Force prisoners to work in call centres

ScumLord · 14-01-2012 05:49PM

44leto wrote: »

Put them all in a punitive coma,

OP there is about 600 things wrong with your proposal. Did you really think this was a goer.

It already is a goer according to the article they make $175 million from federal work and a further $10 million from work for the private sector.

HavingCrack wrote: »

This really is true, unless you intend to continue working in call centres they provide you with very little if any skills that transfer to other jobs.

If your going in with practically no skills your bound to pick up something even if it is just becoming acquainted with computers.

It's a big improvement on just putting them in a cell to rot and fester.

WoollyRedHat · 14-01-2012 07:00PM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

"Hi I'd like to enquire about getting a replacement for my wireless router please."
- F*ck you man.
"What?"
- You heard me bitch.
"What?"
- Say 'what' again. I dare ya, I double dare ya. Say 'what' again motherf*cker.

As you can see from the above transcript from a call I made to eircom customer support last year, I believe that prisoners would only improve things.

Did that actually happen? People be crazy.

Micky Dolenz · 14-01-2012 07:03PM

Why call centre?

Put them in chain gangs and let them tidy up the areas that never make it on to the tidy towns list.

MagicSean · 14-01-2012 07:05PM

FatherLen wrote: »

coming from experience, there is no skill to be learned from working in a call centre.

All I got from that place was an interest in gambling.

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 14-01-2012 07:26PM

For inmates, the appeal isn't the pay, which can be as low as 50 cents an hour.

Sweet.
It's like slavery... but only for people who broke the law... so it's okay!
Caught with some weed? I sentence you to 10 years customer support.
It'd probably be a useful deterrent for former call-center employees too.
If I was forced to work in one again, I'd probably figure out some way to hang myself with the headset cord on my first day.

boobar · 14-01-2012 07:52PM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

"Hi I'd like to enquire about getting a replacement for my wireless router please."
- F*ck you man.
"What?"
- You heard me bitch.
"What?"
- Say 'what' again. I dare ya, I double dare ya. Say 'what' again motherf*cker.

As you can see from the above transcript from a call I made to eircom customer support last year, I believe that prisoners would only improve things.

I remember that call centre operator - Jules Winfield not very helpful unless you wanted a lesson on biblical references.

Jesus Wept · 14-01-2012 07:54PM

Having worked in Call centers in the past, I'd give prison a whirl if that were an alternative.

zie · 14-01-2012 08:04PM

Put people on death row working in call centres - it'd save their state a whole load of money in appeals.

Agricola · 14-01-2012 08:44PM

Speaking as an ex call center worker, if my boss at the time had said to me that he was thinking of replacing me with a prisoner I would have jumped at the chance to swap places with the guy. Wouldnt wish it on me worst enemy.

Scruffles · 14-01-2012 08:54PM

itd be ridiculous immoral to take the jobs away and give those to prisoners,but if these were empty jobs and the prisoners were in the clink for non violent repeated mild offences/the mildest crimes possible; risk assessed against being in the job then why not? it will help them in various ways whilst in prison and out.
-am a long time rider at a north west england RDA/disabled riding school and we have crims working for us-trouble is they were forced to by the courts under community service so most of them do not give a sht; sitting around doing nothing,not listening to yard staff.
-itd be better to have call centre work as a choice and make sure those who really want to make something of themselves get the job instead of having the tossers making a joke out of it because they are bored.

Handsome Bob · 14-01-2012 09:03PM

I'd love to be a fly on the wall in such a scenario, something tells me that the large population of telephone hard men and women would rapidly subside.

Force prisoners to work in call centres

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