I think I ensured that the Amway guy won’t be calling me back.
He called and set up our meeting this afternoon so I could return his CD and he could answer any questions I might have. As you all know, my plan was to do the former and avoid the latter. I already had a plan set up in case he tried pressing the issue:
1) Someone was coming over to the house in half an hour and I didn’t have much time to talk (which was true).
2) I had my reasons not to join and I felt no need to share them.
3) I didn’t like the numbers [see: “Salesmanship at its finest”].
Thankfully, it wasn’t a problem. I walked in, said I was just there to return the CD and that was it. We headed towards the door, at which point he saw something sticking out of the CD case—it was the business card he gave me.
He was not pleased. The highlights of the conversation went something like this:
“You’re giving my card back?”
“I don’t need it for anything. Why, did you want to get together to hang out or something?”
“I take it as a slap in the face that you’re returning this.”
“I can take it back if you want.”
We got to our cars, I jumped into mine and said, “Take it easy.” He didn’t respond as I closed the door and drove away.
[Insert bitch-slap noise here.]
[Insert bitch-slap noise again several times over.]
Was having the card in there impolite? Most likely. Do I feel bad about it? Maybe a little, but it’s not like I’ve developed a reputation as being a good example of social tactfulness. Honestly, I never thought about it until “I can take it back if you want.” If that means I’m going to Hell… maybe I’ll end up wandering around in the fire and brimstone selling Amway products after all.
