i work retail and i'm pretty good at my job. the thing is every few months i get some guy in who "manages " a "sorta fortune 500" company that's doing some " expansion" , they hand me a card they made at home and ask for my number. i know part of me is hoping one day someone who has a decent company will approach me like that, but until then i'd rather not work pyramid schemes, should i just be like "wow sweet business card *rip toss in trash"? and i'd hate to say i not interested until i see what the deal is but by the time i start smellin the bullshit they are like "well give me your #" how do u guys deal with this type stuff?

9/11/2007 3:48:57 AM

Just say something like you're really too busy with school to take on anything else.

Or ask them for a website you can check out first before you give them contact info.

9/11/2007 3:51:24 AM

Tell them your not interested in selling your friends overpriced shitty products from their Quixtar magazines.

9/11/2007 7:21:23 AM

I HATE quixstar people... they are freaking idiots... and I learned to recognize them working at BB and would get them thrown out for soliciting...

any time somebody is loitering and just overly interested in you and your "asperations" it's pretty much guaranteed that they are quixstar... and I usually just asked them immediatly or told them that I'm not interested in quixstar... they run away like dogs with their tails between their legs

9/11/2007 7:26:29 AM

when i get quixtar'd, i have a friend's phone number that i go ahead and give out and tell them to give "me" a call and discuss later.

9/11/2007 7:40:18 AM

say "no thanks" and move on?

9/11/2007 8:52:46 AM

lol, the quixtar catch phrases. "fortune 500 company" "own my own business" "exciting opportunity" "work from home"

9/11/2007 9:00:27 AM

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"when i get quixtar'd, i have a friend's phone number that i go ahead and give out and tell them to give "me" a call and discuss later."

One of those guys tried to hit me up on a plane last year and I gave him "my" business card and told him to call. The card belonged to someone that pissed me off b/c he wasted about an hour of my time earlier in the week with some bs.

9/11/2007 9:04:50 AM

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"i know part of me is hoping one day someone who has a decent company will approach me like that"

I doubt it. I posted a job offer on here a few months ago for a fortune 500 company, but I'd never walk up to random people in stores trying to pick up new employees.

9/11/2007 9:34:20 AM

i wouldnt really call them job offers

and yeah, i'd say tell them youre too busy or whatever, or just say you don't like pyramid schemes...most of those people are scum. if its a slow day talk to them and see how long it takes them to admit its some pyramid scheme.

9/11/2007 9:34:32 AM

Ugh I used to work in the only copy shop in Boone and would get hit up multiple times a week.

You think they would figure out that I'm copying the same damn flyers and promo materials for all the other Quix-tards in the area.

-- Dave

9/11/2007 10:21:46 AM

leaches.

some asshole probably told them to do that at some $800 seminar..."there are potential schmucks partners everywhere, even the copy shop!"

9/11/2007 10:35:06 AM

Say "Is this a Quixtar business?" Then tell them you are too busy or aren't interested in the business model.

9/11/2007 10:36:04 AM

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"One of those guys tried to hit me up on a plane last year and I gave him "my" business card and told him to call. The card belonged to someone that pissed me off b/c he wasted about an hour of my time earlier in the week with some bs. "

good idea...next time that happens to me i might just keep the card until the next encounter and use it like that.

lol

9/11/2007 10:44:05 AM

tell them you wish to schedule a business lunch to discuss their job offer, and then stand them up. When they call asking where you are, tell them that you only wasted their time in retaliation for them wasting your shopping time earlier.

9/11/2007 10:45:27 AM

If they won't say exactly what they do, and they want you to come to a night time meeting in a suit you know what it is. I just tell them that i have had experience with companies that do marketing for retail chains and have found that its not exactly the path for me. Then I say fuck off

9/11/2007 11:10:33 AM

Just say "I'm familiar with Cydcor, no thanks"

9/11/2007 11:14:35 AM

just tell them to fuck off

9/11/2007 3:39:10 PM

Most of them seem a little desperate, and I hate to be the bearer of bad news about their scheme. That's why I just politely decline.

I guess the douchebag way could work too.

9/11/2007 4:54:20 PM

i just tell them I'm already a millionaire several times over because I'm a stockbroker at JT Marlin

9/12/2007 10:09:26 AM

just tell them this isn't the proper place to discuss business and to meet you at mcdonalds or chicken filet

9/12/2007 10:17:35 AM

Him: "So you are telling me you don't want to be rich and drive a Corvette?!"
Me: "I'd rather stay in college"
Him: "Your loss man."

