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The Next Hot Job: Pretending to Be a Robot (2019)

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Re: The Next Hot Job: Pretending to Be a Robot (2019)

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Post by metadat »

prostoprosto wrote: post #3
metadat wrote: post #2

https://archive.today/8E3lM p.s. what does "prostoalex" mean? Is it short for prostate-alex , or something else?

"prosto" means "simply" in several Slavic languages so I read it as "simply Alex" or "just Alex"

Enlightening, prosto thank you.

Re: The Next Hot Job: Pretending to Be a Robot (2019)

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Post by extragood »

Not quite related to the article's content, but the title reminded me of the time I cancelled my internet subscription with Comcast. The poor representative on the other end of the call decided that impersonating artificial speech as she read through her scripts was the best way to get through her day.

Re: The Next Hot Job: Pretending to Be a Robot (2019)

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Post by tartoran »

extragood wrote: post #5

Not quite related to the article's content, but the title reminded me of the time I cancelled my internet subscription with Comcast. The poor representative on the other end of the call decided that impersonating artificial speech as she read through her scripts was the best way to get through her day.

That poor representative didn’t decide anything, it’s their job to do just that, silly as it seems. They just work for a paycheck…

Re: The Next Hot Job: Pretending to Be a Robot (2019)

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Post by andirk »

tartoran wrote: post #6
extragood wrote: post #5

Not quite related to the article's content, but the title reminded me of the time I cancelled my internet subscription with Comcast. The poor representative on the other end of the call decided that impersonating artificial speech as she read through her scripts was the best way to get through her day.

That poor representative didn’t decide anything, it’s their job to do just that, silly as it seems. They just work for a paycheck…

Yes but one can still sympathize.

I want to activate this life hack I do but in an easier way: when I'm dealing with a person who gets monetary gain for upselling me, how about I hand them that amount and get straight talk from then on? 1% commission on my $1,000 mattress? Here's 10 bucks now gimme the real skinny, see?!

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