So since two days we are getting calls for some telephone shit - telstra and optus and blah blah. Obv they are call centre people from India. Common knowledge right?

The interesting thing is this -- the first girl who called yesterday asked me my name. As I was expecting this recruiter to call I gave her my name (thinking these people never get Indian names) and this girl who calls herself Julie. She then tells me she is calling from Sydney and her sisters name is Ruchi too. She then asks me if I am from India and which city I am from. I politely told her she didnt need to know that and hung up. She then called back in a couple of hours and asked to speak to my husband. He spoke to her and hung up.

Today I get another call from the same company and this dude who had no idea which accent he was supposed to imitate (confused btwn the Indian, American, British and Australian) he tells me the same scheme. Polite as ever, i said Ive spoken to someone already from his firm and I cant help him. This dude then tells me I have a nice name and asks me if I am Indian (wtf)... and if I am from Delhi or Bbay (is that all India is made up of?)... And then HE STARTS TALKING TO ME IN HINDI. (omg!)
I was laughing by then bec this guy refuses to hang up. So I was like, yeah, bbay... and then I asked him where he is from. So he tells me, this little place in Gujarat called Ahmedabad (small city? moron?)...
I finally hung up saying hope the weather is fine in Gujarat.

Arent these guys supposed to atleast pretend they are from Australia? Atleast that was the way in my time! (Read: 3 years ago when we graduated and everyone I knew was working in a call centre)... Are they specifically targetting the Indian market? Picking out names which sound Indian. Do these guys tactlessly call up Sri Lankan and other neighbouring country people living overseas and pretend to be their best friends and talk in Hindi? Is no one monitoring their calls? What has the world come to!! But its definitely amusing for a bored housewife!!

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