Salesmen

We were approached by this salesperson at our regular food joint one afternoon. We were having lunch and the bugger was pestering us all the way. What was he selling? The most common of them all and something that all of us already has, which we do not want another extra. Yeaps. You got it right. Credit cards.

He was selling and selling. He is a good one, I must say. He didn't paused from the moment he started with, "Hi miss, we would like to offer you this credit card...". Before he could even finish his sentence, we were already shaking our heads and mutterred "No, thanks." All of us basically knew what he was going to say next. And since we have no intention to sign up for another one, it's best just to save his efforts on us.Yet, he didn't give up.

"But this is a new design where it is very eye-catching. "
"We already have a few of eye-catching ones...."

"If you sign up, we will immediatelu upgrade you to platinum status."
"We are already platinum cardholders..."

"We can increase your limit to RM21,000."
"Our limit is already RM21,000. How much further can you increase?"

"But you'll enjoy more discounts at our selected outlets"
"We have so many cards. We are already enjoying alot of discounts at alot of places. How much more discounts can you offer? 70%? 90%?"

"For our promotional period now, we give out free pendrives immediately on sign up"
"We have tonnes of pendrives. We don't need another one."

Sometimes, a little white lie does benefit all parties. Seriously, since we are obviously not interested, it's better to hint him to leave us alone and sell his credit card to someone else who might be interested. But yet, he still wouldn't give up. Giving it one last try....

"But then, for our card, it doesn't matter if you don't fully pay your outstanding bills...."

I thought I heard him wrong. "What? Don't need to settle in full? Are you sure? If the bank claims from me, can I mention to them that YOU promised me that I don't need to settle?"

Realising that he had said something wrong, he smiled and quickly excused himself to target the next table.

Salesmen. Capable of promising you just about anything in order to meet their quotas. I enjoy letting them down. It's absolute fun.