Blaze (he/him)@lemmy.cafe to Dunder Mifflin@lemm.eeEnglish · 5 months agoPeople in sales, how realistic was this meeting? Particularly 20 or more years ago.i.postimg.ccimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down11
arrow-up164arrow-down1imagePeople in sales, how realistic was this meeting? Particularly 20 or more years ago.i.postimg.ccBlaze (he/him)@lemmy.cafe to Dunder Mifflin@lemm.eeEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·5 months agoNot every meeting has to be a sales pitch. I had several where vendors would take me to lunch and mention nothing of gear they would sell. It was just a vendor keeping up with us.
minus-squareRaiderkev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·5 months agoI despise vendor lunches and turn them down regularly. No free lunch is worth the sales pitch.
minus-squareAtariDump@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-24 months agoYou’ve never had a $100 bottle of wine with lunch.
minus-squareRaiderkev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoLol, I used to work in the wine business. I absolutely have. I’ve broken bottles worth more than that. Not a wine guy at all.
Not every meeting has to be a sales pitch.
I had several where vendors would take me to lunch and mention nothing of gear they would sell. It was just a vendor keeping up with us.
I am so glad I’m not in sales.
I despise vendor lunches and turn them down regularly. No free lunch is worth the sales pitch.
You’ve never had a $100 bottle of wine with lunch.
Lol, I used to work in the wine business. I absolutely have. I’ve broken bottles worth more than that. Not a wine guy at all.