A thousand e-points if you can sell a single goddamn thing today

A hundred e-points if you can even get anybody on the phone

and twenty five e-points if you even attempt to do either one of the above

today is a day for twiddling thumbs

12/24/2008 9:01:48 AM

^ yesterday was too. I tried to make a few calls in the morning yesterday, then just played with my balls until lunch

[Edited on December 24, 2008 at 9:02 AM. Reason : a]

12/24/2008 9:02:26 AM

2 years ago I sold $450 worth of fucking telecom bullshit on Christmas Eve

Thank God I'm not in sales anymore

12/24/2008 9:04:06 AM

I might have to whore my wrinkly ass out on Blount St. to lonely alcoholics for Christmas dough.

12/24/2008 9:04:19 AM

Next week will be a wash too. I took a half day on Monday to watch the bowl game. Tuesday will be another day to play with my balls.

12/24/2008 9:05:12 AM

I did the same thing next Monday

Luckily, a lot of banks are even bigger procrastinators than I am and will frantically be calling in next week to book shit before their budgets are set for '09, so business so be somewhat booming

12/24/2008 9:09:06 AM

I don't expect to get much done until 1/5/09. I busted my ass last week and got in some good sized orders though, so it's all good.

12/24/2008 9:11:11 AM

I don't plan on selling anything today, but you never know...

yesterday I wrote a proposal for a $9k system, which is beans compared to a lot of my stuff. Monday was a $175k day...for proposals, anyway. Now if we just get the damn purchase orders.

12/24/2008 9:16:44 AM

Quote :

"GOT THESE PHONES"

12/24/2008 9:23:35 AM

Quote :

"GOT THESE PHONES"

12/24/2008 9:23:35 AM

sales... hah!

bet this economy sucks for yall.

12/24/2008 9:37:47 AM

i took the week off. no one is building houses for the next 2 weeks. construction will come to a stand still. it doesnt help the islands will not let commercial employees on them for this week either. my sales guys will be "working" next week. i bet they all come to the office and just try to look busy.

12/24/2008 9:39:41 AM

It's great for me. I am in the staffing industry. Plenty of candidates, and plenty of companies that need people but don't want to pay benefits.

12/24/2008 9:40:05 AM

I just had 3 different POs come in totaling $74,000...not a bad week.

12/24/2008 10:09:44 AM

i'm gonna go fix a leak in my grandpa's roof, how many e-points does that get me?

12/24/2008 10:10:48 AM

depends on if you sell him something while you are there

12/24/2008 10:12:49 AM

103

I just called some bank in New Hampshire and they were all like "You're making a sales call on Christmas Eve ? Seriously ?"

FAT CHANCE WE'LL BE DOING BUSINESS WITH THEM

12/24/2008 10:13:37 AM

i emailed a guy i forgot to call back on monday, that's it for me

12/24/2008 10:13:39 AM

The only calls we expect to get today are people who are stranded trying to get into/out of Chicago


yay travel agency

12/24/2008 10:18:01 AM

i'm not in sales, but i just closed a $34k contract for the next 2 years.

the people liked me, apparently that goes a long way in this industry.

[Edited on December 24, 2008 at 10:25 AM. Reason : i better get a cut too]

12/24/2008 10:24:58 AM

Quote :

" sales... hah! bet this economy sucks for yall."

Not if your industry already had it's recession long ago

And I just got an email! A real one! And a telemarketer called me, haha.

12/24/2008 10:40:09 AM

I would make a few prank calls, but caller ID will fuck me up.

12/24/2008 10:54:13 AM

BOOOOOOM! We have an early leader! Ok, so it's e-commerce, but I am the owner so it counts as a sale. This is all I do every day, just wait for someone to order, boring as fuck.

======================== ORDER ========================

Company: SQLSoft, Inc.
Rep: WEBSHOP
Order created: Wed Dec 24 08:53:39 2008
Order entered by: WEBSHOP
Order edited by: WEBSHOP
Order Total: $1035

Credit Card: Amex
CC Number: ******81004
CC Exp: 06/2010

---------------------------------------------------------------
Item Qty Disc Price Item Total List Title
--------------- ---- ------ --------- ----------- ------- -----
j-j2se 5 0.00% 200.00 1000.00 200.00 Java Programming
4513 Shipping 1 35.00 35.00
-------------------------------------------------
Order Total: 1035.00

12/24/2008 10:57:14 AM

please remove the asterisks from the credit card number

thanks

12/24/2008 10:58:42 AM

hehe I don't even get to see them

12/24/2008 10:59:38 AM

I am on the opposite end...

I posted a contract for 450K+ today...

So someone will have a happy christmas...
Of course... they don't get paid until they fix the damn building...

[Edited on December 24, 2008 at 11:00 AM. Reason : eh]

12/24/2008 11:00:30 AM

and probably not for 30-90 days after it's fixed

12/24/2008 11:04:01 AM

Quote :

"This is all I do every day, just wait for someone to order, boring as fuck."

and post on tdub, which is awesome!

12/24/2008 11:07:52 AM

DFAS is pretty good about paying within 30 days of receiving the invoice... 15 if there aren't alot of invoices coming in...

12/24/2008 11:08:45 AM

I hope they would pay on time, haha

12/24/2008 11:16:45 AM

Quote :

"DOES POT COUNT"

12/24/2008 11:17:38 AM

i was off from last fri to jan 5

so, i think i'll lose this one

although i did get an email asking for a quote earlier..

12/24/2008 11:18:23 AM

I'm getting a lot of OFAC calls today actually

I guess people in other countries don't give too much of a fuck about Christmas

[Edited on December 24, 2008 at 11:20 AM. Reason : Office of Foreign Asset Control]

12/24/2008 11:20:18 AM

LOL I just checked my web traffic for the month, today is the bar on the right.



[Edited on December 24, 2008 at 11:21 AM. Reason : d]

12/24/2008 11:20:41 AM