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Author	EVE_ddred
Comment	> The cunts that were flying through it were using aggressively selling to people who didn't need it and those that are vulnerable. > > A long time ago when I was a broke student I worked for a similar company with a similar philosophy. My quota was 5 per day... I met that quota for 2 weeks because I could genuinely pitch what they were selling to whom I recognised were people who'd be interested. For those interested, it was lovefilm when it was still around and I would rope gamers coming out of game or HMV in with the fact that they could rent a game for £5 every month including new titles. When I signed them up, I'd show them on the app how to get it and by the time they were leaving they'd have their game dispatched for next day delivery... this also ensured they couldn't cancel the subscription as soon as they went home because they'd need to return the game first. A bit... shady, but it gave me a very good score. Anyway, one day an old lady comes up in a mobility scooter and she's interested in what it is. I spend about half an hour chewing the fat with her and what kind of movies she's into and showing her the titles she can access with a £4 subscription. She's interested, great. I fill out all her details, she signs a consent form and I'm one button away from charging her card when all of a sudden she tells me she's not actually sure if she has enough money from her disability allowance to afford it and that she still has food shopping to do today. I stop immediately and tell her that she can come back next week if she likes... my manager gets visbily furious with me behind her back, I cancel the transaction and send her on her way trying my best to maintain a pleasant atmosphere. As soon as she's gone, my manager pulls me aside and just completely tears into me telling me that he doesn't think I have what it takes to 'succeed in this business' and that he'd sell his girlfriend down the road if it meant the difference between meeting a target or not. I was disgusted and I basically told him right then and there that I quit, he's a wanker, that I don't need to 'succeed in the business' because I'm an Engineering student and this is a part-time job for me and the last thing I want to do is go home and think about how I scammed an old lady out of her disability allowance. I got a few nasty messages from that exchange and they didn't pay me for that week which should have been £250.
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Created	Sat 9th Nov 2019 3:40am
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> The cunts that were flying through it were using aggressively selling to people who didn't need it and those that are vulnerable.
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A long time ago when I was a broke student I worked for a similar company with a similar philosophy. My quota was 5 per day... I met that quota for 2 weeks because I could genuinely pitch what they were selling to whom I recognised were people who'd be interested. For those interested, it was lovefilm when it was still around and I would rope gamers coming out of game or HMV in with the fact that they could rent a game for £5 every month including new titles. When I signed them up, I'd show them on the app how to get it and by the time they were leaving they'd have their game dispatched for next day delivery... this also ensured they couldn't cancel the subscription as soon as they went home because they'd need to return the game first. A bit... shady, but it gave me a very good score.

Anyway, one day an old lady comes up in a mobility scooter and she's interested in what it is. I spend about half an hour chewing the fat with her and what kind of movies she's into and showing her the titles she can access with a £4 subscription. She's interested, great. I fill out all her details, she signs a consent form and I'm one button away from charging her card when all of a sudden she tells me she's not actually sure if she has enough money from her disability allowance to afford it and that she still has food shopping to do today. I stop immediately and tell her that she can come back next week if she likes... my manager gets visbily furious with me behind her back, I cancel the transaction and send her on her way trying my best to maintain a pleasant atmosphere. As soon as she's gone, my manager pulls me aside and just completely tears into me telling me that he doesn't think I have what it takes to 'succeed in this business' and that he'd sell his girlfriend down the road if it meant the difference between meeting a target or not. I was disgusted and I basically told him right then and there that I quit, he's a wanker, that I don't need to 'succeed in the business' because I'm an Engineering student and this is a part-time job for me and the last thing I want to do is go home and think about how I scammed an old lady out of her disability allowance.

I got a few nasty messages from that exchange and they didn't pay me for that week which should have been £250.