Har Har!!

Sorry for the typos in my comment.

I am an economist but I do not exactly consider your comparison between call centers and banks as apple-to-apple. Call centers have a lot more young people compared to banks. I believe that the incidence of sex between call center agents are higher than between bank employees due to the age factor and the fact that employee migration in call centers are most likely to be higher. Call centers are not considered as permanent employments by most of its employees unlike banks were people dream of staying up to retirement. The tendency then for bankers to stay away from their colleagues would tend to be higher.

Culture would also play a big role in this. Call Center agents nowadays spend a lot of money drinking and going out with one another. And since most of them are young and first time earners, the tendency for a lot of them to indulge in alcohol and to drugs (to some extent) would tend to be higher.

We almost don’t see bankers gathering in huge flocks while smoking and planning events outside buildings. We see call centers doing that, more than any other industry. I don’t even see this kind of culture in factories.

I do not have anything against call centers (I even have nieces working in it) but I agree that sex would tend to be more frequent in the industry. Having seen a lot of them, I sometimes even wish that I had a chance to have spent some of my youth as a call center agent. It’s too late now..

? joei