9/12/2007 10:24:51 AM

Tell them you do not want to be a Vector "contractor" and try and sell their "fine" cutlery to your family and friends.

9/12/2007 11:31:24 AM

Does Quixtar have any type of competitor that does the same type of pyramid scheme? It would be kind of funny to tell the Quixtar person you work for their competitor and try and get them to sign up for your thing.

9/12/2007 11:38:30 AM

Tell them you made your millions in the early days of Amway and now you just work because you like to be around people all day. Tell them that they seem to be on the right track and you're sure they will make plenty of money if they just hang in there.

9/12/2007 12:07:07 PM

I'm with moron. I have to be really nice to these people. They're just so fucking pathetic that you have to feel bad for them. I could never be a douchebag to somebody like that.

9/12/2007 12:48:54 PM

anyone notice how these things seem to breed in new-wave churches?

9/12/2007 1:23:48 PM

My most recent experience with this (was actually at a restarunt wainting on sombody to show up and acidentlly made eye contact with this guy)

I told him "I think I would have better chances playing the lottery" (he was tryign to convice me that working from home was better than working for the feds

9/12/2007 3:37:55 PM

If someone hands you a business card, you should at least take their business card and take a look at it before you decide to trash it. Sometimes management with legitimate companies will try to recruit talent if they encounter someone who is good at sales or offers phenomenal service.

9/12/2007 4:31:58 PM

Maybe, but when I'm shopping at Target and get offered a "lucrative job"... I have to say that it isn't someone from Google

9/12/2007 4:39:02 PM

Nah, anyone who comes up and offers you crap while you're shopping or eating dinner is full of crap. But if you're working and a customer or someone who has been standing near by offers you up a card, it's not always crap.

9/12/2007 5:09:29 PM

if you are working at the mall or Denny's it is.

9/12/2007 5:27:02 PM

^^ when I was working at Gap (for 3 months in HS while a store opened before the oddballs started showing up) I was running the cash register and a Best Buy manager liked how I was pitching the add-ons and offered me a job, which was awesome b/c I was ready to get the hell out of working for Gap and Best Buy is a REALLY cool place to work for a high school kid...

so it does happen, but that was retail to retail... I mean I COULD see somebody spotting a real sales job for a retail sales person, but I wouldn't be nearly as creepy about it as the quixstar people... they are just weird...

9/12/2007 7:58:52 PM

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"i know part of me is hoping one day someone who has a decent company will approach me like that"

if you want to work for a decent company, you have to be proactive and find them

anyone trying to find you either works for a shitty company or is just plain pathetic

9/12/2007 10:21:38 PM

^^Yeah. My husband runs a Geek Squad precinct and he has turned a number of daily outings into scouting opportunities because someone that helped us had a certain oomph.

He also has a stack of business cards from customers who have tried to steal him away from his job. I guess if your job has you out there interacting with the public, unless you absolutely suck at your job, you'll probably end up with a number of alternate job prospects.

[Edited on September 12, 2007 at 10:24 PM. Reason : .]

9/12/2007 10:23:19 PM

LOL @ people working at best buy cracking on these people for being losers

9/12/2007 11:55:56 PM

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"anyone notice how these things seem to breed in new-wave churches?"

Yes.

Both Pyramid scheme companies and new wave churches prey on the same type of people -- the weak willed, desperate, and gullible.

9/13/2007 6:46:13 AM

take a look through any religious magazine - half of its advertisements will be for "secure gold investment!" or some other rip-off scheme

the other half are for jesus music

also,

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"LOL @ people working at best buy cracking on these people for being losers"

/thread

9/13/2007 7:06:49 AM

Say thanks and never call the dude.

9/13/2007 7:07:36 AM

^^ heh, i remember the running joke in 2001 was that you could walk into a Best Buy and buy a computer from the guy who designed some of the hardware or software inside.

9/13/2007 7:12:38 AM

You get all kinds of people in retail and the jobs out there in retail aren't all bad.

While a cashier or someone on the floor may be some kid making $8/hr, management, techs, and installers must have certain qualifications and make considerably more.

I certainly do not have any complaints. My husband graduated with his degrees in math and physics and went to work at Best Buy for the summer. He ended up loving it and now runs a Geek Squad. He makes enough for us to afford to build a house in a nice neighborhood and live comfortably on his salary alone.

9/13/2007 8:40:25 AM

step 1) punch 'em in the jaw.
step 2) see if he keeps running his mouth. if he does, repeat both steps until he shuts up.

9/13/2007 1:44:27 PM