Posted on Wednesday 10 August 2005
That was the sales pitch we had to listen to from some door-to-door dude trying to sell us magazines yesterday. Seems like we usually get one or two of these people a year. It’s always the same story, they’re this close to being able to go on a trip and if you buy magazines from them, that might put them over the top.
OK, a few things. First, if I am going to give money out of charity, it’s not going to be so some dude can go to a foreign country to get drunk and get laid. You’re just going to have to come up with a better story than that if you want charity. I can think of like 34,279 better charitable contributions than helping someone do body shots in a exotic land.
Second, it’s so weird how every salesperson we’ve ever had is in the top 10 for sales. Where are all the people who are pulling up the rear? Just once, I’d like to hear someone say, “Yea, I’m ranked 298 out of 300, I have no chance of any trip…just buy from me out of pity.”
Finally, I don’t want any more magazines at any cost. I just finished going through about a six months backlog of IEEE Spectrums and I still have a couple left to go. Most print magazines aren’t worth my time to read them. There’s all kind of free subscriptions I see every week on the Internet that I pass up because it would just be more work for me to haul them to the recycle bin. If I’m not subscribing to free magazines, I’m definitely not paying $25 for them.
After you tell them NO about 14 times, they finally get the message and leave.
Tags: magazines, Our Life