I was walking through a mall in Florida yesterday minding my own business looking down at my phone as I walked by a row of kiosks with people hard selling various goods and services. I heard someone say “Hey sir have you heard about our services?” aimed in my direction, and I pretended not to hear them. After I walked about a step or two beyond their kiosk, I heard them mumble under their breath “a–hole”.<\/p>\n
I so badly wanted to stop and give this person a piece of my mind, but then realized it probably wasn’t worth the anger or the time. However, I decided to write about it and talk about how annoyed I am by this type of sales environment.<\/p>\n
Malls have looked for ways to capitalize on using public spaces like this for these types of businesses, yet I don’t really understand how these businesses make money or do anything other than annoy people. I can imagine they are paid commission only or minimum wage, but it doesn’t excuse the type of intrusive customer relations skills they demonstrate.<\/p>\n
What do you do to face the onslaught of kiosk salespeople?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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