Random Thoughts on Life

Todd

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Don't you just love it when you work for one company that does its job working in another company.

It's just wonderful. Yesterday do to Taxi difficulties I was 7 mintues late for work. The Maanager of the Grocery store thought he would tear me a new one, He's not my boss as I work for the other company that does these demo's in the grocery store.

Well I listened to him for about 5 minutes go on and on and on, worse than Jery Falwell and Jesse Jackson combined when they fo on thier spew. Anyways after 5 minutes, I reached in my pocket, hauled out my bosses card handed it to him and told him whatever. I went back to the warehouse hauled out all the stuff to do the demo {a 2 day 14 hour demo of fish nuggets and juices} and went at my job demoing the product. 3 hours into the 14 I sold out. The submanager of the department who I was demoing for was amazed he hadn't been able to move 1 box let alone several cases that I did in 3 months.

I went up to the manager's office{the guy who tried to tear me a new one} grabbed the phone and called my boss and told her I sold out what should I do for the next 4 hours and the next day's 7. She gave me another product to promote. I went down grabbed the stuff and in the next 4 hours sold out.

The Manager was completely pissed. I sold over $1000 worth of food of product that just does not move in his store, and He was all in a huff for being 7 minutes late.

Apparently, he did call my boss after I gave him her card. He pissed and moaned over to her about my lateness. She i guess just listened and said she would speak with me. Aparently at the end of my day She called the manager and asked how much I sold, he i guess from her grumbed reluctently I had sold out and how much the product was worth. Then she said to him you were pissed about 7 minutes late? I guess he hung up on her abruptly. She gave me my orders for today.

Today I went and sold the two pallets of soda for todays demo. Thats over 2000 2 liter bottles of store brand soda. The sub manager told me it was supposed to be a week supply. and then jokingly asked if i had ever sold snow to eskimo's in a former life. The main maager would not look me in the eye today nor speak to me.

He is very much a control freak and aparently from what one of my friends in the store told me he is pissed cause he can't control me, he can't break me, and he can't bust my spirit.

You just got to love it, I know I did.
 
Poor Baby!!!:)

You need to relax and unwind....

A nice massage... foot rub...

Cold drink...

Hot fuck..

You will be good as new,

Cassidy;)
 
Todd said:
You just got to love it, I know I did.
Like I have told my daughter many times - the best revenge is doing well in spite of their bullshit. In short, don't let the bastards grind you down.
 
Todd you should do more threads like this one. I like it.

I got a couple of questions though.

Who buys this stuff you are selling?

Is it customers in the store just walking around or what?
 
Azwed said:
Todd you should do more threads like this one. I like it.

I got a couple of questions though.

Who buys this stuff you are selling?

Is it customers in the store just walking around or what?

Its the same customers that come to the store every single day that would normally walk by the product without a second thought.

And thats what severly pisses off the manager about my sales ability.

Since summer I have done maybe 15-20 demos in this store, every single one has been a sell out and any product that has been on my endcap {thats the display on the end of an aisle} nearest to where I am demoing has been sold out.

I have learned the art of the effective subliminal soft sell. I don't throw the product in a persons face and say "Buy this, buy this, buy this." I sell through gentle persuasion. I greet each person on thier own level, and meet there needs and wants in a store.
 
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Shy Tall Guy said:
Like I have told my daughter many times - the best revenge is doing well in spite of their bullshit. In short, don't let the bastards grind you down.

Very Similar to one of my life motto's:

"You sure as sheol didn't make me, You sure as gehenna ain't gonna break me"

Yeah I know its juvenielle, but what the hey, it works for me.
 
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