In reply to Kreb (Forum Supporter) :
That sounds like an opportunity for more value-added services that can further differentiate you from the competition and/or provide additional revenue.
In reply to Kreb (Forum Supporter) :
That sounds like an opportunity for more value-added services that can further differentiate you from the competition and/or provide additional revenue.
We've had a very clear no soliciting sign at the front door for many, many years. Usually, it works. Today is the first time I've had anyone look me in the eye and ask, "what's that mean?"
Really, "Travis from Houston, Texas"? Are you asking me to believe that you came thousands of miles to knock on people's doors all day, and you somehow don't know what soliciting is? Riiiiiight.
Apparently this is SOP for a certain pest control chain that rhymes with Schmaptive. GTFO, and take your e-scooter with you.
My old manager quit back in October last year. Up to that point , I was primarily working from home with a once per week in office presence. It was a pretty good gig. The only downside was that it seemed like I was the last to know about new procedures and other changes... or that other folks were getting different direction... After he quit, I realized he was a disaster of disorganization. He was treating everyone like "mushrooms" aka keeping everyone in the dark and shoveling different bullE36 M3 to different people. There were projects falling behind, tasks completely off the radar, and no updates on multiple projects.
I was asked to lead the team at this point. So for the past few months, I have been working on procedures, getting everyone aligned, juggling projects, and reassigning personnel to get the work done. Needless to say this has been challenging and a lot of extra hours.
In the meantime, we had an opening for another senior engineer. We brought in several good candidates, and the upper management did not act on any of them. If they had hired one of these people that would have taken the pressure off and would have allowed me to focus on leading rather than bouncing back and forth. Now that we are stable, they have completely canceled the opening for another engineer and are going after a manager for the team.
TLDR... I am pretty sure the last 6 months of effort was wasted.
Federal taxes just got sent. Blech. Please do something useful with them for me and not the bullE36 M3 your normally do.
In reply to DarkMonohue :
In the Chicago 'burbs we get those guys on scooters too. They tell me all my neighbors signed up - oh yeah, which one?
In reply to Datsun240ZGuy :
I would lay odds that none of them are scootering around their own hometown, either. Door-to-door people are always from some faraway place. This is not an accident.
Breaker bar to the left cheekbone 1/2 inch under my eye. Bleeding quite a bit.
Fender to the back of the head on the way out, followed by a nice soft landing on the floor jack behind me with my mid back.
berkeley me this hurts more than it used to.
Tomorrow I will have to drive again for the first time in two weeks. Not looking forward to it at all.
Dusterbd13 said:Breaker bar to the left cheekbone 1/2 inch under my eye. Bleeding quite a bit.
Fender to the back of the head on the way out, followed by a nice soft landing on the floor jack behind me with my mid back.
berkeley me this hurts more than it used to.
I've done that dance; hope you're doing better.
Both my wife and I found ways to visit the CAT scan machine at our local hospital this week. Mine was just inconvenient, hers was scary.
Things can only get better this week!
In reply to chandler :
I gave up for the day. Reading a book and hitting the allieve.
It'll feel better when it quits hurting....
I tried to buy a set of alloy wheels for a customers 07 Rav4 last fall. Facebook Marketplace dude wore my last bit of patience out today.
Need them for winter tires. "I can't take them off yet"
I only want four "You need to buy all five. You can sell the other one."
How much? "$100 each. So, $500."
Four months later: "I'm coming to town this weekend."
When? "My phone is broke. I will message when I get one."
When? How much?
When? How much? I meet people at the truck stop on the north end of town."
When?
When? How much? "This evening."
While I was waiting, I checked car-part.com, and a not flake wrecker has three, and another has one.
"Never mind."
I bet theres another dozen people out there wanting to buy a set of wheels to fit a 17 year old car. Not a motivated seller, and I presume he will bitch me out to his sister wife...
Mk1autohaus is out of business.
DarkMonohue said:We've had a very clear no soliciting sign at the front door for many, many years. Usually, it works. Today is the first time I've had anyone look me in the eye and ask, "what's that mean?"
