Hard Sell

I hate pestering salesmen. They just seem so intrusive. Even when you show little or no interest in their products, they are in your face. So when friends and acquaintances come up with these business propositions to make you rich overnight, I get so put off. I mean while I do respect their ambitions for my material well being and theirs too in the process, I want to run away from them the moment I realise I am in a company that talks of chain businesses.

I remember years back when a sister's friend from hometown called me up. At first, I was so excited that she was calling me up to find out how I was. Slowly the conversation veered to Amway, and before I realised she was hard selling. Obviously, I didnt tell her to fuck off as I would have any other salesman but I was so piqued by the fact that she didn't respect the profession I was in and that I was not cut out for business. And of course, like her, there were many others who tried hard to get me into the Amway chain. Life is filled with difficulties I understand, so people are trying to make ends meet, but shouldn't people realise that they cannot just ask anybody and everybody to make money the way they want. Everybody loves money, so do I, but when you have learnt to run your own life, you play safe.

And why do we commit the mistake of combining friendship and business? It's sure to get screwed along the way. I mean I can't imagine asking a friend to use a particular brand of cosmetic because as sensible adults we all chose these things by way of our own experiments. I can't be pushy with that. So what does Amway expect? That I tell my friend, "here use this product" and find out she didnt like it after all, and after spending a fortune.

Bottomline: money making is not everyone's forte. Money comes and money goes too, and when you are comfortable chasing money your own way, have the time to read, relax and while some of the time, you already lead a rich life! What more can one ask for?