They’ve temporarily shifted Cold Calls into our section of the building. I forget what Cold Calls is actually called, but outbound sales calls to generate leads for the actual salesmen is what they do. We have four Cold Call personnel and an interesting thing among them: they’re all females ranging from quite to very attractive by basic societal standards. That’s actually about all they have in common. One is a 40-something divorced mother, another just out of high school.
I find their relative attractiveness interesting. These are women that I doubt have probably faced an unusually small amount of rejection in their romantic lives. Their poise and demeanor suggest as much. Yet they spend their day calling strangers getting rejected over and over again. I find the entire concept of that interesting. The idea of one of them going out to a bar on a Thursday night, having men fall all over them just for a look, and then being hung up on rudely twenty-six times the following day.
On the other hand, I think that attractiveness breeds the sort of confidence required to take on such a job. Even if their looks are wasted over a telephone line, and they probably didn’t need to meticulously put on so much make-up, the sort of extroverted mentality that makes one so conscious over their appearence also makes one want to be liked over the phone. Not liked enough not to bother people with unwanted calls, but enough to make a difference, I’d wager.
I hate talking on the phone. I hate getting rejected. I could never do what they do.
I guess with every hang-up they think, “Well, fine. You’d think different if you could see me in person”. Then they toss their hair, reapply their lipstick and go on to the next call.
Comment by Barry — November 4, 2005 @ 9:19 am
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