My phone recently reminded me with a photo that 8 years ago yesterday I started law school. Which got me thinking about what the last several years have been like for me in sales, which reminded me of the cold as Elsa when she freezed to death in Frozen 2 line I was able to use at my first sales job, that to this day I have not topped.
B2C sales gig (gross) selling timeshares (even grosser) making a pile of money (money washes the stains off your soul). These two old people came in to buy more timeshare from me (they didn't know it yet) and they brought their loudmouth daughter who was not on their contract (read as "has no right to be in the meeting"). The daughter spends 30 minutes telling me how her parents got ripped off when they bought their timeshare 6 months ago and how she was their to make sure it didn't happen again. I get annoyed with her interuptions and ask her exactly what makes her so sure they were ripped off and how she felt qualified to offer her parents her opinion on their real estate purchases. Her response was she had just finished her first semester of law school (read as "I read 3 books"). I reply "Oh law school! That is impressive. I went to law school." Her: "If you really went to law school why are you doing a job like this instead of being an attorney and making good money?" Me: "Because this pays me substantially better." Her: [stunned silence]. Me: "Now, if you interrupt me again I am going to ask you to leave while I finish talking to your parents about their contract."
Sold them, felt superior for 10 minutes, and made her dad do that thing we do when we try not to laugh at our kids in front of them. Anyone else ever get to shut a client up?
Members only
20 comments