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Posted on 6/25/25 at 2:34 pm to The Torch
I get someone A-hole knocking on my door about once a year... I was home and was taking a crap and someone is knocking on my door.. Too bad I am busy.. The guy comes back knocking and I am taking a nap.. pissed me off but I ain't getting out of bed... 3rd time was later in the day and I am pissed and let the guy have it... He was some foreigner could barely speak English and could have been retarded.. I cooled down but was still in my WTF mood... The next day before I left the house the guy came back again and was like "Oh I made a mistake coming back to your house" At that point I was convinced the guy was full blown retard...
Posted on 6/25/25 at 2:41 pm to The Torch
It’s a tough position for these workers to be in. They likely get paid based on the number of conversations then initiate, more if they get a follow-up, and more if they get a sign-up. Their employers are trying to prevent people from knocking once and dipping out to reach a quota.
I blame the employer rather than the employee just trying to get a paycheck. Really nothing more than a room of execs looking at numbers saying something like “We get 1 new member every 50 doors knocked, so we need to knock on 1,000 doors and we can forecast 20 new members for the our board deck!!”. I imagine she’s not super thrilled about the work either.
I blame the employer rather than the employee just trying to get a paycheck. Really nothing more than a room of execs looking at numbers saying something like “We get 1 new member every 50 doors knocked, so we need to knock on 1,000 doors and we can forecast 20 new members for the our board deck!!”. I imagine she’s not super thrilled about the work either.
Posted on 6/25/25 at 2:50 pm to LemmyLives
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Go grab your 90 minute window on Saturday morning in front of a Lowe's
The real go-getters do both. ABC, brother - always be closing.
Posted on 6/25/25 at 2:51 pm to AwgustaDawg
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worst crimes committed are tax evasion and probably sodomy
This made me laugh. Any yes, Vivint can kiss a fat dick tip.
Posted on 6/25/25 at 3:00 pm to The Torch
It doesn't cost anything to not be an a-hole, but you have the right.
Posted on 6/25/25 at 3:02 pm to The Torch
Outside of the occasional neighborhood kid selling Girl Scout cookies or whatever, I fricking despise door to door salespeople. Or any type of solicitation.
Leave me alone. If I want your product I’ll come to you
Leave me alone. If I want your product I’ll come to you
Posted on 6/25/25 at 3:54 pm to The Torch
None of us like door-to-door solicitors, but gotta weigh in here for another perspective.
Southwestern Advantage (formerly known as Southwestern Company), is an education material sales company based in Nashville, TN. The privately owned company recruits college and university students as independent contractors to sell educational books, apps, and website subscriptions door-to-door using direct selling methods. Southwestern Advantage is part of the Southwestern Family of Companies...The company sells educational material for use from preschool to college prep.
Every year, the company recruits American and European university students to work as independent contractors who sell educational books, software, and subscription websites during the summer months. Students who accept a position complete a free, week-long training program in Nashville, Tennessee. After completing the program, students are assigned a position outside of their home or school states and are typically responsible for housing costs of about $50/week, usually living with a host family. Sales areas are predominantly suburban or rural.
I provide context because I did this for a summer in 1979 while I was Freshman at Furman. (Backstory: yeah, don't laugh, but I did this because I had a real crush on this girl from high school who was at Vanderbilt. She mentioned being really impressed about this guy she knew working with them. His dedication. Hard work. Commitment. Etc. So yeah, when a recruiter came on campus I signed up to try to impress her (and raise some money for school). After you finish laughing, you can laugh some more because I turned down a summer at Oxford through UNC to do this that summer.
)
Anyway, I sold books door to door in Indiana. It was hard lonely work (80+hours a week). However, you'd make a shite ton of money back then. Your target was 3 sales out of 30 demos (which shouldn't take more than 10 minutes). I ended up coming in like 14th out of thousands of students, made a lot of money, and used that for school and bought a '71 GTO. In retrospect, I developed an outstanding work ethic, the ability to talk to anyone, and sales skills that I still use to this day.
So, long story short, these kids are trying to do something very few would do these days. Tough environment. They come through our area every 5-10 years of so. I have a soft spot for them, and while I won't buy anything, I'll offer water, sometimes have had their local team over for dinner etc.
People bitch about these hood rats engaging in mass retail theft these days. Then you have kids like this trying to make some money in the worst possible conditions.
So, if you see a "Southwestern Book Salesman/Woman", cut 'em some slack at least. Offer them some water or something. They're on a production schedule, so they ain't gonna hang around long anyway and your kindness might make their summer in a world where they're probably treated like shite every day.
Southwestern Advantage (formerly known as Southwestern Company), is an education material sales company based in Nashville, TN. The privately owned company recruits college and university students as independent contractors to sell educational books, apps, and website subscriptions door-to-door using direct selling methods. Southwestern Advantage is part of the Southwestern Family of Companies...The company sells educational material for use from preschool to college prep.
