I love meetings

[Haul Asp]

Here's how today's meeting with a new vendor went. Just a schmuck blowing crap up our butts and using nice little catch phrases and buzzwords.

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah...laugh, laugh. Blah, blah, blah, blah, leverage, blah, blah, blah, business vertical. Blah, blah, blah, blah, solution partner. Blah, blah, blah, laugh, laugh. Blah, blah, blah, let's do lunch.

Someone just shoot me.

[chrish]

I love salespeople like that. The only time I tollerate it is if it's a cute chicklet. Then I'll let her do her whole dog and pony show for me (as I'm thinking of doing dog and pony with her...). How's that for being a male chauvinist pig.

I love cutting them off and asking: "So how much does it cost?", "What's my price?".

Then if I really don't like them (and I'm not interested in what they're offering) I love telling them: "I don't see us paying that much for X, but I'll think about it - thanks for coming by". Talk about deflating their baloon... It's like watching the neighbor kid walk off sulking after you told him Johnny can't come out to play.

Come to think of it - I'm pretty darn mean to salespeople. Moooohhhhaaaaaaaa......

[Haul Asp]

I try not to let them in at all, but sometimes you get roped into it. Then they do nothing but call you after that. I'll ask the secretary to call them just to tell them we're not interested at this time, but then they call back to "confirm" what the secretary just told them.