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Pimping is much better than running a call center

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

Disclaimer: This post is nothing but wacky humor. Do not take it serious to your hearts.

Finally I managed to close down my extreme loss making business of running the call center. It is not just money, but in all totality Call Center Business was a failure. To begin with I never really liked the concept of outsourced Call Centers. Running a global business, I myself keep on facing numerous difficulties because of outsourced call center. But anyway since every other guy in India with a bit of money was doing it, I also jumped into it. After losing a good chunk of money and peace, finally I am able to quit the CC business.

Wow what a nightmare it was. Always complaining clients, hectic schedules, clients not paying the money, employee quitting once they make enough money to purchase a cell, data theft, back stabbing people. Gosh I wander why at the first place I even started it.

Now coming to think about it, here is why running a Call Center business is similar to being a Pimp and running an Escort Agency.

1. Both business typically work at night
2. In both businesses as an employee Girls are more in demand.
3. It is tough to find talent in both businesses.
4. Talents are typically very unreliable and they tend to switch places with even very little extra money.
5. In both businesses, in CC business Owner, and in pimping business Pimp is helpless without good talent.
6. Both businesses require young talent.
7. With both businesses you typically do not get any respect in society.
8. Government has tough regulations against both businesses.
9. Both businesses have moody talents.
10. In both businesses talents dream to be free of the pimp and start on their own.

Now here is why Pimping is better than Call Center

1. You will always make profit in pimping
2. In Pimping, end client is always satisfied. Whereas in Call Center business End client (person making call) is unsatisfied 95% of the time.
3. In Pimping, no one can steal your client list.
4. You do not own any obligation towards talent in pimping.
5. You do not require any infra structure in pimping
6. You  make cash money in pimping
7. Pimping is just a few hour night business as compared to CC which goes for whole night.
8. In pimping you just provide transportation to talents. In Call Center you provide Food, Transportation, Drink, Party, Movie Tickets … List is endless.
9. In pimping you can close the business any day without any obligation.
10. In Pimping talents quit and be freelancers. They never become pimp to others.

Cheers.

~Nitin