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Sometimes sale people are the best to sell to, because if you are pretty good, they like you and buy from you. Sometimes sales people are the worst to sell to, because if your approach stinks, they will shut you down.

I was in my front yard one afternoon this weekend. I was messing around and doing a little yard work. My kids were playing in the yard and enjoying themselves. A white van rolled slowly up our cul-de-sac. My first instinct whenever someone I don’t recognize rolls up our circle like that is to let my Rottweiler out of the back yard. I could see from the decals on the van that it was a direct sales meat supply company. I imagine that the direct sales meat suppliers can build up some pretty nice route sales.

The driver rolled down his window and yelled out to me. “Hey do you eat steaks?” I said “No”. He yelled back, “You don’t?” I said “No”. He replied, “How about seafood or fish?” I said, NO”. He yelled back, “Well I know you aren’t a vegetarian, are you?” I replied, “I have no interest in talking to you today.” He said “O.k.” and rolled out the way he came in.

My daughter said to me, “Daddy, why didn’t you tell him you are a vegetarian?” A sensible question coming from a kid.

I explained to her that it was not his business in the first place and that if he was too lazy a sales person to even get out of the van and have good manners about introducing himself, I didn’t need to tell him anything. When sales people start their process in a flippant and impolite manner, they cannot expect to get anything but rejection.

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