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varun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 12:35 PM Original message |
Abuse rattles Indian call centre staff |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. This is regrettable... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. The return of the "Ugly American". |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 12:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I disagree. I agree that such abuse is |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. "Understandable" isn't an excuse for racism. |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I didn't say it was an excuse, |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 06:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. yes racism is perfectly understandable so long as people are losing |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 09:58 PM Response to Reply #24 |
100. No, it's not. But hostility is. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 07:49 PM Response to Reply #24 |
187. Probably more accurate to call it nationalism. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 10:09 PM Response to Reply #187 |
199. Or even more accurate to call it concern for the American Labor Movement.. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 10:13 PM Response to Reply #199 |
200. That's the most benign form, yeah... |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 04:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
208. I'm going to argue that it is. |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. The only "Ugly Americans" are the CEOs who hire Indian SCABS. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Indian workers are often forced to take Western names. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 08:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
65. How much do you want to bet that as soon as Indian workers are |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 06:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. ohh puhlease...did the west do anything about the disappearing |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 09:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
92. They can care or not care, that's up to them. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 10:15 PM Response to Reply #92 |
103. One thing you said here speaks a loud truth that needs to be heard again |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 10:55 PM Response to Reply #25 |
114. How's any of that our problem, responsibility or fault |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:17 AM Response to Reply #114 |
131. well blaming indians for being responsible to me is equally ridiculous |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 03:39 AM Response to Reply #131 |
151. Then why does it upset you when people refuse to do business w/Indians |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:28 PM Response to Reply #151 |
165. dont do business with the companies that outsource jobs. thats fine. |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:29 PM Response to Reply #151 |
166. Good point! |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 07:39 PM Response to Reply #166 |
185. I've been around |
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tenshi816 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 08:34 AM Response to Reply #25 |
159. Disappearing middle class? |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:26 PM Response to Reply #159 |
163. now its growing...but in the 80's it had shrunk into nothingness |
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tenshi816 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 01:36 PM Response to Reply #163 |
174. You're right about that. |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 08:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
70. That is one of the most ignorant, ridiculous, callous |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 09:15 PM Response to Reply #70 |
89. Please explain to me how it's bigoted. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:23 AM Response to Reply #89 |
137. Yollam... |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:57 AM Response to Reply #137 |
149. Uh huh... |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:49 AM Response to Reply #89 |
146. If Americans don't care about workers in other countries |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:34 PM Response to Reply #146 |
168. Agree... |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 08:31 PM Response to Reply #146 |
189. I don't disagree with most of what you say... |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 02:22 AM Response to Reply #189 |
204. Ultimately |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 10:51 PM Response to Reply #70 |
112. No it wasn't |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 09:16 AM Response to Reply #70 |
160. Liberals are racists and xenophobes and anti-worker? |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 10:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
102. Return? When did he ever leave? n/t |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. "Sometimes, the abuses reflect their prejudices and anger at job losses" |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. What, they expected gratitude for taking US jobs? |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 12:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Well-said, my point, exactly. |
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varun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. American = White? |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. No, I wasn't saying that |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 01:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
172. Not to go off topic too much |
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LiberalEconomist (293 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Excuse Me!!!!!! |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. If a person has the degree, experience, |
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laheina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 08:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
79. I agree! |
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indie_voter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 09:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
94. Me too. I am an American of Indian Origin AND an engineer |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 10:25 PM Response to Reply #18 |
104. I agree with you there! The people who stomp their feet and say somebody |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:55 AM Response to Reply #18 |
148. Ideally that would be the case |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 08:15 AM Response to Reply #12 |
157. Refusing to do business with companies who outsource... |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 06:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. rofl! |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 10:37 PM Response to Reply #27 |
108. Well then they shouldn't have a fuckin' crying fit when they bear the |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 10:47 PM Response to Reply #108 |
111. i think indians know the fucking difference between racist speech |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:35 AM Response to Reply #111 |
142. well then YOU explain why they can't understand when I carefully repeat |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 06:15 AM Response to Reply #142 |
154. Maybe they don't understand YOUR accent. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 02:24 PM Response to Reply #154 |
179. Now you're really reaching. My accent? It's MY LANGUAGE. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 02:33 PM Response to Reply #179 |
182. your british? |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 08:45 PM Response to Reply #182 |
191. That is seriously weak. Is that all you've got? n/t |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 10:18 PM Response to Reply #182 |
201. Actually, it's "you're" |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 07:48 PM Response to Reply #179 |
186. Ironically, I just received a call from India. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 08:39 PM Response to Reply #186 |
190. It's quite possible. Most of my dealings with Indian call centers are |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 02:25 PM Response to Reply #142 |
180. maybe you speak incoherently |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 02:32 PM Response to Reply #180 |
181. Perhaps you smell. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 08:57 PM Response to Reply #181 |
192. That could apply to any country, especially this one. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 09:09 PM Response to Reply #192 |
194. Well then. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 09:47 PM Response to Reply #194 |
197. There's no such thing as "American" anymore. |
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ErisFiveFingers (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 02:43 AM Response to Reply #181 |
205. Half of all people are below average. :-) n/t |
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Dem2theMax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 09:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
98. They "took" American jobs? No, they didn't TAKE them. |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 11:22 PM Response to Reply #98 |
