Our office encounters some strange people both on the phone and in person. The ones that boggle me the most are the door-to-door sellers- the ones that walk in to sell their business to us: office supplies, landscaping, insurance, advertising, health stuff, blah blah blah. You would think that professionalism- looking nice, speaking properly, providing business cards, information to leave, etc.- would be a priority for these people considering that they go door-to-door all day long. It doesn't seem to be.
A few personal experiences to explain- 1) Married couple came in to sell their cleaning service. Parked their beat up van directly in front of building, wife got out to smoke a cig, and the husband came in wearing jeans and a hoodie holding a printed word document (that was wrinkled) with their contact info on it. 2) Today's visitors. Two people selling office supply services. No business cards to give ("I'm my own walking/talking business card," and they reeked of cigarettes. [For the record, I'm not being snooty or mean to any of these people that come in. I actually enjoy talking with them to see what they have to offer].
Where has professionalism gone? Do these people honestly not know? Yes, I empathize with them- our economy is bad and door-to-door selling is not a fun job. But if you're going to put all of that effort into traveling place to place, clean yourself up! Maybe you would actually make a sell! Do you value professionalism? I find myself looking for it constantly and appreciating it when I do encounter it. Perhaps I understand the value of it through my education, but it seems like it should be universal knowledge.
Anyway, that concludes my venting on professionalism. Hope I haven't bored you. :) Tomorrow is FRIDAY! I'm going to see one of those bands that I melt to- The Civil Wars. Gosh, I can't handle my excitement! Enjoy your day everyone.
love you e,
love, t.
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