Dumbest thing you’ve heard a co-worker say

there's gotta be some GOLD here. 

I'll go first. I once heard a guy next to me tell a prospect "oh nice Atlanta. love Atlanta, the peach state. what time is it there right now?" -while calling from New York...
😂 Sales Humor
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CuriousFox
WR Officer
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🦊
"I prefer working in the office."
LordOfWar
Tycoon
4
Blow it up
NGL my office is an escape from the little terrorists at home sometimes.
friendlyginge
Politicker
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Account Executive
This is me 😂
draculina
Fire Starter
0
process development specialist
Ngl, this was (and still is) me. I don’t have a car, or anywhere else to work from, so being at home almost 5/24 can take a toll.

In my old company, they also had me work on weekends during covid curfews so I was so depressed it affected my performance.
MeowMeow
Politicker
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Senior Enterprise Account Executive
Rep: Have you considered implementing X?
Prospect: No, I don’t even know what X is.
Rep: Well what would you want X to have?

*long silence*

Prospect: I don’t know what X is so I’m not really sure what I’d want it to have.
Rep: What is most important to you with X?

*long silence as I contemplate all of my life choices that led me to this hostage situation*

Prospect: I don’t know what you’re expecting me to say here…
TennisandSales
Politicker
4
Head Of Sales
omg i can feel the cringe through my screen right now. 😂
TennisandSales
Politicker
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Head Of Sales
I was at an early stage start up and we were about to get a series B and I had a non sales coworker come up to me:

"once we get this funding im sure the CEO is going to give everyone a $10k bonus. He just seems to be that type of guy"

i tried not to laugh in their face.
UserNotFound
Politicker
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Account Executive
Ahhhh, to be young and naïve. 😂
TennisandSales
Politicker
0
Head Of Sales
hahaha right?!
finboi
Notorious Answer
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Fi-nance
LOL like the investors wanted to dish out bonuses
UrAssIsSaaS
Arsonist
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SaaS Eater
"Sales is easy"
UserNotFound
Politicker
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Account Executive
I once had a manager tell me “math doesn’t work that way, it won’t always add up perfectly”

Umm… sorry babe, but math maths whether you know how to math or not. 🤡
finboi
Notorious Answer
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Fi-nance
Great boss
Handfullofsass
Opinionated
1
SDR
Lmao
LordOfWar
Tycoon
2
Blow it up
There's a legend of an admin person who used to work here that would, while being 100% serious, claim she was the salesperson who got the order from the customer because....*drum roll*.....she pulled the printed PO from the copier first.

When I used to travel to all kinds of places for work there was always an inevitable point where my local agent would start asking me how to move to Canada and sometimes ask me to sponsor them. I always knew it was coming but it was never not awkward.

I've also gone half-mad trying to explain to very rich people from UAE that no, they cannot just buy military equipment at a trade show regardless of how much money they offer.
ADudeBeingAGuy
Politicker
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Account Executive
Literally like last week someone was talking about how they were going to New Mexico and my dumbass said "oh nice I've been to Phoenix" to which everyone around me said "......bro?"

Your example made me think of this, me did big dumb.
finboi
Notorious Answer
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Fi-nance
I love these types of mistakes in particular
draculina
Fire Starter
1
process development specialist
I’m explaining the necessary, literally must-have, investments for an ecommerce operation. Sales guy looks at me and says “Well we can’t have those! The customer doesn’t want to make any investments!!!!”

Me: So explain to me how am I supposed to design an ecommerce operation without these necessary things.
Him: What do you want me to say???? Are you trying to say we shouldn’t make an offer?!!?!?!
Me: Well if they don’t want investing on anything, maybe we shouldn’t tbh.

Team_Me_Up
Personal Narrative
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Business Solution Consultant
“Your a closer . . . I’ll take you to lunch if you take this call and pretend your me. I need 5k more to make my commission.” I did, they made there commission. I got a subway sandwich, and a life long friend. Lol
The_Sales_Badger
Notorious Answer
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Account Executive
No
DefaultSalesDude
Executive
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Director
Someone from our contract office tells me how to sell how great our “general terms” and how they benefit the prospect rather than just negotiating T&Cs through an MCA. smh…
xixSales
Executive
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Account Executibe
Politely advised a newcomer about the company's culture on being super factual when in a meeting, got a call from my manager saying the new employee accused me of “mansplaining” - left her to the wolves after that.
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