Gasty

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Arsonist

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It's Friday; What's your lie?

People of War Room! How about a game of 2 Truths and a Lie?

I'll go first:

I once randomly called someone I saw on LinkedIn, it turned out to be an opp worth 100K.
I once scheduled a meeting with an old guy(probably in 70-80s) at 7:00 AM, he showed up to the call in his vest, knew nothing about what we had to sell. We ended up talking about life for 1/2 hour.
I once joked about the prospect's outfit, she got offended and left the call then and there.

Can you guess which one is a lie? Let's keep it going! You write 3 sentences about yourself, we all will guess which one is the lie!

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antiASKHOLE

Tycoon

Bravado's Resident Asshole

I would like to say that number 2 is the lie, but knowing you, number 3 is it.

1. I once emailed a lady saying "hands up don't shoot" not knowing the pastor fatally shot an armed person coming at him from the congregation. lost the deal.
2. I once worked in surgery and was able to hold a human heart in my hand.
3. I was able to schedule 9 appts in a single day and had 5 of those appts close in a 30 day window.

@Gasty when will we do the reveals?

Gasty

Notable Contributor

War Room Community Manager

I want to say the first one. Can’t imagine opening an email that says “hands up”!

antiASKHOLE

Tycoon

Bravado's Resident Asshole

the lady was being rude to me via email and I was replying back to her about what the pastor wanted. and it was the equivalent to "don't shoot the messenger"

oldcloser

Arsonist

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@antiASKHOLE #2. You ain't never been that close to a human heart. You lyin'

antiASKHOLE

Tycoon

Bravado's Resident Asshole

How do you know my life. I'm ruthless... or am I?

antiASKHOLE

Tycoon

Bravado's Resident Asshole

also, #2 is not the lie

HVACexpert

Politicker

sales engineer

Then # 3 is the lie

antiASKHOLE

Tycoon

Bravado's Resident Asshole

I like how you don't question number 1

HVACexpert

Politicker

sales engineer

I’ve been around you long enough on here to know you have definitely said that for #1.

antiASKHOLE

Tycoon

Bravado's Resident Asshole

#3 is a partial truth, I did set 9 appts that day, but the 5 didn't close like that.

HVACexpert

Politicker

sales engineer

2 is the lie, no way anyone would trust you around an organ.

Gasty

Notable Contributor

War Room Community Manager

Whenever you seem fit! I would’ve said Monday! But since we’re already spilling the beans, let’s see!

oldcloser

Arsonist

💀

Do this game in a room full of salespeople and immediate gratification wins. Let's face it. We all just gotta know now.

oldcloser

Arsonist

💀

#3 is your lie. You're far too disciplined, and way too tactical. Not a chance this is true. I love this game.

Here you go:

1. In order to close a sizable deal, I expressed remorse to a client for being busy on January 6, 2021 when President Trump needed me most.
2. When asked by a senior female seller whether our 1:1 would be on Zoom or Slack, I told her I would prefer a hotel room.
3. When corporate credit cards were being distributed for travel and such, I was once the only manager amongst a group of 18 who was declined due to poor payment history with the issuer.

antiASKHOLE

Tycoon

Bravado's Resident Asshole

Man, I know your humor, but I'm gonna go with 2... too much at stake these days for things like that.

oldcloser

Arsonist

💀

It was August. Was 119 outside. My AC had been dead for 24 hours. I was literally packing my computer and on the way to a hotel to finish the day. I did say that, and she still called HR. Took a week for that shit to blow over.

HVACexpert

Politicker

sales engineer

# 2 would have been my initial guess but now I say # 1 is the lie

oldcloser

Arsonist

💀

Bing! On #2, I didn't even realize what came out of my mouth. I literally preferred a hotel room. An hour later... Oh, the shitstorm.

antiASKHOLE

Tycoon

Bravado's Resident Asshole

Well, at least I was on the right track, hahah. #1 is it

FinanceEngineer

Politicker

Sr Director, sales and partnerships

Only because he was actually there, right?

Gasty

Notable Contributor

War Room Community Manager

I could never guess this! We know your sense of humour but not your payment history!

Anything is possible! Haha

The most basic one out of the 3 is the 3rd one, that should be a lie. But it isn’t.

oldcloser

Arsonist

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Was 20 years ago. I burned a $1,000 AMEX bill when I was in college because I didn't really understand that you had to pay those things back after you ran around town with your first credit card just signing for stuff. I had a ball! AMEX had me on their shit list for a solid 10 years.

Pachacuti

Politicker

They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy

I’d guess #3 @gasty

Mine:
1- I have swam with sharks
2- I have train surfed
3- I have ran rim to rim in the Grand Canyon

oldcloser

Arsonist

💀

Don't really see you as the rim job type. Surf and sharks go together. 3 is your lie.

Gasty

Notable Contributor

War Room Community Manager

#3.

