the most reprehensible points in time…when you are in the middle of a meeting with your team or when you having a late lunch at 3pm?
If the answer to these questions is S..then you have ample company.
The good news is, this may not go on for long. After hearing a public interest litigation filed by one Mr.Harsh Pathak, wanting a law prohibiting cellular service providers sharing their users’ personal info' with other companies and prohibiting such telemarketing, the Supreme Court has questioned the need for such pesky calls on cell phones and has issued a notice to various cellular operators and Multinational banks.
Hey….there’s a bleep on my mobile and the message reads “ SMS 6754 to 7--- ……“. Well, I don’t have to read the rest of it. You, me and every other mobile phone user will bet that this message is all about ring tones. Think Harsh Pathak has missed out mentioning SMSs offering ring tones. Will some one let the SC know that these are irksome too!?
I only hope all this telemarketing which is uncalled for will stop soon. We are too used to cell phones to let go off the convenience they provide. We are tied to these devices. If the SC fails to put a stop to this menace, we would remain tied to the troubles they bring with them too.
posted by Xena at 9:11 PM
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