This is a great Idea - Think about it, Then cut and paste and email

I want to ask each of you to consider doing the following when you are

talking on the phone to any US customer service representative that is

based in a foreign country (like India ).  I have done this twice and it

works!  Any time you call an 800 number (for a credit card, banking,

charter communications, health insurance, insurance, you name it) and

you are transferred to a representative (like in India), please consider

doing the following:

After you connect and you realize that the customer service

representative is not from the USA (you can always ask if you are not

sure about the accent), please very politely (very politely - this is

not about trashing other cultures) say, "I'd like to speak to a customer

service representative in the United States of America ."  The rep might

suggest talking to his/her manager, but, again, politely say, "Thank

you, but I'd like to speak to a customer service representative in the

USA ."  YOU WILL BE IMMEDIATELY CONNECTED to a rep in the USA .  It only

takes less than one minute to have your call re-directed to the USA . 

Tonight when I got redirected to a USA rep, I asked again to make sure -

and yes, she was from Fort Lauderdale .

Imagine if tomorrow, every US citizen who has to make such a call and

then requests a US rep, imagine how that would ultimately impact the

number of US jobs that would need to be created ASAP.  Imagine what

would happen if every US citizen insisted on talking to only US phone

reps from this day on.  If I tell 10 people to consider this and you

tell 10 people to consider doing this - see what I mean...it becomes an

exercise in viral marketing 101.

Remember - the goal here is to restore jobs back here at home - not to

be abrupt or rude to a foreign phone rep.  If you agree, please tell 10

people you know and tell them to tell 10 people they know....etc...etc...