TheSnowman
New Member
Ok, I'm the only one here, and I need to share the story of what just happened because I wanted to punch the guy.
I just had a guy come in basically laying into me telling me that my phone didn't work. I told him that it indeed did, and he picks up a card, and attempts to dial my phone number while shaking the entire time. After waiting a minute or so for this guy to dial I said "you know what...you are right here, let's not worry about that, what can I do for you?"
The conversation continues with him asking how big of magnet I could make. I told him I could do 24" X whatever length he needed. He told me he wanted it for his van. I'm thinking, ok, down the sides, that could possibly work. The guy tells me it's for on the hood of his van, and he wants to sell advertising. I said, "Ok, well, how big of one do you need so I can quote it?". He tells me that he just woke up (10:30AM) and that he didn't have a clue and holds his hands up telling me to guess how big it is across them. Then he goes into this story like I'm asking him too many questions, and he tells me he doesn't even think that this is a real shop and that no one is ever here, which someone is ALWAYS here minimum 9:00 - 4:00.
To continue on, I tell him that I'll go get my tape measure and we'll go measure it. We get outside, and this thing is a Montana Mini-Van. He wants a magnet to go across the hood and over the bevels in the hood. I told him that would instantly fly off on the highway because it's not a flat surface, and it would be catching so much wind. He says "They do it in nascar all the time!" I said, yes, that's a wrap. He wants to know why we can't just do that. I inform him that we can, but what he's asking for is something that will last 4 years on a $50 budget (which my magnet was going to be at least $200 I figured) and what nascar has is $1,000's of dollars budgeted, and they last a week.
So anyway, this guy keeps talking, and come to find out what he's wanting to do is just slap bumper stickers and magnets all over his selling advertising for all the local bars on his van. Then he tells me..."my phone is just full of crazy drunks and I take them to the bar, then go pick them up when they are done". So, apparently, that summed up the problem to me as to why he couldn't properly dial a phone, and as to why he was so scatterbrained the entire time...sealed the deal that he was still a bit hung over too.
Anyway, I'm hoping that he never comes back, because he basically insulted me twice, by saying that I wasn't a real company, and laying into me that my phone didn't work. I should have just sent him up to the lowballer up the street, I'm sure he loves working with drunk people.
I just had a guy come in basically laying into me telling me that my phone didn't work. I told him that it indeed did, and he picks up a card, and attempts to dial my phone number while shaking the entire time. After waiting a minute or so for this guy to dial I said "you know what...you are right here, let's not worry about that, what can I do for you?"
The conversation continues with him asking how big of magnet I could make. I told him I could do 24" X whatever length he needed. He told me he wanted it for his van. I'm thinking, ok, down the sides, that could possibly work. The guy tells me it's for on the hood of his van, and he wants to sell advertising. I said, "Ok, well, how big of one do you need so I can quote it?". He tells me that he just woke up (10:30AM) and that he didn't have a clue and holds his hands up telling me to guess how big it is across them. Then he goes into this story like I'm asking him too many questions, and he tells me he doesn't even think that this is a real shop and that no one is ever here, which someone is ALWAYS here minimum 9:00 - 4:00.
To continue on, I tell him that I'll go get my tape measure and we'll go measure it. We get outside, and this thing is a Montana Mini-Van. He wants a magnet to go across the hood and over the bevels in the hood. I told him that would instantly fly off on the highway because it's not a flat surface, and it would be catching so much wind. He says "They do it in nascar all the time!" I said, yes, that's a wrap. He wants to know why we can't just do that. I inform him that we can, but what he's asking for is something that will last 4 years on a $50 budget (which my magnet was going to be at least $200 I figured) and what nascar has is $1,000's of dollars budgeted, and they last a week.
So anyway, this guy keeps talking, and come to find out what he's wanting to do is just slap bumper stickers and magnets all over his selling advertising for all the local bars on his van. Then he tells me..."my phone is just full of crazy drunks and I take them to the bar, then go pick them up when they are done". So, apparently, that summed up the problem to me as to why he couldn't properly dial a phone, and as to why he was so scatterbrained the entire time...sealed the deal that he was still a bit hung over too.
Anyway, I'm hoping that he never comes back, because he basically insulted me twice, by saying that I wasn't a real company, and laying into me that my phone didn't work. I should have just sent him up to the lowballer up the street, I'm sure he loves working with drunk people.
