Maybe I’ll just sell cocaine
June 18, 2008 By: almostgotit Category: employment, exploitation, humorOn the other hand, I did get a phone call yesterday from a woman who wants to recruit me to sell bad insurance products to old people. This isn’t how she described it, of course, but I did a little research.
It’s a neat little multi-level-marketing scheme, too, with a 100+% turn-over rate. I’d have to sign over access to my bank account (for credits AND debits), be fully liable for all of the products I sell, and pay all of my own taxes and expenses; howEVER, I could probably net two or even three thousand my first year alone!
My narrow-minded, sarcastic little remarks, of course, only prove that I don’t have what it takes to be a successful salesperson for this particular company.
At least, that’s what MsPodunk235 told me online, because HER husband made $150,000 last year. AND they got a free trip to Cancun, too (here she inserted a little emoticon thingie with a stuck-out tongue. Yes, really.)
Conclusion: children sell insurance. I’m thinking, however, that so long as my soul is required, I may as well skip straight to the big stuff.
June 18th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Great post!
June 18th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Good Lord.
There’s always someone out there willing to take advantage of someone else’s desperation.
My advice has always been: If you have to pay people for the privilege of working for them, it’s not really a job. (Yeah, yeah, someone who knows how to do those emoticons with the sticky-outy tongue thingies will tell me it’s an INVESTMENT, but I remain skeptical…….)
June 18th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
@ Mr. Budd: thanks for stopping by! Always a pleasure.
@Working Girl: you and me both! And from someone who’s already had 59 jobs (you… though I’m working on it) that’s SAYIN’ something!
(an emoticon, just for you!)