Please Suggest Me some WAYS to get RID of Sales Person
Everyday there are people knocking the office door, pressing the door bell to sell you something, to do survey, to ‘introduce’ their new products.
They never stop. Yes, I understand that’s their work, marketing strategies, or what-so-ever.
But to me, IT’s DAMN BLOODY ANNOYING.
Because I was the one who always answer the door. I gotto ‘layan’ them. I gotto ‘reject’ their offers politely while smiling like an idiot.
They went door by door, knocking all the doors at all floors and all blocks.
Sometimes, I really respect their thick-face courages, they will just keep on saying what they wanna say even you’ve already show your ‘I-just-got-screwed-by-boss face’ and tell them to go away.
For the whole year I’ve been working here, I encounter people like:
1. Asking for donation - as usual, they said they were not trying to sell anything, but will demand a certain amount as the donation, and in return, they will give you little gift.
2. Selling cookies - usually when some festivals are near, like Chinese New Years or Hari Raya.
3. Selling Insurance - people from Prudential, came in bunches some more. *Rolled Eyes*
4. Selling watches
5. Selling services - say wanna do a presentation to person in-charge, I just reject saying my boss will never layan this kind of presentation, they even wanna come in straight, but I always block them.
6. Selling coupons - Buy those coupons with RMxx , then you can dine-in with cheaper price.
Etc etc…
So, How???
Shall I just stick some note in front of the door and saying
Or
内有æ¶犬 (fierce dog inside)
*doink*
Anyway, who on earth invented this “PUSH” strategy? and Why on earth still there are people using this strategy? Is this really effective?
Please tell me. Is it just me get annoyed? I seldom let them finish they ‘presentation’ and just shoo them off. Am I bad? I just don’t want to waste everyone’s time.
Any suggestions how to get rid of them? Eh, I m serious!
Joash Chan
on November 27th, 2006
“Fierce Dog Inside” sounds great. But I think you need to put “Fierce Bitch Inside”… then they’ll be more afraid…
I’ll think of somemore…
Reon
on November 27th, 2006
Just ignore them loh. Give them “face” to look, or pretend busy. Hehe…
Anyway, I’m more concern about the possible robbery case from these “sales person”. I heard that those people just come in selling stuff but actually ready to steal your handphones on the table…!! Cilaka!
cely
on November 27th, 2006
joash: Fierce Bitch Inside, sound more fierce.. hmmm… *thinking*
reon: aiyo.. how to ignore, dai lou.. they press door bell.. if u no answer, they just keep pressing… it’s as annoyed as you dowan to pick up the ringing phone, u understand?
Yea.. i always alert bout that.. anyway.. they cant come in straight.. coz the door is heavy.. and we had short corridor before u enter the office… :)
louyea
on November 27th, 2006
lolz…… our office have a good practice when face salesman with just 2 step :
1. say : “we r not entertain any salesman”
2. without waiting he/she have any respond bang the door.
Neo
on November 28th, 2006
Ask them what they sell, then you re-sell to your colleagues, like that you earn commision, or you markup the price… wahaha…
Caker
on November 28th, 2006
Totally agree with louyea, it sounds crude but that’s the most effective way.
Saygore
on November 28th, 2006
1, put up sign/notice read ‘ no salesperson allowed’
2. install electronic device/ secured door, not only the salesperson cant enter, those criminal intention also can’t.
3,keep showing xxx face and fxxx them until this kind of sales tactics cease. you may ask why? they just wanna cari makan. well, if one chose to do such kind of job, one deserve such treatment. i do not ask you to approach me, you approach me, you are interupting my work. i have every right to fxxx til your ‘fool latt’ right?? ;’)
once, i was waling in a complex, a salesman approach me on credit card sales, i said no. he kept talking… then i told him right on the face ” you either fxxx off or stand here and let me fxxx you upside down” then he quickly ran away.
Wuching
on November 28th, 2006
just pretend u dun understand english or bahasa or mandarin!
cely
on November 28th, 2006
louyea, Caker: Hahaha, although it’s rude… hmm… ok.. i might try that next time.. see who so bad luck.
neo: tat wont work la.. i dun have many colleagues… no point doing it also.. kekeke… :p
Saygore: Wah.. u damn geng.. i will just wave wave wave my hands and walk away… leave them talking alone there. kekeke..
wuching: hahaha, but it will still be the same, the person might walk in and talk to my other colleague..
