Oh am I fired up right now. I DESPISE solicitors. Those people who insist on coming into neighborhoods with OBVIOUSLY posted "NO SOLICITING" signs and still going door to door. Do I care if you leave pamphlets and menus? Not at all. But don't come knocking.
I know I'm an impatient man. It's a virtue I've never gained and quite honestly I've given up on it. Now understand, I'm in sales, so I get the "never take no for an answer" deal. But for whatever strange reason, even though I've been in sales ever since I got into the work world, I've never had any patience for sales people, and some TruGreen MORON just did everything he could to push me over the edge.
I'm trying to relax after work, with the little time I have before I have to round up my two dogs and take them to agility class. Up dipshit walks and knocks on my door. Dogs go apeshit so I have to take a minute getting them settled and sitting/staying. My younger one doesn't do this so well yet, so that's a hassle to begin with. I open the door, and immediately spot the TruGreen logo on the shirt and say, "I'm not interested, thanks."
What does our intrepid sales guy do? He ignores me completely and starts walking towards the front of my lawn saying, "I left a flyer in your door, come on down here, I want to show you this." I shake my head, blood pressure rising ever higher, and say again, "Perhaps you didn't hear me, but I'm not interested."
What does our intrepid sales guy do? You got it, once again ignores me completely, leans down, points at a brown/bare spot that I'm completely aware of and says, "here, see this?"
The only thing that saved this guy from me completely losing it was my youngest dog completely breaking his stay and charging out the door between my legs. I had to go round up my dog, told the guy to get off my property and went back inside.
It's bad enough to have to deal with that kind of sales tactic in the first place, but from someone who's blatantly ignoring posted signs just boils my blood. I've yet to call the police to have that sign enforced...I've wanted to, and this guy would have been the first, if it weren't for my dog running out the dang door.
So, am I just an asshole? I know I have too many pet-peeves and I know there are far too many things that get my goat, but I feel pretty justified at being pissed at this kind of thing.
I know I'm an impatient man. It's a virtue I've never gained and quite honestly I've given up on it. Now understand, I'm in sales, so I get the "never take no for an answer" deal. But for whatever strange reason, even though I've been in sales ever since I got into the work world, I've never had any patience for sales people, and some TruGreen MORON just did everything he could to push me over the edge.
I'm trying to relax after work, with the little time I have before I have to round up my two dogs and take them to agility class. Up dipshit walks and knocks on my door. Dogs go apeshit so I have to take a minute getting them settled and sitting/staying. My younger one doesn't do this so well yet, so that's a hassle to begin with. I open the door, and immediately spot the TruGreen logo on the shirt and say, "I'm not interested, thanks."
What does our intrepid sales guy do? He ignores me completely and starts walking towards the front of my lawn saying, "I left a flyer in your door, come on down here, I want to show you this." I shake my head, blood pressure rising ever higher, and say again, "Perhaps you didn't hear me, but I'm not interested."
What does our intrepid sales guy do? You got it, once again ignores me completely, leans down, points at a brown/bare spot that I'm completely aware of and says, "here, see this?"
The only thing that saved this guy from me completely losing it was my youngest dog completely breaking his stay and charging out the door between my legs. I had to go round up my dog, told the guy to get off my property and went back inside.
It's bad enough to have to deal with that kind of sales tactic in the first place, but from someone who's blatantly ignoring posted signs just boils my blood. I've yet to call the police to have that sign enforced...I've wanted to, and this guy would have been the first, if it weren't for my dog running out the dang door.
So, am I just an asshole? I know I have too many pet-peeves and I know there are far too many things that get my goat, but I feel pretty justified at being pissed at this kind of thing.