119. If you accept stolen property though, you're punished as well |
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Dem2theMax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 11:47 PM Response to Reply #119 |
121. That's your argument? Ummmm, oh, OK. nt. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 11:56 PM Response to Reply #119 |
123. Right-o. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:23 AM Response to Reply #123 |
136. seconded |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:29 AM Response to Reply #123 |
140. I agree with Spider here... |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 01:16 PM Response to Reply #123 |
173. Really, it's not the folks |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:22 AM Response to Reply #119 |
135. dude its not stolen. as corporation are run,having a job is a privilege |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 03:43 AM Response to Reply #135 |
152. No having a job in this country is a necessatie |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 01:51 PM Response to Reply #152 |
178. jobs are a necessity regardless of country |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
8. My problem is a bit different |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:30 AM Response to Reply #8 |
141. That reluctance to honor the warranty thing, I don't think it's cultural I |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
14. Two things...... |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
54. two answers |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:39 AM Response to Reply #54 |
144. US Call Center Workers Deal With Racism Daily |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 08:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
72. If they want to take American jobs... |
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mongo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 09:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
85. I was waiting for someone to say this |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 10:41 PM Original message |
yes i think there is a huge difference between an insult and a racial slur |
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mongo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
116. Um |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:11 AM Response to Reply #116 |
128. umm since i use the same abuse on both genders i think it isnt sexist |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 02:45 PM Response to Reply #116 |
183. Aren't cows sacred in India? |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
15. Rudeness gets you nowhere...... |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
20. I used to be a phone solicitor -- but now I'm rude to them |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
21. Why bother those big, bad Corporate guys? |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. yes. if we really cared about American Middle Class |
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mongo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 09:43 PM Response to Reply #21 |
97. Wow I understand now |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 10:45 PM Response to Reply #97 |
110. texas yokels are a race? n/t |
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mongo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 11:19 PM Response to Reply #110 |
117. is a regional/socio-economic slur all that much different? |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:36 AM Response to Reply #117 |
143. really.???you are truly telling me you dont see the difference |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:42 PM Response to Reply #117 |
170. yeah, it's actually quite different |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 01:39 PM Response to Reply #170 |
175. yes and not all insults are made the same way |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 03:57 PM Response to Reply #175 |
184. yes, very different indeed |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
22. there's no excuse for rudeness, but . . . |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 06:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. And then they start to get angry |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:08 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. there is plenty of excuse for rudeness...this however is racism! |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
26. people who cannot speak understandably- |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
51. Yeah, not being from the US is the epitome of incompetence. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 08:09 PM Response to Reply #51 |
64. i didn't say that they were all incompetent- |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 08:14 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. This is a thread about verbal abuse toward workers at Indian call centers |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 08:51 PM Response to Reply #67 |
76. i don't know the abused- how would i know if they were incompetent? |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 08:34 PM Response to Reply #26 |
74. I think its time to hide this fucking racist thread |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 08:53 PM Response to Reply #74 |
78. please point to any racist statement i made- |
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redherring (214 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
28. I read recently that America's popularity in India |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:09 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Tough shit. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:11 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. they dont take your fuckign jobs....you give them your fucking jobs |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:20 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Bullshit! |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:22 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. yes you do. you elect leaders that let corporations do exactly as they |
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redherring (214 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:23 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Now I don't agree with outsourcing |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:31 PM Response to Reply #32 |
44. Yeah like I can control what my leaders and their corporate masters do |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:34 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. yeah and like one indian guy sneaked into your home at night |
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redherring (214 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:37 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. As I said, Indians are just being scapegoated |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 11:10 AM Response to Reply #46 |
161. No he did it in broad daylight |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:33 PM Response to Reply #161 |
167. LOL! |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 01:00 PM Response to Reply #46 |
171. No but the (mostly) white guys in the chambers of commerce... |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:37 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. do you blame the guy working at Wally World for sweatshops ? |
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redherring (214 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:13 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. So is it okay to blame Indians? |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:16 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. its lazy thinking that leads to the conclusion that racism under certain |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:45 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. understanding racism and homophobia |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:05 AM Response to Reply #52 |
125. SIGH. For the five thousandth time, |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
35. India has a lot of problems |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
39. Selfish Greedy CEO's make everybody hate each other. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:27 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. divide and conquer, baby! |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 09:13 PM Response to Reply #39 |
88. Selfish greedy CEO's are behind many of the world's problems, |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:06 AM Response to Reply #39 |
126. Yes, indeed, how |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
41. I'm guessing not many people on this thread have worked in |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:30 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. i used to manage a customer service department |
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redherring (214 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:32 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. This is definitely racism |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 11:21 AM Response to Reply #45 |
162. Yes the comments are definitely racist |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 09:05 PM Response to Reply #41 |
193. Hammer meet nail... |
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Rosco T. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
42. I have a confession... .I have an AWFUL habit... |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
