Indeed. One of my wife's friends was that way. We would go somewhere just to hang out and the pitch would eventually happen.
Some can't help themselves especially if you happen to work for a large company. Luckily my job keeps me away from my desk phone. ;-) -----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 2:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT - ugh! On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 4:42 PM, Jonathan Link <jonathan.l...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I'm doing RFPs and vendor selection and all that right now, and every >> salesdroid I talk to wants to do the touchy-feeling in-person meeting >> thing. > > If you tell them that you don't like to be handled, they won't. > A lot of sales people can turn it on and off. It surprises me how many can't turn it off. To the point where it's cost them business (i.e., calling every month "just to see what's going on", no matter how many times I've told them not to). Spam delivered via telephone is still spam. Of course, many do listen, which is appreciated. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
