Why are people so mean?

Hello, its not you there telling to F off your takeing it personal people don,t want people ringing them about research or anything like that can i ask you why you do it if you can,t seem to understand what the problem is. How would like it if someone was ringing you all the time asking you to do that it won,t be long before you slam the phone down on them.I live in ireland and that does not happen here no one would alow it to happen.

Hi there...I too worked for several market research companies when I was younger and for the most part, it was thankless work. People all over are mean. Its because they are bothered so much by other telemarketers, that they dont stop to see the difference and dont care. People are busy with their lives and in a hurry and dont want to take the time to talk. Some people here complain about getting sometimes half a dozen calls a day. FOr that reason, I got an unlisted number. We now have a do not call list in our country that you can put your name on and you are not allowed to call these people. When I used to get calls from research or telemarketers, I was never rude. I always told them I knew how they felt and did their job once and I hope they have a nice day. Most really appreciated it. People dont stop to understand that it is your job and you arent calling just to bother them cause you want to.

I dealt with the public for years, so I know what you mean. I think a lot of people are just because they do not care about you or what you think and a lot of people are mean to other people because I think that it gives them a sense of power and autority, something that is missing in their work and home lives. They can not talk to their boss or wife or kids that way, but they can talk that way to you. Sorry you are being mistreated.

Hi there! Maybe people from Arizona just doesn't want phone surveys that's why they get irritated every time you does your work. I mean not everyone really likes phone surveys. Even me, I find it a bother to my time but I don't react rudely and shut the person I'm talking to. Every one reacts differently. Maybe you were just unlucky to have encountered such rude reactions. I think you have to be open-minded and you should be use to those kinds of people by now. You should also have a lot of patience with your kind of work. You must not let your work affect your decision on moving to Arizona. In my opinion, I don't think a town is normal if everyone is nice hehe. I'm sure there will be a few mean people and that's normal in every town or city. Ciao!

There's no real excuse or legitimate reason for people being mean, but one can assume it it because of the constant harrassment from telemarketers, that cause people to take on this attitude. People work hard all day, come on have to prepare dinner, help & /or go over homework. straighten up, some even come home to relax, so to have a Marketing Research company call you with a survey when you now have home business to handle after being at work all day is annoying. And when one does take the time out to answer questions, the questions sometimes seem non-stop, and that also is annoying, hence the meaness coming out of ppl.

i think time can deal everything,just forget such unhappy experience, enjoy with u friends and have a good time.

Hi, I know what you mean to say and how you feel. I work for a call center and experience the same thing. We also dont sell anything just service the product and people call us, we dont call them and they also use all kind of profinity words. It really puts you off when you have to listen to this sort of language on your first call of the day. People think by buying a product they own the company. It is really sad when they act like this. Really sad and heart breaking too. Larry

it must be the heat, you mean they won't even give you the chance to tell them that they will be paid for their time that they give you on the phone?. i have done phone surveys in the past and they are not so bad and i got something for it, though it was so long ago now i couldn't tell you what it was. i think it was a survey about what radio stations you listened to at work. they wanted me to give specific times that i listened to these stations. to be honest it was just the same station so i ended up just repeating myself, but they seemed happy with it so what the heck it was ok with me and we got something for my time.

it's maybe because you are calling for the person not interested on your surveys. maybe you and your company could find other ways in doing the survey..another thing is, if the person you are calling has voluntarily registered in a website for them to get paid by participating to your survey, why would they be mad if they want cash in return. unless of course, if they have not been paid previously or they have the problem getting their money after the survey was completed.

well there are people like that and you cannot change them, time can change them.

Thanks for sharing with us. For those people with that attitude, you should be also polite and patient. This is the most important thing. Then I can just proceed as below: 1) learn to forget and forgive 2) always talk to others with smile and 3) be real 1) It's not so easy to be like this. And to be frank, I'm also learning the approach to forget and forgive. I guess, maybe, it's the best and strongest competence for the social people. Perhaps you me think of me as stupid, but you know, in China, we have a common saying that "Disadvantage is fortune in some day" it means when you are confronted with bad conditions or things like that, you definitely experience it, and mostly it hurt you. But who can take replacement of you? So you just LEARN in it for the future and it will surly repay you via other channels you might don't know in some day. So my pal, trust me and be easy about such THINGS. lol 2) Smile is an incredibly amazing stuff in this wonderful world. And the majority of us will never DENY the smile, right? How do you think about it. Just give it a shot. 3) Be real, for 2 aspect: i Be a real man, a grown-up. They have their own attitude of life and you have yours. You may not MAKE theirs but you might influence. We are influence each other and you just stand up straight and you could be more influencial. ii Be real in this society. People differ. Sometimes we have to face these problems. So we just admit it, whether it is right or wrong. It is what it is, right? If you cannot change it, then change yourself. lol Wish you happy everyday, pal