As you probably know, similarly to low-skilled manufacturing jobs moving to Mexico, low-skilled service jobs are moving to India. That means that when you call Comcast to bitch about something or try to get something rectified on your credit card statement you have to sit there and try to understand someone who can really only pronounce 5 words in a way we can comprehend.

But now, they've pushed the perversity to the next level and have Indian call centers call up telemarketing targets. To give themselves an air of legitimacy, the callers will use American-sounding names:

Vijayalakshmi: Hello M. Flenchbenj, my name is [deciphers the name] Cyntia and I am kohling you to tell you have won a shopping splee of tlee hundled dollals!
Me: Take my name off your lists please
Vijayalakshmi: [Disappointed] Okay...

In the past I've had a Rachel and also a Monica... Apparently they just go by the TV to come up with their American names.

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