Thursday, October 05, 2006
Pushy Salespeople
"Hi, I’m blah blah from Norlight”
“Hi”
“We currently have a package for voice data and internet access, do you have a bundled provider?”
“No, we have separate providers for all of those things, and prefer it that way, because if one goes down, the others still work”
“well, we provide all these services with guaranteed problem resolutions, and I’d really like to talk with you more about them”
“We are happy with what we have, and are under contract. We aren’t going to switch anything.”
“Could I setup a time where I could meet with you, and discuss this further”
“I’m not sure why you’d want to do that, we aren’t switching”
“I’d really like to go over the services we can provide, how does Thursday sound for you?”
“We’re not switching.”
“Would an afternoon or morning time work better for you”
“Look, you can come meet with me, it’s not going to do you any good, and is just going to waste your time. Thursday at 11 is fine.”
Really, what are people like that thinking? I agreed to a meeting simply to waste their time. I’m not switching our plans. I don’t even have the ability to make that choice.
I hope he brings me free literature that I can throw away in front of him.