Really, "Travis from Houston, Texas"? Are you asking me to believe that you came thousands of miles to knock on people's doors all day, and you somehow don't know what soliciting is? Riiiiiight.
Apparently this is SOP for a certain pest control chain that rhymes with Schmaptive. GTFO, and take your e-scooter with you.
In my area, it's people selling Vivint home security systems.
I watched this one guy go from our neighbors across the street, through my front yard and ring my doorbell. I have a large NO SOLICITING sign posted directly above the doorbell.
So I'm already irritated that this doofus couldn't be bothered to walk up my concrete driveway and then completely ignore the sign. He was persistent and couldn't take a hint that I absolutely was not going to buy anything he was peddling. I finally just slammed the door in his face mid sentence.
In reply to stanger_mussle (Supported by GRM undergarments) :
When I open the door there is an 80-pound shepherd barking at them through the screen door.
I point to the no soliciting sign and reach for the latch on the screen door.
They usually get the point pretty quickly and leave.
It's an empty threat though. The shepherd just wants to play.
In reply to Toyman! :
The Bat is great for that as well- she barks up an absolute storm at anyone (or anything) that approaches our front door and if I go to open it will jump off her perch on the couch to try and get to them even though were I to let them in she'd just be trying to lick them to death.
In reply to stanger_mussle (Supported by GRM undergarments) :
That's the sort of thing that really irritates me in any selling situation. I get that they've got a job to do and it's just a numbers game for them. I don't particularly respect it or like it, but I get it. But if you're going to call me, knock on my door, or accost me while I'm trying to do my grocery shopping and try to sell something to me, stuff all the "we don't take no for an answer" sales training crap up your rear. I will be very polite and respectful when I tell you that I'm not interested in whatever you're selling, but don't make me be rude and hang up on you or slam a door in your face. My "No thank you, I'm not interested" isn't soft and polite because I'm not actually sure or because I'm weak-willed or anything like that. It's just because I'm trying to respect your human dignity and mine and I don't want to be a hardass. It isn't an opening for you to try to push harder. It's an opening for you to save face and retreat. We can part as friends or enemies and that choice is entirely up to you.
In reply to wae :
My reply is always, "Look, I know you have a job selling *widgets*. I'm not interested. I'm not going to waste your time letting you making a pitch that won't work. I'm taking time away from a potential sale . Good luck."
I have never gotten any blow back. I think they are simply stunned with me being polite and honest.
I was about 3 seconds from sending you $400 for logo tumblers for my company.
I was completing the cart when I came to the section where you expected a tip.
Tips happen for outstanding service. Your company hasn't even performed a service yet you still ask for a tip.
That's not happening and asking has now cost you a sale.
I tried to log into the USPS website so I could print out postage for a package. I've only used their website a couple times so, of course, I couldn't remember the password. I tried twice and it said that my account is disabled. Crap! OK, let's reset the password. Sorry, your account is disabled. berkeley!
In reply to CAinCA :
I gave up on USPS site for that. I think I had accounts with both of my emails because after one time of account disabled I couldn't sign up again with the same email.
CAinCA said:I tried to log into the USPS website so I could print out postage for a package. I've only used their website a couple times so, of course, I couldn't remember the password. I tried twice and it said that my account is disabled. Crap! OK, let's reset the password. Sorry, your account is disabled. berkeley!
I use Pirate Ship for everything. Cheaper and only one website to compare USPS and UPS rates for the package.
In reply to Toyman!, wae and Appleseed :
I always try to treat them with respect and politeness.
That is until they give me a reason not to.
In reply to EvanB :
I use Pirate Ship as well. Their UPS rate was lower than what my job's FedEx rate was going to be for a set of wheels I'm shipping. Being over 50 pounds didn't help.
I'm going to lose my mind trying to sell cars on FB marketplace.
I'm selling a rebuilt title car, the posting literally starts with rebuilt title: "Has it been in an accident?", "Clean title?"
The mileage is listed in the description and there is a picture of the odometer in the gallery: "How many miles are on it?"
It says 5.7l in the description and there's a picture of the engine in the gallery: "What engine it got?", "Is it a hemi?"
and my absolute favorite:
"Is this still available?"
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