by Angie McMahon
Often times during the day while Sarah and I are working in the office we will either get a door to door sales man to come in and sell us something or a call to the office to sell us something. Over the next few weeks I am going to tell you about some of our favorite sales calls to CIC.
So on the eve of NYE a fella with a office supply company came in while we were setting up. Sarah, Tom, Myself and my 5 year old daughter were all setting up, cleaning and getting ready for our big NYE party. I had a client who did have an appointment with me to see the space to rent it out. So I was expecting someone, but not for another hour.
I come up from the basement with a case of wine in my hands. To be met by the fella and his two very lovely ladies traveling with him. We would later call them “The Cheerleaders”
Fella “Hey hey, how are you guys today?”
Me “Oh Hey, I’m sorry we are setting up for our NYE party, so sorry we are such a mess. How are you?”
Cheerleader 1 “Oh hey a party, that sounds like fun.”
Me “Yeah its always a lot of fun.”
Cheerleader 2 “Oh I can imagine, it sounds like fun.”
Fella “Well I don’t mean to bardge in on you, it looks like you folks are busy” (at this point my daughter is running around the two of us in a circle) “But I’m with (retracted) and I would like to speak to you about your pen and paper supplies.”
Me: “Well as you can see we are very busy setting up for our big event so now is really not a great time, maybe another time.”
Fella “But I don’t know when the next time I will be in this area.”
Me: “I’m sorry maybe we could make an appointment or something, I’m very busy today.”
Cheerleader 1 “I bet, you guys look busy.”
Cheerleader 2 “It looks like its gonna be fun”
Fella “It really will only take 10 min, I bet you order a couple of cases of paper a month right?”
Me “What, why would I do that? Its a staff of two, I normally talk to her rather then send a memo. Look we are very small I maybe use a single package of paper in a whole month, If I’m gonna print playbills or something I do that at Kinko’s not our little printer here.”
Fella “Well we have great prices on ink, if I set you up today with an order we can automate the order to come every month.”
Me “I am very busy today, I can’t sit down and go through our recipts and figure out if what I give you is less then how much I give CVS once a month, you see I am busy, you see my child here running around. I can’t do this today.”
Fella “I have all the stats here to show you how we are up to 10% less in ink and paper, not to mention your pen needs.”
Me: (I fold my hands in a prayor like way) “I am starting to get upset, I am asking you now as calmly as I can to please leave.”
Fella: “Ok, well thanks for talking with me”
Cheerleader 1 “Thanks have a great party.”
Chearleader 2 “Thanks”