47. Deplorable behavior |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:38 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. seconded! |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:42 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Thirded. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
56. I fail to see how anyone could be tone deaf to the overt racism |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:51 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Bite me |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:54 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. LOL! Well, since you're angry and frustrated, it's OK then |
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CornField (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
57. I refuse to deal with any customer service person with an accent I can't |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:56 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. May I ask what nationality you are?? |
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CornField (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 09:11 PM Response to Reply #60 |
86. Typical American Mutt |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 09:20 PM Response to Reply #86 |
91. I don't think it makes you racist |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:10 AM Response to Reply #86 |
127. For some people on this board, breathing |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:13 AM Response to Reply #127 |
130. no speaking and writing a certain way makes you racist |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:27 AM Response to Reply #130 |
138. LP, you appear |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:29 AM Response to Reply #138 |
139. no it doesnt. i have over 10,000 posts on du. |
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redherring (214 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:59 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. As long as you don't shout racial abuse |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:13 AM Response to Reply #61 |
129. I don't think being rude |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 08:03 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. boy your world must be tiny. |
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CornField (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 09:12 PM Response to Reply #62 |
87. No, but it is subject to time limits. |
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sproutster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
63. Blah - as someone who every three months waits to see if her job |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 08:14 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. It's not the people who are on |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 08:25 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. Deleted message |
redherring (214 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 08:30 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. So by your logic we should all start shouting racial abuse at Indians |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 08:58 PM Response to Reply #71 |
81. Deleted message |
sproutster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 11:49 PM Response to Reply #71 |
122. wtf are you talking about? |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:18 AM Response to Reply #122 |
132. See, this is what really |
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redherring (214 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 08:11 AM Response to Reply #122 |
155. Did you even read the deleted post? |
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sproutster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 08:14 AM Response to Reply #155 |
156. No I thought it was from my post. |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 08:52 PM Response to Reply #69 |
77. Wow...did you even think before you typed that? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 08:59 PM Response to Reply #77 |
82. Deleted message |
ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 09:01 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. So you advocate racism and verbal abuse as a means to discourage... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 09:03 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. Deleted message |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 09:17 PM Response to Reply #84 |
90. Deleted message |
Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 09:26 PM Response to Reply #90 |
93. He said to make it hard on them, not call them racial slurs. |
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redherring (214 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 09:27 PM Response to Reply #93 |
95. He said "whatever works" |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 09:56 PM Response to Reply #95 |
99. Well, if that's veiled racism... |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 09:38 PM Response to Reply #93 |
96. I specifically asked if he advocated racism, and he said "whatever works." |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 10:54 PM Response to Reply #93 |
113. no, he advocated racist slurs |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:20 AM Response to Reply #113 |
133. Now, ok, I didn't see the deleted |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 01:13 AM Response to Reply #133 |
150. See where I asked if he advocated racism and verbal abuse? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
68. Deleted message |
redherring (214 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 08:32 PM Response to Reply #68 |
73. Nope, there is no righteous anger here |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 08:57 PM Response to Reply #73 |
80. Deleted message |
La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 10:32 PM Response to Reply #80 |
105. yes tormenting middle class humans anyway is just so fucking delightful |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 10:41 PM Response to Reply #105 |
109. Apparently so |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:26 PM Response to Reply #73 |
164. Just what in the hell |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
75. I'm rude to them whether they're in Bangalore or Buffalo! |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
101. I have a great solution. |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
106. Well to quote Richard Pryor: "You order shit, you eat shit" |
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varun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
107. If you have stocks in companies that outsource... |
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Ksec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
115. All customer reps get abused. |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
118. Language Barrier |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
120. He's a F'ing Telemarketer! I'd give him hell too just for that! n/t |
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sleipnir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
124. The capitalist apologists are out in droves in this thread. |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 03:46 AM Response to Reply #124 |
153. RACIST!! |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
134. Well, of COURSE we're angry. |
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Indy_Dem_Defender (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
145. Welcome to The America Dream, |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
147. Just more of "God bless America and NO place else" |
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sproutster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
158. Let's put it this way - There was a manpower poll. |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
169. And big business walks away unscathed...after wreaking havoc |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 01:40 PM Response to Reply #169 |
176. exactly, blame the right people |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
177. I work with several from India...... |
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SYNERCHOSIS (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
188. No need to Outsource |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 09:14 PM Response to Reply #188 |
195. Welcome to DU! And kudos for your solution |
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Ksec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 09:16 PM Response to Reply #188 |
196. any tips on that Field ? |
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SYNERCHOSIS (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 03:29 PM Response to Reply #196 |
207. Check Out these Co |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
198. I always just ask "Sean" if I can pay in rupees |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 10:31 PM Response to Reply #198 |
202. Scabs are people that take unionized jobs |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 02:40 PM Response to Reply #198 |
206. whats much more bullshit |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 10:28 PM Response to Reply #206 |
209. No hurling around the accusation is bullshit... |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 12:17 PM Response to Reply #209 |
210. some accusariions are well earned |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
203. For those upset by outsourcing |
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