I was very uncomfortable watching it. It looks like one of the company's employees showed up... possibly one of the people you claim may already be getting mistreated?
Now what happens to this person after they come back to work having wasted an hour with you?
If it had been the CEO, then I would see some humor possibly.
Where's the line? The CEO of GoDaddy kills an elephant in Africa to feed a village and save its crops and the world shits bricks. Another company goes out of their way to trick and be mean to another fellow human being and it's funny?
I think it's turnabout here. Spamming, being crappy business people, I think this is their 74 minute way of getting the people to never call them again.
Only problem is it backfired on them the moment they set up the in person meeting. The offshoring company doesn't know they were being played. Anybody who would agree to an in person meeting- hell, these guys even initiated it- is a hot lead. On top of it, the "CTO" looks like an easy mark. They are going to receive calls for probably the next three years. Sleazy move on their part, and not at all smart if the objective is to stop the sales calls.
Be firm, but cordial. Tell them you are not interested and the repeated phone calls are a waste of your time as well as theirs. If it keeps up tell them you feel like it's getting to the point of harrassment. Tell them you will call the better business bureau. Look into blocking the calls. The important thing is to not give them the impression you are even the least bit interested in doing business with them. Ever. There is an opportunity cost involved with them making the calls. Sooner or later they are going to realize it makes no business sense to keep this up.
I guess if that still doesn't work you could just tell them to get fucked. No reasonable person is going to keep calling to be verbally abused.
The piece is either funny or sad depending on what lens you view it through. At a company level, it's one company giving another one their just deserts.
On a personal level for the sales guy involved, it's a waste of his time (and possibly income) when he's not necessarily the one who decides the policy of spammy calling. A better prank might have been on the other company's CEO or someone more responsible.
I agree, when they attacked paypal it was funny, because they were going after the big guy.
when they attacked paypal they were attacking an idea, if they had singled out a paypal employee and did this kinda stuff, it would be equally mean.
And this guy is not even a paypal employee who is paid of the order of 100K. I am sure this guy is just getting by.
People do what they do to get by, for their family or to pay rent etc. So that is why all people automatically get assigned a default non-zero value for dignity.
So insult is not prankish and fun. It is just sad to watch.
I was very uncomfortable watching it. It looks like one of the company's employees showed up... possibly one of the people you claim may already be getting mistreated?
Now what happens to this person after they come back to work having wasted an hour with you?
If it had been the CEO, then I would see some humor possibly.
Where's the line? The CEO of GoDaddy kills an elephant in Africa to feed a village and save its crops and the world shits bricks. Another company goes out of their way to trick and be mean to another fellow human being and it's funny?
What the hell am I missing?