“Hi, I’m Alex, from APX home securities.”
May 30th, 2008
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That’s how I was greeted as I answered the door last Saturday. It was around 7 ish, and we were getting the girls ready for bed. As those who know me can imagine, my patience for door to door salesmen is premised upon 2 things; entertainment value and my interest level in the particular snake oil being sold.
Alex was not off to a great start.
“I’m here today to talk to key homeowners in the neighborhood about…..” I was already looking for an opportunity build a trap door underneath him as he droned on and on about why APX security systems were this and how I could really use that, and then, quite unexpectedly, his entertainment quotient went through the roof.
“Let me walk you though how these systems functuate.”
My ears perk up. “I’m sorry?”
“How they functuate? How they work.” He says.
Me: “Yeah, got it.”
“These systems protect your home in all sorts of emergencies… fires, heath emergencies, bugleries…”
Me: “Bugleries?”
“Um, burgaries. You know, a break in.”
Me: “What about a robbery?”
“Same thing, right?”
Me, trying to wrap this up: “Well, no… Do you have a brochure I can have?”
“Well I have these here, but we only give them out to customers.”
Me: “So I have to buy your system to get a brochure to read about your systems?”
“Yes.”
I proceeded to give him some line about needing to go and how I would look them up on the web, yadda yadda yadda. I can only hope that in anyone DID order from this clown they sent someone a tad more intelligent to installate a functiating unit.
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