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We had three people come to the door today trying to raise money to reduce the practice of fracking (using high pressure water/chemicals to harvest gas) and my fiance was like, "Holly, go get rid of them. I have to leave for work." And mind you, he's usually fairly polite, but he also gets straight to the point in implying "get lost."
Me, I have worked crappy sales jobs so I usually invite them in, knowing they are probably treated unkindly by a lot of people. I listened to their spiel, then politely replied that I couldn't donate any money. (I have to save my money to buy toys, mahn! Besides, I didn't recognize the name of their organization...for all I know, they could be raising money to feed an army of Wumpas to enslave the world's dolphins.)
Then they asked me like 10 times...geez, I don't want to be mean, but how do you politely say no means no.
Me, I have worked crappy sales jobs so I usually invite them in, knowing they are probably treated unkindly by a lot of people. I listened to their spiel, then politely replied that I couldn't donate any money. (I have to save my money to buy toys, mahn! Besides, I didn't recognize the name of their organization...for all I know, they could be raising money to feed an army of Wumpas to enslave the world's dolphins.)
Then they asked me like 10 times...geez, I don't want to be mean, but how do you politely say no means no.