Selling Warm Over-Priced Pop Door to Door

True story.

Yesterday two slightly unkempt urchins in bathing suits and flip slops about 6 or 7 years old came to the door of our house and asked if I wanted to buy their cans of pop for $1.00 each. They had four flavours – all no-name knockoffs of the major brands which go for about 13 cents each at Super Valu. 7 cents if there is a sale.

No talk about supporting a charity or helping them buy school supplies - just one question – “Do you want to buy our pop for $1.00 each?”

“No thanks I think we’re good for pop today.”

Silence.

“OK”

And with that they turned and ran across the lawn to try and hock it to my neighbour next door.

This is the third time in a week the urchins have found something in their home to try and sell to the folks on my street. The last sales call was for candy – some sort of jujube type of thing, un-packaged and melting in their bare sticky hands. It was so gross.

The time before was some sort of unidentifiable part to a broken toy. Or maybe it was a crushed battery they found on the street. I’m not quite sure. It was garbage day so it might have been anything fallen from the truck.

The reason I am e-mailing is that if any of you are going to need two sales people in about 11 years I would suggest you track down the urchins and sign them to a deal right now. Motivation doesn’t seem to be an issue for them, they are obviously relentless, and it looks like they take rejection well. They also don’t appear to be fussy about what they sell.

They just sell, sell, sell.