Yeah, that was bad advice. Don't do that. In reality, I try to remain as amicable as possible, while doing a lot of the up and down the ladder thing. I knock it out fast and move to the next job as quickly as I can.
If they are really talkative (as I am), then it starts to take excessive time. I usually say something along the lines of "OH!, Look at the time (while looking at my cell phone). I just get so carried away talking, that it takes me twice as long to do anything. I sure am a talker!" Then they usually say "I better let you get back to work", or "I'm sorry, am I holding you up?" Then you can usually (again blaming yourself) say, "Yeah, no problem. I just get distracted easily, not your fault." You can also act like you are getting an important call or email, and step away. Then, say "I've got to hurry up and get finished up, and go help out another employee, it sure has been good chatting with you." Then duck your head and go straight to work...fast. This may buy you enough time to finish and go. Hahaha. This is an art form that takes years to master. Also, it doesn't work on everyone. On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 2:11 PM, Mathew Howard <[email protected]> wrote: > If they're the type to follow you around, that's very likely to > backfire.... :P > > On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 2:35 PM, Jeremy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Start debating creationism with them. >> >> On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 1:14 PM, Mathew Howard <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Some of them will just follow you around no matter what you do... not a >>> lot you can do other than just deal with it. >>> >>> On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 2:10 PM, Sean Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> hand the customer paperwork or documents to sign or a welcome pamphlet >>>> etc. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 12:57 PM, Ryan <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hey everyone, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> This past couple of weeks a couple of our installers have been having >>>>> issues with installing equipment at a customer’s location (not because it >>>>> didn’t work, but because the customer is following them absolutely >>>>> everywhere they go) and it is adding a lot of time/frustration to their >>>>> jobs. Has anyone else on here come up with a nice way to deal with these >>>>> kind of situations? They don’t come up all of the time but when they do it >>>>> is very frustrating. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Ryan >>>>> >>>>> Fourway.net >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
