Call Centers: The People, Work, Culture, Lifestyles and its Side Effects

[blueleigh25]

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sa amo mn gud noh.. sa last naa me fine if mu speak dialect pro mas nahan mn mi mu speak gihapon ug dialect.. heehhe....ngano mag cge jud english oi....samot na sa gawas...i mean sa amo ubos ba...pa sosyal epek... ang uban kay ok ra mn intawon... kaso halata lng gud if trying hard... tsk.tsk....nabati na noon paminawon.. heehe

[rishee]

some people get away with speaking english whenever and wherever they like because they can pull it off... and when people here this, they don't mind kay angayan man.. and the english is natural... mao guro na ila pasabot.. opposite to this is the trying hard.. ka ng murag mad dugo na ang ilong paminawon..

practice is good... but there's such a thing as practise appropriately..

[piolo_askal]

I'm curious. What are the places where it's not appropriate to speak in English? And Why is it not proper to answer a person in English if they were asked in the vernacular?

I quoted the word "appropriate" so it won't be taken literally.

Here it is: Gikan ko Colon nagsakay ko ug 13C nga PUJ. Puno ang PUJ ug naay mga construction workers nga nanakay along with 3 call center agents (I presume because only 2 were wearing IDs). Ang 1 nga construction worker nangutana ug unsa na orasa sa 1 nga agent, "Day unsa nang orasa?", her reply was, "It's 10 past 9". You can see it in the construction worker's face nga wa gyud kaayo niya nakuha ug unsa ang pasabot sa "10 past 9". Pagnaog sa mga agents, nangutana ug balik ang construction worker ug unsa na orasa sa laing pasahero. Sayon ra man unta kaayo litokon ang "alas nuwebe pasado na".

Other people would find it discriminating. I have heard a lot of remarks saying that "hilasa aning mga taga-call center oi". Worse than that, not all people can communicate or least understand simple English. What I'm saying is that don't take the "call center status" out everywhere, sabton nato ang tanan tao. Some people would feel that they're being stepped upon especially those who are not exposed and used to English. We don't want others to feel bad ayt?

[usrolla]

I quoted the word "appropriate" so it won't be taken literally.

Here it is: Gikan ko Colon nagsakay ko ug 13C nga PUJ. Puno ang PUJ ug naay mga construction workers nga nanakay along with 3 call center agents (I presume because only 2 were wearing IDs). Ang 1 nga construction worker nangutana ug unsa na orasa sa 1 nga agent, "Day unsa nang orasa?", her reply was, "It's 10 past 9". You can see it in the construction worker's face nga wa gyud kaayo niya nakuha ug unsa ang pasabot sa "10 past 9". Pagnaog sa mga agents, nangutana ug balik ang construction worker ug unsa na orasa sa laing pasahero. Sayon ra man unta kaayo litokon ang "alas nuwebe pasado na".

Other people would find it discriminating. I have heard a lot of remarks saying that "hilasa aning mga taga-call center oi". Worse than that, not all people can communicate or least understand simple English. What I'm saying is that don't take the "call center status" out everywhere, sabton nato ang tanan tao. Some people would feel that they're being stepped upon especially those who are not exposed and used to English. We don't want others to feel bad ayt?

naa jud ka point bro... ako nag work man ko ug call center...mag binisaya ko oi kng kauban ra sa work ka storya... kapoy cge englis bsag wa na sa work

[LytSlpr]

it's because of the training and nature of their jobs. sometimes people just tend to forget that's all. it's not about arte or hilas really.

kung ako sad to ang construction worker, di sad ko ma uwaw mo ingon, "di ra ba ko kasabot ug ininggles day."

[nunobone]

true true...

lol, naa pa ay... hinuon dili ingnon na dili angay pero naman, lisod ba ibisaya 3 call agents... nisakay ug PUJ.. nag-ininglisay silang duha nya ang usa kay nakamatngon na murag medyo lain ila gibuhat, unya ang duha, sige lang gihapon, nya pakita sa ilang gadgets(cellphones,etc), nya dayon pasiplat ang mga pahung sa mga pasahero, nitan-aw pa nako nya pa-kita2x sa ilang mahalon tangali nga phone... +paisa sa kilay... WORD!!! bruha!

kung nisulti pato siya ug "what are you looking at?".... "gatan-aw ko sa imong phone kay nindot lubnoton... "

bitaw oy... dili man ingnon na dili pwede mag-ininglis.. pero sad diba, cebuano ta, pinoy ta, pinoy ang kaistorya, bisdak na dako... saonz... "appropriate" ang right word jud.. hehhee

ang mga karaan hinuon noh na akong nabantayan, wala ra... dili jud nimo mailhan na ang ilang accent kay pang gawas jud.. nya kanang mga bag-o ra, murag dili na kahibalo mo bisaya, nya ok ra unta to kung ga-practice, nya ipanghambog man gud, wala sad ko gaingon na tanan, ang uban lang ba...

[nItO/pIrEnA]

in fairness, lisod baya ang bisaya kung basahon...kasuway ko ana katong gipa-basa ko sa simbahan...hehehe

if only naay bisaya na subject sa skwelahan...

[xkenikensx]

lolz... magkatawa man ko ani nila oi...
grabeh kau mag ingon ani labi na sa jeep kai kanang mga newbies like nag gunit pa sa ilang papers.training matterials, mug,jacket with seal sa company...grabeh kau pinamay kau bah grabeh ra ba kau ang pagka baga sa regional accent. then sturya2x dayun sa bahin sa ilang account nya ending wala diay na endorse..
heheheheheh lolz...

-magpakitakita raba dayun sa ilang company id... abot ug ayala mag id sakay sa jeep mag id....
-nya if mag inum pwerting saba sgeg sturya parte sa trabaho

[taga_ipil]

lolz... magkatawa man ko ani nila oi...
grabeh kau mag ingon ani labi na sa jeep kai kanang mga newbies like nag gunit pa sa ilang papers.training matterials, mug,jacket with seal sa company...grabeh kau pinamay kau bah grabeh ra ba kau ang pagka baga sa regional accent. then sturya2x dayun sa bahin sa ilang account nya ending wala diay na endorse..
heheheheheh lolz...

-magpakitakita raba dayun sa ilang company id... abot ug ayala mag id sakay sa jeep mag id....
-nya if mag inum pwerting saba sgeg sturya parte sa trabaho

naa pa gani mag-jacket bisag perting inita sa gawas...


wa ta mahimo ana bro, mao man na ila trade-mark..

[xkenikensx]

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lets just say u were hanging out at mango ang some street kids are askin for like a peso or maybe like some ramdom guy like a construction worker with his tools and will asked you " mam asa diay na dapita ang e.chavez?'' , and u will say like blah blah blah....

im not sayin like its not proper to answer that guy in English rather than our native tongue its just how would you feel if u were in that position where u have a blank expression on your face,

thrs no biggie about speakin a foreign language, basta maka sabot lang sad ang tao nga imo ka istorya, ug dili ma intimidate


"no matter how gud u speak the language when u look like $h***t u look like it"