Joash Chan
on November 28th, 2006
Install a tv screen at the entrance, and keep looping a video showing how a salesperson was tortured in your office…. hehe. I can help you make the video…
Another option would be to swing a parang everytime you answer the door…
J
on November 28th, 2006
Hmmmm… I did sales for a short, short while after finishing uni so I can’t help but to feel bad for these salespeople (HEY, it’s hard work!)…..
… but yeah lah - they are really irritating sometimes…
:)
Erm… maybe try to install an electrified doorbell that you can switch on and off? Like if you see it’s a salesperson then you switch it on then they will get a “shock” when they touch the button.
(Be careful not to do it to clients though!)
Baby Jaimee
on November 28th, 2006
Put:
“No Salesman entertained. Enter at your own peril.”
“If you are into sales, Don’t even press on the door bell”
“Salesgirl entertained, males go side way.”
“SALESMAN: Only allowed entry if you selling at 10 cents.”
Baby Jaimee
on November 28th, 2006
For donation = no comment,
It is part of the charity and humanity. But then is a bit too much if they visit always. You just have to endure it. Donate 20 cents = charity also.
cely
on November 28th, 2006
joash: Another option would be to swing a parang everytime you answer the door… Wah lau.. damn fierce wooo… what if they tot i m going to rob them? ahahhaha
J: Yea, i understand the hard work… but i just dun think it’s so appropriate to ‘wash whole building’ gua… go every floor, every block and every door… hmmm… this is the ONLY reason i am not a sales person, i just dun like the concept of PUSHING
baby jaimee: ahhahaha.. “Salesgirl entertained, males go side way.†But i am a girl wo.. i rather entertain leng jai :p
regarding the charity, not very often, but very frequent i met them during my lunch… damn annoying.. and i still dun trust those ‘mobile charity’ , as in walk to u ask u for donation… showing u documents and newspaper… go away.. i really dun believe one… dun waste ur time and dun disturb me eating…
munaks
on November 28th, 2006
sell something to them in return even before they start talking abt anything.
sales-sheman: “hi my name is xxx from xxx trading company”
you: “hi am celly, would you like to buy 100 condoms at the price of 30?”
andylkw
on November 28th, 2006
How about saying that your company actually selling the same thing? Ask them if they wanna buy from u some more. haha.
momoko
on November 28th, 2006
Convince your boss to install a remote control door unlocker cum intercom at the office entrance (its also good to prevent thieves from coming in and stealing bags, handphones etc). The intercom is critical. If the visitor is a salesman just say company doesn’t allow selling on the premises. But I notice many offices have this device but don’t use it properly, they simply let everyone in. Then its their fault to be harrassed.
jamygan
on November 28th, 2006
i am a lucky one who got some my frens and cousins put me on table 1st. the most annoying one was quite recent and it was like NEVER ENDING. the champion goes to fitness 1st and celebrity fitness. even slimming center always call me too. and i told them im 40kg, underweight. eventhough im not.
i tried many way to reject them and sometimes they use different number to call me. that y i always pick up their call ACCIDENTLY. and everytime call from different people.
i tried many NON-SENSE WAY (speak foreign language, scold them, play them music, chitchat and make friends with them, curse them, pass to call to my mom, )to shooo them away. but one of the bestest way was actually tell them U ALREADY USED THAT/HAVE THAT/TRIED THAT/BOUGHT THAT AND GIVE THEM BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD REVIEW/COMPLAINT. usually they wont ask u much, becoz they scared u request for $ return. that works.
cely
on November 28th, 2006
munak, Andy: hahaha… i wonder if that works.. since i m not professional.. :p
momoko: my boss quite china-man style… always say cut cost one… somemore, not a big company.. small potato company having… 1,2,3 employees onli.. ngek.. bet he wont ‘invest’ money to install that.
jamy: wahhahahhahaha.. i had that b4! luckily they onli called me for 1 time…
but u r hilarious!
earl-ku
on November 28th, 2006
hahahahaha
but the one i hate the momt would be the ones haunting those mamak and lunch time places ….
