Title : PERTURBED BY PUSHY PROMOTERS...?
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PERTURBED BY PUSHY PROMOTERS...?
Wish they'd give us all a break...
I don't know how you feel about this, fellow Crivvies (though most people I mention it to tend to agree with me), so have a read and then feel free to weigh in with your opinion. Whenever I'm out shopping and see any of those temporary promotional stands with their attendant staff in my local shopping centre, I tend to hug the nearest wall or shop window, stare fixedly ahead (or into the window) and try and sneak by without getting pestered by some prowling sales agent trying to interest me in whatever he or she is flogging. My view is that if I were interested in what they were punting, I'd approach them to ask for some info about it, but the second they try and give me the 'hard-sell', it puts me right off.
It's the same with door-to-door salesmen - or hawkers if you prefer. Going around chapping doors to get someone to buy something is a sign of desperation in my view. If your business is successful, then people will come to you, not the other way around. To me, there's no more surefire sign that business is bad than when salesmen (or women) chap your door and try to flog you whatever goods or services they're offering. And if business is bad (pre-Covid), then there's a reason for that - you're probably not very good at what you do.
But shopping centre hawkers are the worst. They hail you from a distance even when your demeanour and attitude should be enough of a hint that you don't want to know. They jump out in front of you, waving their arms and try to impede your progress. They interrupt you when you're in the middle of a conversation, either in person with someone or on your mobile, invading your personal space with no regard for your privacy. Sure, you can just ignore them (and I do), but I don't like being placed in the position of being rude to someone, and then there's the surly muttering and barely whispered insults when you fail to acknowledge their existence. Or there's the facetious and loud "Have a nice day", which you know really translates as "Hope you get hit by a bus!"
"Ach, they're only trying to make a living, give 'em a break!" you say. No, they're also making a nuisance of themselves in the process. The staff of WHS or BOOTS (or any other shop you care to name) don't stand in the doorway trying to entice you inside to buy anything, so why should these sales agents be allowed to prowl beyond the confines of their stands in a predatory fashion, targeting anyone within (or beyond) earshot? Here's a scoop - they're not!
I'm advised that there are conditions under which these promotional units are supposed to operate. Firstly, the staff are not permitted to stray too far from their base, and they're not supposed to raise their voices or jump in front of you to attract your attention. Ideally, they're meant to remain in close proximity to their units and enquire in a normal voice of those who pass nearby whether they can interest them in their product or service. What they shouldn't be doing is straying yards from their stands to intrude on shoppers on the far side of the mall.
The fact that they do suggests that they're either ignoring the conditions of their company's contract, or that shopping centre management are deliberately turning a blind eye, however much it results in your personal inconvenience as a shopper in having to run the gauntlet of pushy salesmen - sometimes every few yards. Don't know about you, but I prefer to go shopping without having to participate in an obstacle course in the process.
Anyone got any thoughts on the matter?
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