Sales

Is This a New Trend We're Missing?

Sales rep: I have been waiting for this woman to show up for so long that my clients are looking at me like I am a monkey humping a football.

Clearwater, Florida

Manager: How we doin'?
Sales rep: Good!
Manager: Good.
Sales rep: Sales are good.
Manager: Good!

Chesapeake, Virginia

Overheard by: Project Manager

Sales drone: I thought nature was dead?

London
England

Overheard by: Bemused Techie

Salesperson over intercom: Justin, will you please get out of the happiness place?

Nashville, Tennessee

Overheard by: dolly

85-year-old client: I’ve been sick all morning but I’ll tell you what: the best way to cure diarrhea is by drinking wine!
Sales manager on phone: Oh… Um… Really?

Hotel
Dulles, Virginia

Overheard by: Rather Disgusted

Sales rep, about boss: There's a woman who knows her sausages!

Madison, Wisconsin

CSR to customer, on phone: Forgive me, there's going to be a lot of Johnsons.

Golden, Colorado

Overheard by: Maho

Sales guy: Oh, crap! I left the cap off my Sharpie last night! [Tries it on paper] Oh, no! What can I do?!
Cube rat #1: Well, you could try running a little water over the tip. Or, um, you could just throw it away and get a new one.
Sales guy: Put some water on it? Would that work?
Cube rat #2: Is it a Sharpie or a marker?
Cube rat #3: If putting water on it doesn’t work, try licking it.

8220 England Street
Charlotte, North Carolina

Visiting salesgirl: Hi, I’m here to see Carrie Bradshaw.
Receptionist: Do you mean Carrie Schwartz?
Visiting salesgirl: No, I’m pretty sure her name was Carrie Bradshaw.
Receptionist: We don’t have a Carrie Bradshaw. Carrie Bradshaw is from Sex and the City.

245 5th Avenue
New York, New York

Manager: You going to an interview or something?
Sales dude: Yeah. Like my tie?
Manager: It looks like whipped cream on a turd. Good luck.

1 Thomas Drive
Westbrook, Maine