niama ccb, u eat song song - then the fucker come, wanna take 5 minutes of ur time … sell this incredible pen la, this very longlasting socks la, this video for ur kid to learn A to Z in a day la …
or when u chating away song song with ur friend in the mamak and this fella come ask u for donation or shove this pile of dvd in ur face … normally i just look at them and they get the picture and buzz off, but most of the time i just ask them - cant u see i am eating? cant u let me me finish the rest of my food in peace? the fella looks weird and goes off …
the worst was the dvd seller in Steven, i just came a lil drunk, were eating and he shoved those dvd on the table and my table was like kind of full edy, so i just shove the stack of dvd on the floor … he came back looked stun .. picked it all up and got off … then got some good fuck from steven himself … not sure why la …
cely
on November 28th, 2006
earl: Yea yea yea.. exactly… haih.. susah cari makan i think… and how much they can earn from those selling? poor thing… expose under sun, kena rain…
Reon
on November 29th, 2006
They got commision mah, though looks hard, but still can survive one. Well, sometime when facing with these people, I feel they are the dangerous ones because they look like robber in disguise. But maybe it’s the other way around. They could be victim of robbery or sambun. Poor things.
cely
on November 29th, 2006
reon: yea la, they got commission, but.. they can use other strategy ma.. poor them… but damn annoying…
earl-ku
on November 29th, 2006
aihhh jung yin chi - wun sik kan nan la … sometimes i pity them
yes when after i finish eating … smoking there, i wonder why these people are forced to do stuff like this … why … why whyy why whwywhwyw yyy
thats makes me feel happy with what i am doing … and yes i do feel pity for them …
but just dont kacau me when i eat …
Reon
on November 30th, 2006
Other strategy?? What strategy can they use? Sit down, be your friend, spend you McD and then only offer to sell their products to you ar? Hahaha… Quite hard for them, actually. Thick face, like you said, is not easy for everyone. Also, safety is a big concern for them because they always wander in some unknown place. Pity lah…
cely
on November 30th, 2006
earl: yealo.. damn tulan…
reon: how do i know what strategy, they have to find out la.. i m sure i m not the onli one who get annoyed… so, it means the strategy has raise problem… not only they annoyed people, they already started to lose some potential customers! i m not studying marketing one… they have to figure out a better way lo.. :)
“”Sit down, be your friend, spend you McD and then only offer to sell their products to you ar?“” Sound like convincing me to join Lamp Berger like that…
Mr. Billyham
on November 30th, 2006
yat gor yi gor dou mou yan sing…hai…dou mm ji hai meh yan….
yat sai yu lam, yat yat hang juk gei lap jung, gong lei gong hui dou hai gor gei gui….jung yiu tai yan min sik, bei security guard diu, bei yan dek….when comes to their lunch time, they eat roti tepi jalan, thinking of y the fuck they have to be like that? “y? y am i doing this? every1 is showing me faces, y i still have to put on my smiling face”…”aiyo, just change ur job la”…”change? this is my partime, i have permenant job, im not u, i have family, i have kids, i spend 6k everymonth and i dun get 1 nike shoe!!!”….”waaaaa, so cham meh?”….”do u think i like this job so much? enjoying? fuck u la! everytime i have to force myself to do it, take a deep breath b4 entering any restaurants, schools, offices….”…..”mahai, then dun do it la, still got other options ma”…..”no la, this kind of sales is fast money ma, kids nonit to eat meh, go to school leh”
hai….u dun buy dun show face la, tell them nicely u dun wan and say thank u…..if they keeping asking, u ma keep saying the same thing lor…
educated ppl in kl is just like a piece of shit…
dun kacau me when im eating la, when im chatting with frens la, when im working la, when im sleeping la, when im shitting la, when im watching the lord of the ring la….so…when u wan them to kacau u? when u sit on a beach listening to the sound of wave?
Richard Billyham oi mou?
cely
on November 30th, 2006
mr.billyham: remember this, customer is always right.
u wan fast money, then u just have to bear with those response from customer, else.. change job lo.. if not, dun complain…
r
on November 30th, 2006
I heard LB!!! I heard LB!!!!
Run!! Run for your life!!! Waaaaaaaa~
:P
cely
on December 2nd, 2006
R: -.-!!!
Reon
on December 3rd, 2006
LOL, that’s me lah. Paiseh, how come I become “R” already…?? Hmm, maybe watched too many “L” in Death Note. xD
cely
on December 3rd, 2006
reon: i know it’s u..
picit01
on January 6th, 2007
Its not as simple as “Yes, I understand that’s their work, marketing strategies, or what-so-ever.”
Very true that some are very annoying and keep on pestering you.
Maybe try instead step into their shoes.
How about think if our father or mother or even brother / sister is a salesman who is in this job and have to knock on every door to sell, would we want our father / mother / sister / brother to be treated in such a cold manner that some forumer even put a fierce dog to shoo them away?
