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- From: chrz@tellabs.com (Peter Chrzanowski)
- Subject: Re: Encyclopedia Britannica - their obnoxious salesmen
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.234040.27655@tellab5.tellabs.com>
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- References: <1992Nov05.172627.6307@eng.umd.edu> <1992Nov5.232450.29869@pony.Ingres.COM>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 23:40:40 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov5.232450.29869@pony.Ingres.COM>, reb@Ingres.COM (Phydeaux) writes:
- > In article <1992Nov5.174157.14549@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> stank@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (Stan Krieger) writes:
- > >>Anyway, what is the price, and why are Encyclopedia Britannica salesman
- > >>so reluctant to tell you, even to the point of being obnoxious?
- > >
- > >Maybe it's there so ashamed of the price that they have to "present" it
- > >to you, in the same way that Amway reps are so ashamed of their
- > >company that they won't tell you its name, except under controlled
- > >conditions.
- >
- > I was walking through a mall the other day when a Britannica salesman
- > tried to get me to see his wares. "Can I show you the encyclopedia
- > Britannica?!?"
- >
- > My response of "No thank you, I can't read." seemed to shut him up
- > pretty well! Perhaps I should have asked for the one with pictures
- > instead of words ;-)
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- Encyclopedia salespeople ALWAYS go away if you tell 'em you don't have
- any kids. Unless they see tattletale signs ("No, those are MY leggo blocks!").
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- > reb
- >
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