Phone saleman

No sales job ever paid per time spent on phone

Anon is trying to be wholesome but has to forge reality in this fucked up world

Very interesting keep going

I used to do some operator work for a major UK telecoms firm.

Because it was free, you had all sorts of people phoning it. A good chunk of them were just old folk who were lonely and just wanted someone to speak to.

It was nice. Some of us had additional roles too and we were generally left alone if there was nothing else to do, so it was nice talking about people’s families and interests, and hearing their voices brighten over the course of five or ten minutes.

Growing old alone must suck.

sounds like a good idea for an app using LLMs and text to voice.

old people just want to tell their stories. let em, even if we’re not listening.

bonus. we can record the calls and archive them for historical purposes. many of these stories have significance in relation to world events.

edit: I’m conflicted on the response to this comment. part of me thinks it’s an overreaction while another part of me is somewhat pleased that there seems to be a line that can’t be crossed. especially in a world where I’ve been told over and over that if the ends justify the means, the motive is meaningless. 🤷