#soliciting — Public Fediverse posts

I'm pissed off and disappointed.

I just received a #telemarketing phone call on behalf of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, #soliciting #donations.

It sounded pretty human-ish -- I believe it was using actual recorded sentences of a human being - but they were edited/glued-together in a slightly unnatural way. I believe it was an #IVR system.

So in the middle of one of its speeches, I interrupted with "You're actually a #recorded announcement, aren't you?"

And it replied with some meaningless interjection followed by "No, I'm a real live #agent". And it wasn't. It definitely wasn't. I tested it further and it immediately failed, giving nonsensical replies and then suddenly switching to a "thank you for completing..." (which I hadn't) announcement and disconnecting.

Legitimate #charities shouldn't be employing telemarketing #robots which lie and claim to be #humans. Full stop.

#Shame on the CNIB.

#CNIB #CanadianNationalInstituteForTheBlind

#Transgender #Community in #Pune #Expresses #Concern with #Police #Order banning #transgender #individuals from #gathering at #trafficjunctions and #soliciting #money from #commuters.

“#Government #schemes for our #community #exist only on paper and are not being #implemented. If #begging is #banned, #prostitution becomes the only #option for #survival.”

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #India #Police #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Transphobia #NoPoliceAtPride

https://www.mypunepulse.com/transgender-community-expresses-concern-over-pune-police-order/