Don’t make your potential customer dislikes you
Warning: This is sort of like a rant post.
Thursday (the day I’m writing this) has not been very kind to me so far, thanks to my work (which is doing a year 2000 technology) and some inconsiderate drivers. So I was having this negative aura around me when I approached the Kelana Jaya Shell station to pump petrol.
Once I stopped the car, there was this bank employee who walked towards me with a big smile on his face. So I smiled back (pretty reluctantly). I proceeded with all those Bonuslink and credit card stuff while anticipating this guy to ask me if I would like to apply for a credit card from the bank he’s working for.
And I waited….and waited. Then I heard someone talking behind the pillar, right next to my car. And he was alone, the credit card salesman. Yes, he was using his mobile phone, right next to my car and I was pumping petrol.
I could feel the atomic bomb exploded within me. I called out to him:
“EXCUSE ME? hey you, can’t you read that simple sign that says NO MOBILE PHONE USAGE? Next time want to make a call, go further away la, there are so many empty spaces here”.
He smiled and walked off. His plan to get a new credit card customer, ruined, because of his own stupidity.
And we see this ALL THE TIME. People who want to get some deals or businesses from the potential customers, only to show the ugly side of them. For me, if you can’t even follow simple things like not using a mobile phone in a petrol station, how do you expect me to believe whatever you are going to say? I already have a negative impression of you without you even saying anything.
Sorry man, I’ll pass. No point buying from someone I dislike.
p/s….. and sometimes i really really wonder, why is it so hard for people to follow simple instructions like not using phone in the petrol station? i’ve seen so many people making phone calls while pumping petrol. If you want to risk your life, so be it. Why do you want to risk other people’s life…. and also their cars?
You are absolutely right. We’ve a long way to go as a nation, eh. For me, I dun get why people hv to double park – their rationale is to save the RM1.50 and it’s more convenient but at whose expense?
I think it’s great that you blog abt this stuff – it’s not ranting but get us to think through some of our actions.
Hey, keep the updates going.. fyi, i had put yr blog link in my blogroll. Good day…:)
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@The Working Gal . Are you hot ?
@Alvin . Actually , kesian this credit card boys also lah . Talk so hard just for RM30 commission only .
The best thing of being young , is when salespeople approaches you , you can just tell him “i am a student”
YEAH ! works all the time .
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@The Working Gal
Thanks for including my blog into your blogroll.
Yeah, Malaysia as a country still has a lot to catch up due to the mentality of our people. Same goes to China. The country is rich and to a certain degree, far more advanced than a lot of countries…but the country cannot be considered a fully developed country due to the mentality of the people.
@gapnap
oi, you wanna buaya people, why use my blog?
i actually do pity those credit card people (that guy looks older than me by the way). and they are the group that i really sympathize the most when the government introduces the new budget.
but…argh, this is different story! this fella is an idiot who can’t even read a simple signboard.