Why to run when you can swim and surf?

antiASKHOLE

Tycoon

Bravado's Resident Asshole

#2 because it's just what I think

HVACexpert

Politicker

sales engineer

# 3 , no one actually likes running

ZVRK

Politicker

Enterprise Account Executive

Gasty #3 is your lie :)

1. I hate sea food but i had to eat shark meet on a client meeting in Oman not to appear impolite

2. I once tried to board a plane for an important meeting with an expired passport and got stuck in Istanbul airport for 24 hours.

3. I once slept in the trunk of a RAV4 pickup, on a night out with customers in the Saudi Arabian desert cause i was scared snakes might creep in the tent.

Revenue_Rambo

Politicker

Director, Revenue Enablement

I’m gonna say #2 is the lie. Istanbul would have locked you away for way more than 24 hrs.

oldcloser

Arsonist

💀

Yep- And passports don’t show up that fast. #2

HVACexpert

Politicker

sales engineer

Gasty, I say number 1 is the lie.

1. My company represents over 40 brands.
2. Biggest job I was a part of was a school job worth over $2mil
3. I once closed a $130k job in 7 days, and the customer prepaid.

oldcloser

Arsonist

💀

#2 - a lie. You lose $2M deals in your sofa at home. Too small.

HVACexpert

Politicker

sales engineer

Wrong and wrong, #3 is the lie

oldcloser

Arsonist

💀

Didn't mean to poop on a huge deal. Embarrased.

antiASKHOLE

Tycoon

Bravado's Resident Asshole

#3 could have been that unicorn, so I didn't want to rule it out hahahah

Gasty

Notable Contributor

War Room Community Manager

I could see it being the #2. Third seemed possible.

antiASKHOLE

Tycoon

Bravado's Resident Asshole

I believe #2 because I believe you mentioned that one before. #1 is a little crazy to rep over 40 brands.. so that's my choice.

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

I'll go with #3 as the lie. Here are mine:1) Wrote an email to a colleague to ask a question to give to a prospect, in which I mentioned they were dithering over a decision. Forgot to remove the email thread when I forwarded the answer to that same prospect. 2) Didn't realize that the camera for the internal web meeting was capable of capturing facial expressions in the gloom of a darkened conference room, and so was on camera visibly exasperated at a frustrating and tedious discussion with our VP of sales.3) Sent a highly confidential email response to a contact at an entirely different and equally security-conscious company & lost both deals.

antiASKHOLE

Tycoon

Bravado's Resident Asshole

Let’s go with number 2

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

No, that really happened. We all thought he couldn’t see us…until I saw the inset of our room on a laptop and realized we were all clearly visible. I’ve never not maintained a poker face after that.

Revenue_Rambo

Politicker

Director, Revenue Enablement

Gotta go with door number 3. You did this but only lost 1 of the deals not both.

oldcloser

Arsonist

💀

Agreed on this one also. Bunny be way too polished for that to happen.

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

#3 but lost neither. Guess what? Being human WORKS. Instant retraction, expressed mortification and the first “real” interaction I had with a formerly buttoned up contact. I wouldn’t do this again deliberately, but it definitely was an ice-breaker.

oldcloser

Arsonist

💀

Love this

Revenue_Rambo

Politicker

Director, Revenue Enablement

@Gasty I’m going with #3. You don’t seem like the type to make fun of prospects on at call.

#1 - I’ve run multi-million dollar businesses, but have never taken a business class.
#2 - At one point in the early 2000s I was ranked top 10 in the world on moviequotes.com
#3 - I’m fluent in Spanish and have conducted over 100 interviews without English.

oldcloser

Arsonist

💀

You no speaky no Spanish. 1 and 2 fit.

Revenue_Rambo

Politicker

Director, Revenue Enablement

¿Estas seguro?

oldcloser

Arsonist

💀

Muy seguro. Tan seguro como que si mi abuela tuviera agallas sería mi abuelo.

Revenue_Rambo

Politicker

Director, Revenue Enablement

Bahahaha

Revenue_Rambo

Politicker

Director, Revenue Enablement

@oldcloser is mostly right. I speak Spanish but am not fluent. There was a time though where I was opening a series of restaurants and conducted those interviews using my broken Spanish.

FinanceEngineer

Politicker

Sr Director, sales and partnerships

#2 has too many details, that’s the lie.

Here are mine:

- I told the CEO of a Fortune 500 company that he should cut costs to make more money (this was mid-90’s)

- I met a guy at a party in DC, and after talking with him for about 15 minutes about him and his wife’s investments, he had to go take a call. When I asked someone who it was, I was told it was Senator Burr.

- After a long quarter, I decided at brunch that my friends and I should go to AC for the day (easy from NYC). I went a little too hard and blacked out. I woke Sunday afternoon in a Toronto hotel.

Good luck…

oldcloser

Arsonist

💀

Atlantic City blackout? ✅
Senator Burr ✅
Cost cutting recommendation to a F500 CEO? Not unless it was family. That’s the lie.

Head of Partnerships and Global Expansion

The 3rd one is definitely a lie

Chep

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