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'''Basic Trope''': A character calls a customer service line and gets, well, an OperatorFromIndia.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character calls a customer service line and gets, well, an OperatorFromIndia.[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin operator from India]].
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** The call center in question is [[RecycledInSpace in outer space]], and its [[SpaceJews employees]] all have a distinct Indian accent of some sort.
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** The call center in question is [[RecycledInSpace [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace in outer space]], and its [[SpaceJews employees]] all have a distinct Indian accent of some sort.
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* '''Subverted''': Alice gets a call center in California.
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* '''Subverted''': Alice complains about Indian operators, but she gets a call center in California.
* '''Implied''': Alice hangs up the phone, and angrily complains about Indian accents.
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My second edit, also about Indian phone scams (closely related to the 419 Scam edits). Same notes: I don't care whether it gets undone or stays, but don't hate me if i violated the Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment, I'm learning what's allowed and what's not. (I have been on TV Tropes for long, started around three layout changes ago, but made an account very recently.)
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* '''Exploited''': ???
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* '''Exploited''': ???There are Indian scammers [[FourOneNineScam probably related to worse scams]] who pretend to be from XYZ Tech call centers and do the usual remote desktop scams, all the more effective because there are actual Indian employees in XYZ Tech.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Outsourcing may be helpful in the short term, but in the long run hurts economies because jobs that could go to people in XYZ Tech's home country are being sent to people in other countries. And if XYZ Tech is more concerned about its bottom line than about its employees, that could cause problems too.
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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
** Outsourcing may be helpful in the short term, but in the long run hurts economies because jobs that could go to people in XYZ Tech's home country are being sent to people in other countries. And if XYZ Tech is more concerned about its bottom line than about its employees, that could cause problems too.
** Alice gets her credit card info stolen in an Indian remote desktop scam that might not have worked without the extra element of deception, that is the fact that XYZ Tech has Indian employees and the scammers use that to their advantage.
** Outsourcing may be helpful in the short term, but in the long run hurts economies because jobs that could go to people in XYZ Tech's home country are being sent to people in other countries. And if XYZ Tech is more concerned about its bottom line than about its employees, that could cause problems too.
** Alice gets her credit card info stolen in an Indian remote desktop scam that might not have worked without the extra element of deception, that is the fact that XYZ Tech has Indian employees and the scammers use that to their advantage.
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** [[TheSimpsons One operator works for several companies]], and [[OohMeAccentsSlipping fakes a]] [[AmericanAccents US accent]] for each state that each company is (allegedly) located in.
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** [[TheSimpsons [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons One operator works for several companies]], and [[OohMeAccentsSlipping fakes a]] [[AmericanAccents [[UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents US accent]] for each state that each company is (allegedly) located in.
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** The hold music is {{Bollywood}} FilmiMusic
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** The hold music is {{Bollywood}} UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} FilmiMusic
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** Alice is talking to someone similar to {{Peggy}}.
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** Alice is talking to someone similar to {{Peggy}}.Advertising/{{Peggy}}.
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** Alice is talking to someone similar to {{Peggy}}.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???
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* '''Downplayed''': ???The operator speaks perfect English, but there are slight hints of an Indian accent.
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* '''Played Straight''': Alice needs help with a computer problem. When she finally gets through to tech support, someone with a distinct Indian accent answers.
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* '''Played Straight''': '''Straight''': Alice needs help with a computer problem. When she finally gets through to tech support, someone with a distinct Indian accent answers.
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''':
** XYZ Tech has outsourced its tech support call center jobs to India
** XYZ Tech ''is'' actually based in India.
* '''Justified''':
** XYZ Tech has outsourced its tech support call center jobs to India
** XYZ Tech ''is'' actually based in India.
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* '''Justified''': XYZ Tech has outsourced its tech support call center jobs to India
** XYZ Tech ''is'' actually based in India.
** XYZ Tech ''is'' actually based in India.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Outsourcing may be helpful in the short term, but in the long run hurts economies because jobs that could go to people in XYZ Tech's home country are being sent to people in other countries. And if XYZ Tech is more concerned about its bottom line than about its employees, that could cause problems too.
* '''Reconstructed''': XYZ Tech opens up call centers in its home country. Only if XYZ Tech has offices in other countries (as a worldwide company) will it have call centers elsewhere. And wherever its call centers are, its employees are competent, courteous, wonderful people, and XYZ treats them as such.
* '''Parodied''': The call center in question is [[RecycledInSpace in outer space]], and its [[SpaceJews employees]] all have a distinct Indian accent of some sort.
* '''Reconstructed''': XYZ Tech opens up call centers in its home country. Only if XYZ Tech has offices in other countries (as a worldwide company) will it have call centers elsewhere. And wherever its call centers are, its employees are competent, courteous, wonderful people, and XYZ treats them as such.
* '''Parodied''': The call center in question is [[RecycledInSpace in outer space]], and its [[SpaceJews employees]] all have a distinct Indian accent of some sort.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Outsourcing may be helpful in the short term, but in the long run hurts economies because jobs that could go to people in XYZ Tech's home country are being sent to people in other countries. And if XYZ Tech is more concerned about its bottom line than about its employees, that could cause problems too.
* '''Reconstructed''': XYZ Tech opens up call centers in its home country. Only if XYZ Tech has offices in other countries (as a worldwide company) will it have call centers elsewhere. And wherever its call centers are, its employees are competent, courteous, wonderful people, and XYZ treats them as such.
* '''Parodied''':'''Parodied''':
** The call center in question is [[RecycledInSpace in outer space]], and its [[SpaceJews employees]] all have a distinct Indian accent of some sort.
* '''Reconstructed''': XYZ Tech opens up call centers in its home country. Only if XYZ Tech has offices in other countries (as a worldwide company) will it have call centers elsewhere. And wherever its call centers are, its employees are competent, courteous, wonderful people, and XYZ treats them as such.
* '''Parodied''':
** The call center in question is [[RecycledInSpace in outer space]], and its [[SpaceJews employees]] all have a distinct Indian accent of some sort.
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* '''Lampshaded''': (distinct accent) "Hello, you have reached tech support, this is Bob, how may I help you?"
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* '''Lampshaded''': (distinct accent) "Hello, you have reached tech support, this is Bob, how may I help you?"'''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': (distinct accent) "Hello, you have reached tech support, this is Bob, how may I help you?"
* '''Exploited''': ???
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* '''Discussed''': ???
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* '''Played For Laughs''': Almost always is.
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* '''Played For Drama''':
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* '''Played For Laughs''': Almost always is.
'''Deconstructed''': Outsourcing may be helpful in the short term, but in the long run hurts economies because jobs that could go to people in XYZ Tech's home country are being sent to people in other countries. And if XYZ Tech is more concerned about its bottom line than about its employees, that could cause problems too.
*'''Played For Drama''':'''Reconstructed''': XYZ Tech opens up call centers in its home country. Only if XYZ Tech has offices in other countries (as a worldwide company) will it have call centers elsewhere. And wherever its call centers are, its employees are competent, courteous, wonderful people, and XYZ treats them as such.
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%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???
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** [[TheSimpsons One operator works for several companies]], and [[OohMeAccentsSlipping fakes a]] [[AmericanAccent US accent]] for each state that each company is (allegedly) located in.
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** [[TheSimpsons One operator works for several companies]], and [[OohMeAccentsSlipping fakes a]] [[AmericanAccent [[AmericanAccents US accent]] for each state that each company is (allegedly) located in.
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* '''Basic Trope''': A character calls a customer service line and gets, well, an OperatorFromIndia.
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