Every year, the company recruits American and European university students to work as independent contractors who sell educational books, software, and subscription websites during the summer months. Students who accept a position complete a free, week-long training program in Nashville, Tennessee. After completing the program, students are assigned a position outside of their home or school states and are typically responsible for housing costs of about $50/week, usually living with a host family. Sales areas are predominantly suburban or rural.
I provide context because I did this for a summer in 1979 while I was Freshman at Furman. (Backstory: yeah, don't laugh, but I did this because I had a real crush on this girl from high school who was at Vanderbilt. She mentioned being really impressed about this guy she knew working with them. His dedication. Hard work. Commitment. Etc. So yeah, when a recruiter came on campus I signed up to try to impress her (and raise some money for school). After you finish laughing, you can laugh some more because I turned down a summer at Oxford through UNC to do this that summer.
) Anyway, I sold books door to door in Indiana. It was hard lonely work (80+hours a week). However, you'd make a shite ton of money back then. Your target was 3 sales out of 30 demos (which shouldn't take more than 10 minutes). I ended up coming in like 14th out of thousands of students, made a lot of money, and used that for school and bought a '71 GTO. In retrospect, I developed an outstanding work ethic, the ability to talk to anyone, and sales skills that I still use to this day.
So, long story short, these kids are trying to do something very few would do these days. Tough environment. They come through our area every 5-10 years of so. I have a soft spot for them, and while I won't buy anything, I'll offer water, sometimes have had their local team over for dinner etc.
People bitch about these hood rats engaging in mass retail theft these days. Then you have kids like this trying to make some money in the worst possible conditions.
So, if you see a "Southwestern Book Salesman/Woman", cut 'em some slack at least. Offer them some water or something. They're on a production schedule, so they ain't gonna hang around long anyway and your kindness might make their summer in a world where they're probably treated like shite every day.
This post was edited on 6/25/25 at 4:01 pm
Posted on 6/25/25 at 4:00 pm to The Torch
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Wife says I'm the a-hole
Because you are
Posted on 6/25/25 at 4:03 pm to Nole Man
I prefer the kids who steal catalytic converters, at least they don’t knock on the door and bother people…..
Posted on 6/25/25 at 4:05 pm to The Torch
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The third time set me off, I opened the door and chewed her arse out, told her I didn't give two F$%Ks what she wanted or was selling you don't knock on someone's door three times at freaking 8am.
This would’ve set me off too. Girl or not, I would’ve cussed her through the ring cam and cautioned her to get lost before I make it to the door.
Posted on 6/25/25 at 4:06 pm to The Torch
Okay Lance
Wake up
Wake up
Posted on 6/25/25 at 5:49 pm to Hogwarts
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Knocking on a door selling things at 8AM is a dick move.
Don't gender that door knocker, it might get offended.
Posted on 6/25/25 at 6:04 pm to The Torch
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Wife says I'm the a-hole
That's because she greets the door to door guy with her panties on her head.
Posted on 6/25/25 at 6:27 pm to The Torch
I used to do door-to-door sales.
Rule was you never knock on the door before lunch.
Business to business sales, on the other hand, were fine at that time.
And you never knock three separate times. 2 sets of knocks and back up from the door each time.
Rule was you never knock on the door before lunch.
Business to business sales, on the other hand, were fine at that time.
And you never knock three separate times. 2 sets of knocks and back up from the door each time.
This post was edited on 6/25/25 at 6:30 pm
Posted on 6/25/25 at 7:41 pm to The Torch
Dress like this and ask for measurements
Posted on 6/25/25 at 7:51 pm to The Torch
Posted on 6/26/25 at 9:16 am to gumbo2176
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Is that task beyond your scope of part of having a dog in the first place?
I can't imagine paying someone to pick up my dog's crap. I imagine the only reason it's piling up is because you find it beneath you to do it yourself.
Damn dogs, you feed them and then they crap-----ungrateful bastards. Every dog I've ever had usually crapped at least 3 times a day.
At one time I had 3 dogs between 60-75 lbs. and I'd fill a 5 gallon bucket of crap every 2 weeks, put the lid on it and let the garbage men take it on trash day.
It ain't actually piling up. The only reason I paid that young lady to do it was because she was a young lady trying to make some money by working for it instead of thinking she was entitled to it. I am flawed in that way.....I will pay a kid to do something if they are willing even if it doesn't need to be done just because its a kid willing to work. I also mentioned paying a kid down the street to wash garbage cans. The cans ain't mine, the belong to the trash company....I don't care how dirty they are, they do not belong to me...but I pay that kid to wash them because he is trying to work for money and being flawed as I am I admire that and I am willing to help. The same with the dog shite. It goes away the next time it rains. It doesn't need to be picked up, I paid her to do it because she was a kid willing to work for money. I know, I should have threatened to whip her arse for mentioning it but I am an old softy who thinks its part of being a decent neighbor to help others out when they are trying to help themselves.
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