Stating the Obvious
There are some people who actually find enjoyment in stating the obvious. For example "Hey, how come your nose got hair ah?" or "Do you normally stand when you pee at the urinal ah?" Don't you just feel like slapping them??!!
I have the "privilege" to work with such a moron (ok la, he's my superior, so shoot me for calling him a moron!!.....). He's suppose to be a Sales Director, and yet he doesn't know a shit what he's selling!! occasionally I get some annoying e-mails from him asking some silly questions. Of course, silly questions come with silly answers:
Q:What's the difference between our Piping and Isometric modules?
me: Piping is to produce piping whereas Isometric is to produce isometrics.... (DUH!!!)
Q: What does our Structural module does?
me: It's to produce structural .... (double DUH!!)
At times I got so annoyed that copy-paste directly from our corporate webpage would usually do the trick (he could have just easily read it there as well)
To a certain extent, he is every employee's worst nightmare, and I'm the unlucky soul who happens to be part of his direct underling. Being in a managerial position of a technology company, it is important for him to act smart. Thus, it's a real challenge for him to stay ahead of the tech trend, even though he rarely understands them. A good sales person should also know how to promote his product. Stating the obvious is a definite NO NO, such as:
"We have a wide range of products that suits your needs. Our Piping module is to draw piping. This is our Equipment module, it is to draw equipment. This is Data Manager, it is to manage your data....etc " or "The latest version of USTN V8 is the 8th Version."
Alamak!! This kind of sales talk even a ciku brat like me also can do la!!
A lesson I learned in dealing with this sort of people is never ever get into any serious discussion with them. Chances are he'll try to talk smart and create tons of unnessary strain, which may give you a heart attack. Arguing with him is like trying to wrestle a pig in a puddle of mud. The more you wrestle, the more he likes it! The key for survival here is pure ignorance. Any e-mails from him should be labeled as spam and sent straight to the junkmail folder. If he ever question about it, you can always argue "Mail? What e-mail? I didn't get any?? When did you sent it?? You sure you clicked the sent button??" Being technically challenged, he won't know anyway.
In a nutshell, always remember that Ignorance is Bliss, and Bliss brings Happiness!!
I have the "privilege" to work with such a moron (ok la, he's my superior, so shoot me for calling him a moron!!.....). He's suppose to be a Sales Director, and yet he doesn't know a shit what he's selling!! occasionally I get some annoying e-mails from him asking some silly questions. Of course, silly questions come with silly answers:
Q:What's the difference between our Piping and Isometric modules?
me: Piping is to produce piping whereas Isometric is to produce isometrics.... (DUH!!!)
Q: What does our Structural module does?
me: It's to produce structural .... (double DUH!!)
At times I got so annoyed that copy-paste directly from our corporate webpage would usually do the trick (he could have just easily read it there as well)
To a certain extent, he is every employee's worst nightmare, and I'm the unlucky soul who happens to be part of his direct underling. Being in a managerial position of a technology company, it is important for him to act smart. Thus, it's a real challenge for him to stay ahead of the tech trend, even though he rarely understands them. A good sales person should also know how to promote his product. Stating the obvious is a definite NO NO, such as:
"We have a wide range of products that suits your needs. Our Piping module is to draw piping. This is our Equipment module, it is to draw equipment. This is Data Manager, it is to manage your data....etc " or "The latest version of USTN V8 is the 8th Version."
Alamak!! This kind of sales talk even a ciku brat like me also can do la!!
A lesson I learned in dealing with this sort of people is never ever get into any serious discussion with them. Chances are he'll try to talk smart and create tons of unnessary strain, which may give you a heart attack. Arguing with him is like trying to wrestle a pig in a puddle of mud. The more you wrestle, the more he likes it! The key for survival here is pure ignorance. Any e-mails from him should be labeled as spam and sent straight to the junkmail folder. If he ever question about it, you can always argue "Mail? What e-mail? I didn't get any?? When did you sent it?? You sure you clicked the sent button??" Being technically challenged, he won't know anyway.
In a nutshell, always remember that Ignorance is Bliss, and Bliss brings Happiness!!
1 Comments:
But for him to be able to secure a Sales Director position, you'll got to hand it to him. Either he's good at what he is doing or he can sure lick ass.... lol
I dunno how your company works... but I do know some of the greatest sales man their strength is not in his knowledge of the product, but his interpersonal skills.
I know, I know, beats me too.
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