Cold Call

Hmmm...that's funny. I would imagine one would know the name of their capital city. Even the uneducated people in India would have heard of the name...though they wouldn't know it's the capital city. I guess I probably missed coming across all those people out there who haven't heard of their capital city. And you are the lucky one. But I would be VERY VERY surprised if a person conducting a survey and claiming to be from a particular country hadn't heard of their capital country. You probably pronounced it wrong

There is the possibility that Filipinos call their capital something else in their native language and that this maybe young person was not familiar with the anglicised name. I know that this is the case in many non English speaking countries. But I think that seeing as the country has had such a huge American influence over the last century that this would not be the case in this bizarre case. Perhaps she just did not understand your accent?

hi pikey oh I do know the capital of California . it is Sacramento hurrah for me., bu t I did cheat I lo oked it up too. I was pretty sure it was Sacramento but wanted to verify it. How come a Filipino did not know the capital was Manilla? thats very odd. I think really we should each of us a least know the Capital of our o wn states for heaven's sa ke.,

In English it's called Manila. But what is it called in Tagalog?

Everyone in our society will have the chance to get the cold call,more or less,and as for me I often get the cold call from insurance company and they just try to sell their all kinds of insurance to me,it really bother me a lot so uaually I will close the dialogue directly.

Cold calling is still an effective sales tactic for many businesses, to some it serves as legitimate way to reach potential customers but one should learn how to use it effectively. Never create a lie behind that just to get customers attention it is not proper, I don't think anyone living in own homeland doesn't know the capital city it is very bad. Unless otherwise she didn't heard you clearly...

As a Canadian married to an American, I can not imagine people not knowing the capital of their own country. However, I am not that familiar with the education systems in other countries. Who knows what they may learn? Then again in some tird world countries, the child may not have a chance to gain an education, so it may not be a surprise if someone may not know the capital city of their country.

What? If she is from this country Philippines, how come she does not know about Manila? Maybe she is saying that she has not been there, that is possible because the Philippines is made up of several islands. My island is very far from where Manila is but I know many things about Manila and I'd been there too. Was the lady caller an impostor?

Well, she can be only trying to be on your good side by saying she's from the Philippines just so she can get the survey from you. I'm not sure, there could be lots of reasons why she haven't heard of her own capital city. As for cold calls, I also don't like them. I'm not really friendly and outgoing in a sense that I don't get too comfy to complete strangers instantly. Except of course in very rare and limited circumstances when me and a stranger turned good friend hit it off. I have experienced the same when I was still in Manila and I think the best way is to firmly but gently say no. No matter how nice she is or how persistent, if I have something else going on or it's not the right time for me well, I'm sorry but it would have to be a no.

That's strange, how come she's from there and not knowing the place, maybe she wants to know what you can say from that place. some people sometimes pretend not knowing things but actually they just want to know other things that they haven't heard, I encounter somebody like those people