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  • Call centers hear the good, the bad, and the ugly American

    01/11/2006 7:02:29 PM PST · by DogBarkTree · 67 replies · 1,638+ views
    NY Newsday ^ | 1/11/06 | MIKE McPHATE
    NOIDA, India -- Debalina Das, a computer help-line agent in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, punched the button last winter for a call from America. "You Indian slut," came the man's voice, the 22-year-old recounted, "in some -- Third World country, roaming about naked without food and clothes, what do you know about computers? Have you ever seen one ... ? This company is just saving money by outsourcing to Third World countries like yours." Das, who quit after four months, said she learned to dislike Americans. "Rarely there are people who are good," she said by e-mail, "but...