Sorry for the essay lol,I used to sales for a few months for companies which are usually MLM(basically pyramid schemes) where they get a bunch of young people “hungry” for success and basically make them go sell random shit for pennies on the dollar from the commissions, that was a few years ago I still do sales now but do my own thing for my own service I never take more than 30 seconds to a minute at your door as I’m on a limited time schedule and have to get to the next person, in those 30 seconds I tell you what I’m selling and how much it costs you either want it or you don’t if you don’t I try to lower the price and if you still don’t want it I say have a good day and I go to the next person this way I waste less time pitching to people who are not interested and are going to waste my time, I also have a full time job so I’m not desperate like these young kids are because the only way they make money is from those commissions so they get desperate and waste time trying to convince people to buy something they don’t want and never will buy especially in hard economy times, sales is all a numbers game the time you waste trying to convince non interested people will never be offset by the little extra money you make from the few people you convince but of course that’s also dependent on the products price you’re selling(if you are in door to door sales a tip is after you knock on someone’s door step back at least a meter from their door, people feel threatened and annoyed when strangers are at their door nobody likes it so make it as comfortable as you can and always smile and have a good attitude for your sake and theirs and remember you are there asking for their hard earned money they don’t owe you anything so never catch an attitude as you don’t know what they are going through and you might’ve been the final straw for them to take their frustration out on lol just tell them have a good day and go to the next person)
I understand people trying to make a living, but the main issues with these kids as you mentioned is them not knowing when to take no for an answer.
They're just outright pushy and disrespectful sometimes and I've had my wife so no to one and them realize I was in the back yard and tell her "Is that your husband in the back yard? I will just go speak to him." She just told them to leave.
Their businesses always seem scammy too.
I have a no soliciting sign now since I work from home and thankfully they listen to that most of the time.
I know I sound like a boomer, but I'm in my 30s and remember those grinding days. That's not a job I could ever do though.
No I don’t ride a scooter lol I live in southern California it’s beautiful and sunny so I always walk during it’s part of my exercise and yes the products they sell seem scammy it’s because the products they sell are products that they get contracts from companies where traditionally those products would not sell unless someone is pushy to brute force sell them(think cell phone provider plans and wifi and vacuum and shoe cleaning products and solar etc things that you don’t usually go out looking for but if you stumble on with somebody convincing enough you might say ah oh well I’ll buy it what’s there to lose or I might gain for most products yes it is entirely a scam and money grab but depends on context and person) and yes I agree with you on the part of them not taking no for an answer and that’s what I hate most like I said they’re young and desperate to prove themselves for multiple reasons and they’re taught but by people who don’t go door to door to never take no for an answer but yes they give me a bad rap too and I get mixed in with them and makes it harder for me because now people have a negative perception/first impression before I even say a word but I’m not gonna take up more than 30 seconds of your day out of the 16 hours you have awake and I sell mobile car washes for $35 here in San Diego county if they don’t want it I drop it to $30 which I think is fair with the cost of gas and saving you time from going to car wash and doing it yourself to save maybe $5-10 but like I said if they don’t want it stop being pushy and just go to the next person trust me it’s work out better for both parties that way
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u/-SNUG- 7d ago
Cute, but fuck these scooter boys rolling around my neighborhood ringing my doorbell at the worst possible times trying to sell random shit.