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Handing out Business Cards in 2018
Posted on 9/7/18 at 10:39 am
Posted on 9/7/18 at 10:39 am
Had these dudes come in from California to meet with our R&D group to discuss a project. I'd been emailing with one of them for a while to arrange this meeting, and he brought his squad, 6 in total. They dressed slick, they seemed hip. They sit down, we exchange pleasantries, and then they start passing out cards like it's poker night. Excuse me, what the frick do you want me to do with this stack of cards? I don't have a rubber band in my pocket. And I tried to plug my iPhone cord into the cards to sync my contacts but I'm not having any luck.
Hey bruh, we've been emailing each other. Why are you handing me a business card? And some of your boys were copied on those emails as well. How's about you send me their virtual, Outlook contact info via the interwebs? You could also share those contacts via text. If you're physically close enough to hand me a business card then you're close enough to tell me what your number is so I can enter it into my electronic rolodex.
Handing me a business card in 2018 is no different than handing me a dirty napkin. I didn't need this dirty napkin. I don't want it. And now I have to find a trashcan. And don't look at me like I did something wrong because I didn't offer you a dirty napkin.
Be alive in 2018
Be handing out business cards in a meeting
Be thinking that I'm not going to throw them in the trash
Be this guy every time you meet someone in a business setting
Hey bruh, we've been emailing each other. Why are you handing me a business card? And some of your boys were copied on those emails as well. How's about you send me their virtual, Outlook contact info via the interwebs? You could also share those contacts via text. If you're physically close enough to hand me a business card then you're close enough to tell me what your number is so I can enter it into my electronic rolodex.
Handing me a business card in 2018 is no different than handing me a dirty napkin. I didn't need this dirty napkin. I don't want it. And now I have to find a trashcan. And don't look at me like I did something wrong because I didn't offer you a dirty napkin.
Be alive in 2018
Be handing out business cards in a meeting
Be thinking that I'm not going to throw them in the trash
Be this guy every time you meet someone in a business setting
This post was edited on 9/7/18 at 10:41 am
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Posted on 9/7/18 at 10:40 am to Pecker
You sound like a pecker
Posted on 9/7/18 at 10:40 am to Pecker
The used car business sounds rough
Posted on 9/7/18 at 10:41 am to Pecker
I use an app called CamCard and take a picture of it and give it back to them. It uses ocr and saves it into my contacts
Posted on 9/7/18 at 10:41 am to Pecker
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Posted on 9/7/18 at 10:41 am to Pecker
Let’s see Paul Allen’s card
Posted on 9/7/18 at 10:41 am to Pecker
Hmmm. I'm not sure about this one. Sure, it's odd if you've been working with them for a while, but I think exchanging cards is still a pretty well-established practice. Are you never randomly at a networking event, etc.? It would seem awkward to pull out my phone and start typing in contact details for every person that I met.
Posted on 9/7/18 at 10:41 am to Pecker
Perhaps they are accustomed to doing business internationally? The exchange of business cards is considered absolutely critical to establishing a business relationship in Japan, for example.
This post was edited on 9/7/18 at 10:45 am
Posted on 9/7/18 at 10:41 am to Pecker
in DC it's how you quickly determine whether or not you you're wasting your time by talking to someone.
Posted on 9/7/18 at 10:42 am to Pecker
This has an act 1 of American Psycho feeling to it.
Posted on 9/7/18 at 10:42 am to Pecker
There are apps out there that you can use to scan business card info into your contacts dude.
Posted on 9/7/18 at 10:42 am to Pecker
Of all the things to melt about, you chose this.
Good job
Good job
Posted on 9/7/18 at 10:42 am to TechDawg2007
At least he's honest
Posted on 9/7/18 at 10:43 am to Pecker
Look at that subtle off-white coloring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh my God... it even has a watermark!
Posted on 9/7/18 at 10:43 am to Pecker
Wheneve someone gives me a business cad that I don't want/don't intend on contacting I drop it in one of those "win a fee lunch" bowls at a restaurant
Posted on 9/7/18 at 10:43 am to Pecker
I have a stack of my cards on my desk. Older guys like to exchange business cards. I have one client that stops by for a visit about once every month (or more) and he takes a card every damn time. He's kind of a pain in the arse. One day he's gonna catch me in a mood and I'm gonna ask him to return the stack of mine he obviously has so that I can recycle.
Posted on 9/7/18 at 10:43 am to Pecker
I usually exchange them.
I have a qr code I can share for the kids too.
I have a qr code I can share for the kids too.
Posted on 9/7/18 at 10:44 am to Pecker
Business cards still have a place. This, however, is not one of them.
Posted on 9/7/18 at 10:44 am to RJL2
Cards are helpful for matching names with faces at a first-time meeting. Place them in order corresponding to the seating arrangement.
Posted on 9/7/18 at 10:45 am to Pecker
I enjoy the fact that business cards are still a thing in this day and age. My only issue with it is when someone I've met with numerous times gives me a new one every time we meet. I only need your card once.
This post was edited on 9/7/18 at 10:49 am
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