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cold calling salesmen
Years ago I had a very busy auto-salvage on a four lane divided highway. A friend about fifteen miles away was retired with a little backyard business on a quiet two lane that might see a half dozen customers a week. Pushy salesmen came by my place by the dozen trying to sell me everything from ink pens to oil wells. My stock answer became, "I don't need one but Walter was telling me just the other day . . . " Directions to Walter and off they would go!
I toted a case or so of beer to Walter's place one or two evenings a week and spent a few hours with him. He was always talking about all the salesmen on the road, didn't see how they made a living. This went on about six months until a salesman came in one day, "I don't need one but Walter was just telling me . . ." The salesman got very hot under the collar. "He just sent me here!" I went into the office laughing and told the wife that game was over, Walter had figured it out.
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My best ever one was in response to "your PC "and i went oohh I am so grateful you have called. and we went through the whole thing and what i needed to to do and how to do it..putting my best ever old folks voice on.. I took it all so slowly, my pc had to start up etc and I had to let it get going.. so more than a little time
and then I dropped it on him.. "what do you think we are all so stupid here..? "
Let's just say the language was not so since, and very ungentlemanly.. .
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Made me spill my wine as the phone went right next to me ,suggested in NICE language what he could do with his phone .Don't know if it is a dark where he was calling from ,he'd need a torch to locate it if he took me up on my suggestion!