Masochism and profit
I gave up three lunchtimes this week being masochistic. I actually invited salespeople from three different double-glazing companies round to talk me into buying their windows. It reminded me rather unpleasantly of how bad salespeople, and double-glazing salespeople in particular, can be. To be fair, only one of the three - representing a large well-known company - was this bad; the other two didn’t make me feel stupid for rejecting a “this offer leaves when I do” deal because they’re not made to do that by the company they work for.
I’m glad I waited for a while after blogging about this because now the anger has subsided and I won’t waste words on behaviour I find objectionable. I can console myself by thinking I kept him out of other people’s homes for an hour, so I was doing a public service.
Something useful did come out of this though, which was a good chat with J and K about pushy salespeople and payment by commission, which continued with just J into buying and selling, profit, competition and advertising. It helps that Katy has some relatives who run their own business, so J and K can see that not all people who sell for a living (among other things) get Daddy foaming at the mouth.