Slog - Comments on Call Center Mutiny! http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/call_center_mutiny Even the telemarketers are turning on McCain, reports TPM: Some three dozen workers at a telemarketing call center in Indiana walked off the job rather than read an incendiary McCain campaign script attacking Barack Obama, according to two workers at the center and one of their parents. Nina Williams, a stay-at-home mom in Lake County, Indiana, tells us that her daughter recently called her from her job at the center, upset that she had been asked to read a script attacking Obama for being "dangerously weak on crime," "coddling criminals," and for voting against "protecting children from danger." Williams' daughter... Copyright 2008 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:32:28 -0800 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:25:08 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by cochise. uuuug.

this must me a Stranger parody.

]]> cochise. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/call_center_mutiny#c1184591 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/call_center_mutiny#c1184591 2008 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:37:27 -0800 Comment by Fred34 Americall - protecting Americans (and children) from the Danger of truth

]]> Fred34 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/call_center_mutiny#c1184593 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/call_center_mutiny#c1184593 2008 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:37:50 -0800 Comment by Jeremy from Seattle "Hello, my name is Vincent Twice, Vincent Twice."

]]> Jeremy from Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/call_center_mutiny#c1184602 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/call_center_mutiny#c1184602 2008 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:42:28 -0800 Comment by Julie in Chicago Fail.

]]> Julie in Chicago http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/call_center_mutiny#c1184604 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/call_center_mutiny#c1184604 2008 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:42:45 -0800 Comment by Hoyt Clagwell "Williams’ daughter told her that up to 40 of her co-workers had refused to read the script..."

Totally unverified, so the daughter could have been exaggerating or just pulling numbers out of her ass.

Otherwise, I would be impressed that that many people would walk out in defense of their principles--usually the ones working in those goddamned call centers desperately need whatever paying work they can find.

]]> Hoyt Clagwell http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/call_center_mutiny#c1184609 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/call_center_mutiny#c1184609 2008 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:44:59 -0800 Comment by bibliogrrl FYI - That part of Indiana is about 45 miles from Chicago, but is pretty damn Red. I grew up in the area. Lots of steel workers and strip malls.

Personally, I find this HILARIOUS.

]]> bibliogrrl http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/call_center_mutiny#c1184618 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/call_center_mutiny#c1184618 2008 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:52:35 -0800 Comment by Balt-O-Matt Originally from Indiana, though the central part, I DO know that Hobart High School's team name is the Brickies, named after the brick yards that used to be in the town.

You're welcome!

]]> Balt-O-Matt http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/call_center_mutiny#c1184620 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/call_center_mutiny#c1184620 2008 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:54:33 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Why does McCain hate America so?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/call_center_mutiny#c1184735 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/call_center_mutiny#c1184735 2008 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:06:21 -0800 Comment by Ryno I actually grew up IN Hobart. @6, it's actually pretty blue, what with the union presence. Personally, nearly all my family, friends and their parents are Democrats. For as far back as I can remember, we had a Democratic mayor and city council except for a brief stretch in the 90s. South of US-30, or east of County Line Road, it can get pretty red, but Hobart is not. Although it does have a pretty racist history.

]]> Ryno http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/call_center_mutiny#c1184762 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/call_center_mutiny#c1184762 2008 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:25:08 -0800