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Foot In Mouth Disease

Ok - I have a confession to make. Sometimes I just say things.....wrong. Or, I'll even speak what I'm THINKING instead of the "proper" thing. Come to think of it, I often find myself in situations just over FLOWING with "the wrong thing".

For instance. I was on a roll yesterday. I had a meeting in the morning with a pretty aggrivating customer. She's a bully, and I won't tolerate bullies. I watched her be mean to customers, employee's and was very rude to me.

So - when she finally starts the meeting (after leaving me sit for an hour) she just starts ranting and raving. About crap. Nothing I can even help with. After a bit of this, she looks at me and says...."You're not taking notes".

My response?

"You haven't said anything noteworthy. When you're ready to have a civil conversation between adults, I'll take notes. Right now, it seem like you need to vent. So....go at it."

Huh. Might have been a tad harsh. But it worked. AND things are fine. Now.

Later in the day, it's like I lost my ever-lovin' mind.

I'm in a store. Now, I put both my phones on vibrate when I'm in a meeting. Since I have a pocket on each end of my purse, I just slip one in each pocket. Well, I had set my purse on one of the beds, and both flippin' phones went off. At the same time. I look down to see my purse dancin' across the mattress. The buyer looks at me and say's "If you have any of THOSE I think I might have a market for 'em".

Lovely. I work in an industry RIPE with inuendo.

Later, in that same call, we had to take a break as a customer came in. He steps into the show room to help them and I take an opportunity to walk the floor and lay on some of the mattresses. As I lay there, I'm working on what line I want to put on that floor. He comes over, after finishing the sale, and apologizes. I look up from where I'm laying on the bed, and say "That's ok. I was just working on your line. I do my best thinking on my back."

Yes. I actually said that out loud.

And that's just yesterday. Talking to a friend the other day, telling them about a new type of mattress we're introducing, I say..."I can make a lot of money on THAT bed".

I could just keep on listing the examples for days.

So what I was wondering was if y'all could help me out. Do any phrases or "jargon" come to mind when you think about a woman sellin' mattresses? I'd love to hear them. AND you'd be saving me from my own foot in mouth disease.....

Posted by Tammi at June 29, 2007 06:19 AM | TrackBack