I doubt you’ll face these salesmen every single day. Even if so, try your best to accomodate and learn to say NO in a more considerate way.
cely
on January 6th, 2007
picit01: i know that’s their job, and i know what are u trying to tell me…
i always think, if you dun like ur job, quit… there will always another job for u. earning a life is hard, but if u can tahan those treatment, then i admire ur courage, else.. i really advice u to quit. i will tell the same to my family. But luckily, they are not in this field.
b4 u entering this field, u should already expect all kind of treatments. Just face it.
u wan me to understand them, what about them to understand my situation too. I am working that time leh, i also got my work to do… they were ‘interrupting’ wo…. i did not scold them, i just reject whatever they offer.
if u are a salesman, i really wan u to understand, u can do like those credit card fella at the mall… but dun go all the floors and knocking all the doors.. that strategy really sucks.
How about u think about my situation, having u answer the door for few times a day… see u frustrated or not
:)
u are telling what u think, i m telling mine also
Robert
on January 6th, 2007
Cely, this sounds almost as bad as Spam in your in-box! I don’t see solicitors in the workplace very much in my country but our home privacy is invaded by tele-marketers (telephone solicitors). They are liable to call at any hour, even making it impossible for you to sleep. The government created a “do not call” list. Second time violators could be fined $500.00. The tele-marketers have gotten around this by calling from numbers that cannot be traced. My caller ID will say that the name and number are unknown. Even worse, crooks, scam artists and identity thieves are now calling allot, trying to con you out of your money and even threatening severe violence when you get irate at them.
Would your boss allow or would it be legal to put a sign on your door, saying, “Solicitors are NOT WELCOME and will be SHOT!!!”? How about, “Solicitors will be FINED!!!”? I know, these statements are fibbing a little but maybe, they will get the point!
OKAY I’VE GOT IT! How about a sign on your door, saying, “Solicitors are NOT WELCOME and will be PROSECUTED to the full extent of the law!!!”? That’s not exactly a fib when there may be no laws against door to door sales people. In this case, “…PROSECUTED to the full extent of the law,” may mean _no_ prosecution but maybe they won’t know that, lol.
I wish you luck/success in resolving your dilemma!
picit01
on January 7th, 2007
How about a Sign “SALESMEN, PLS USE OUR DOOR AT THE NEXT ENTRANCE” (pointing to your office’s neighbour)?.
So, the next time salesmen comes, they’ll automatically entertained by you neighbour.
You do not offend the salesmen, they feel happy coz you’ll “entertain” them at the next entrance. The only catch is your neighbour will soon find out your trick and put a Pakua to reflect the salesmen back to you :)
In fact when I first graduated 6 years ago and looking for jobs, I was kinda conned into a “trial” job by following these salespersons knocking on every single office doors at Pekeliling area selling Pizza vouchers and Cinema vouchers. And I had to pretend gastric to escape from following them all day long.
Their commission is about RM10 per sale, but their successful hit is rather limited.
Luckily now I had a decent job in a bank.
Robert
on January 8th, 2007
Or you could just keep the sign very simple and have it say, “NO SOLICITING!”
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Question: May visitors use HTML or some watered down equivalent such as BBCode in their posts to your blog, Cely? I notice one poster put a link in the body of his message. Are URLs automatically turned into links without any special code?
cely
on January 8th, 2007
picit: Good idea wo.. hahaha
robert: u can use HTML code.. but not BBC. If you posted more than 2 links, it will go to spams.
URL will not automatically turn into links… i think you need to enter html codes :)
Robert
on January 8th, 2007
I’ve just posted some HTML but the post didn’t show up after I sent. I’ll try sending it one more time.Thanks, Cely! I haven’t tried to put any link in the body of my posts. Maybe I shouldn’t. If I did, then it wouldn’t be spam - I would NOT be plugging a pay site. In my first couple of posts, I entered a URL in the ‘Web-site’ field, namely the site where I had come from but I’m neither the owner nor a moderator there. So, I’m including a little HTML in this post to see what happens. I’ve already typed something in italics. This sentence should appear in a bold, black font. Okay, now let me try an image . I don’t know how any of this is going to turn out before I send it. All of this is an experiment. The greeting, “HELLO!” should be centered below in a separate paragraph. If this looks messy, then It’s because the HTML didn’t work. I’m going to test it first. Okay, I’ve tested it on my hard drive and it looks good!
HELLO!
