On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:13:14 -0500 "Daniel C." <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Kyle Waters <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm actually always rude when their sales men drop by and do my > > best to talk over their heads. > > Why would you be rude? If it's an attempt to get them to not come > back, I've found that very politely steering the conversation toward > dental hygiene practices works wonders. Why, indeed, be rude? Wouldn't it be simpler to just say, we aren't interested, and please don't waste either your time or mine in future? If that doesn't work, well, having an M1911 on your hip when you answer the door works wonders on all sorts of sales people. Except LDS missionaries, but at least with them you get to discuss guns instead of religion. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
