Each person was given a different job. I was given "Tele-sales". During this period i learnt a lot about the lives of employees, i went to the nearest one in Wycombe and interviewed the manager, even got offered a job in the process, but i couldn't find a specific reason for someone to WANT to do the job, as most people dislike them. I started off on a sarcastic tangent, coming up with this video to try set the scene.
But the more i thought about it, and worked it, it just didnt flow, and i couldn't promote it. So back to the drawing board. I wrote before "most people dislike them", which means a small portion of the world does, i came to the conclusion it is mainly lonely people who haven't got anyone to talk to appreciate them the most. This opened my group up to: old people, people who have been bullied, victims of domestic violence.
I found Domestic Violence the most interesting, so my tele-sales people are undercover DV's from the well know charity Woman's Aid. Their purpose is to ring up the houses, and if many of the symptoms are recognized from the phone call then steps will be taken. That is step one.
Now, i had to bring Direct Mail into this (Direct Mail is more formally known as junk mail, but done well it can be very effective. Most people don't like DM as they get a shit load of leaflets through there door -not as many these days as company's are trying to be "greener"), so i have chosen to send post cards to the people we fear may be victims of Domestic Violence. Postcards are pretty much non-traceable as you don't write a return address, they will have foreign post marks, and addressed to a different person than the abused.
They will have subtle tips and hints, and just a friendly voice to make them know they are not alone. If they come to a point when they want to escape, that is what they are for.
The theory is, as there is no return address, it will just be lying round the house until it is put in the bin. A post card addressed to someone else looks like a mistake so it doesn't matter how many you send, its not an automatic assumption it is for someone in the household. Post cards are step two.
Iv also thought about sending undercover telesales workers as door-to-door-sales-people as well, for example, someone could go to the house (and as an excuse) say "for having requested a survey to have a conservatory in the garden". Which is step three.
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