Okay, I guess, that’s enough experimenting for now, lol. I’ll try one more thing, an ASCII cartoon in a mono-space font. We’ll see how it goes. After that, I may as well send.
.-” “-.
/ \
| .__. |
|. .-. .-. .|
| )(__/ \__)( |
|/ /\ \|
(___ ^^ ___)
|_|IIIIII|_|
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| \IIIIII/ |
\ — /
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I’ve just put a second ASCII cartoon in a ‘PRE‘ tag. I’m assuming, JavaScript and/or embedding music isn’t allowed so I won’t try that. I’m also hoping, I’ve not exceeded a character limit.
cely
on January 8th, 2007
robert, seems like u are having fun here. :)
yea.. not much tag will allowed here.
Robert
on January 8th, 2007
Cely, I guess, you are at work! Where I am, it is still Sunday, January 7, about 11:58 P.M. That means we are about 11 hours difference, almost on opposite sides of the world! From what I’ve read, I’m pretty sure that you are in Malaysia, the city of Kuala Lumpur and the district of Miharja but I’m guessing on some of that. I was surprised to learn that so many speak English where you are. The fact that your blog is in English makes me think that English is the language that you grew up with. I guess, that’s because of the British occupation, a long time ago. Does it always rain so much where you are or has this year been worse? I was thinking, some of the flooding may have to do with the global warming trend - [i]That’s scary![/i] Also, you must pretty much be at sea level. I see where the city of Singapore is south of you, and both Thailand and mainland China are north of you. You are almost in Indonesia! I’ve never even been in the tropics but when I was a little boy, I heard about Polynesia and Indonesia, that the tropical beaches were like paradise and the rain forests were both beautiful and deadly dangerous. The Internet has made the world such a small place! It’s amazing, interesting and wonderful to see how other people live. I’m glad to meet you as strangely as the meeting came about, lol.
Robert
on January 8th, 2007
Oops! I goofed, accidentally put BBCode for italics instead of HTML. I’m sorry! You can go in and correct my mistake if they allow you to edit other people’s posts.
cely
on January 8th, 2007
robert: talk to me at meebo .. the small application at the side bar… but dun FLASH me… thanks :p
Robert
on January 8th, 2007
I made an HTML error above that’s caused subsequent posts to be in italics. I’m trying to fix that in this post. Also, I think we are presently 12 hours apart as opposed to 11, mentioned above. Where I am, we are presently on “Daylight Savings Time”. I’ve just realized that WE ARE on opposite sides of the world in longitude, not just ‘almost‘! You are almost on the equator though. I’m at 38° 51′ N Latitude.
cely
on January 8th, 2007
robert, dun worry.. i’ve fix it.
Robert
on January 8th, 2007
Cely, I didn’t see your post until after I’d sent mine and the page refreshed, see that you’ve fixed the HTML. I don’t have any IM, have clicked on the Meebo text field. It has said for a long time, “checking status of cely.” It’s not doing anything. Is Meebo something that must be installed on a visitor’s PC? This may not be working for me. You can E-mail me if you want to talk off the board. Each time that I post, I’m required to leave my E-mail address. I assume that you have it, or is it your host that has it? If you don’t, then I’ll post it here. Not to worry about my flashing you. I’ve never bothered to get a cam nor any other digital capture device. I don’t even have a scanner, lol. Occasionally, I’ve had a friend take digital pictures of me but I’ve always been fully clothed, roflmao! I do have a very dirty mind, filty but no digital capture devices so you’re safe. I’m still running the ‘antiquated’ Windows 98 SE. My PC/OS never broke so I never wanted to update. At any rate, this Meebo thing isn’t working for me so I’ll just post this reply. Now, it says, “network disruption.”
Robert
on January 8th, 2007
Okay, Cely, I’m BACK on topic (hint, hint, hint*). Did you try putting a short note on your door? Did it work? I hope, your boss won’t mind that since those solicitors are not likely doing him/her any good.
* I don’t know why Meebo doesn’t work on my end unless it would require me to install some program on my hard drive. I did click on the “get meeboo” link. It seems to be something that a person with a blog such as yours would use. It seems, a visitor would be able to type into the text field without installing anything but I’m not sure. Is Meebo some type of Instant Messenger?
cely
on January 8th, 2007
ok robert, the rest of irrelevant comments i will delete it
thiamhin
on March 3rd, 2007
if u have the power of cyclop(x-men), just zap them with ur new found power…………hehe :)