Selling To The Saleswoman

Last week, we had a young door-to-door saleswoman knock on our back door.  She was selling alarm systems.  She was the second alarm company in a month to stop by here.  I had a tough time getting rid of the first guy who showed up...I hate being the one to answer the door to these guys because I don't want to hurt their feelings when I say "No".

On this particular evening, Mike was home and we invited the woman in to go through her spiel.  I do not like the idea of buying stuff on the spot, but I really had to admire this woman's salesmanship...she had the perfect response to all of my queries and hesitancies.  When I asked about extra costs, her response was, "Well, I don't do this for everyone, but...I'll waive the installation fee".  Yah right, you don't do that for everyone :)

In the end, we decided to get the alarm system and it is actually pretty awesome.  It's sort of like On-Star, where the security company talks to us through the system and not over the phone.  One of the features that sold us on this system is the flood alert sensor.  We got the techs to install a sensor in our little sump hole (where the water came from during The Great Flood of '09). This way, we are instantly alerted if the water starts to crest out of that space and, with all this friggin' rain lately, it is well worth the monthly cost!

Anyways, the saleswoman hung out while we were waiting for the techs to show up.  She commented on the pics of Kat I have on the computer desk (I also have my Sweet Baby K logo in a frame).  I told her what the business was about and she got all excited.  Her friend in Edmonton had just had a baby girl and she had been wondering what to get as a baby shower gift.  Well, isn't that too perfect? :)

I took her down to my office and she was blown away by all the choices.  In the end, I helped her pick out a couple of cute things and she was beyond excited.  She commented that all she had to do now was get it over to the post office and into an shipping envelope.  I kept a straight face as I reached over to my shipping packages and said, "Well, I don't do this for everyone, but...I'll throw in the envelope for free".

I have never laughed like that with a complete stranger.  It was a great moment.