A Brisbane man’s attempt to enter the door-to-door sales industry has failed.
While he’s currently studying an advertising degree, Peter was looking for a way to earn money and fill in time during classes.
He successfully applied for Ena-Gee Save-a, an electricity comparison company that attempts to help people save on bills by going door-to-door.
Though Peter knew it as a mistake during the orientation.
“The main sales guy was an annoying extrovert and I got laughed at during an ice breaker when I said I loved watching modern Simpsons episodes – which was meant to be 100% serious: I’ve been watching season 36 on Disney+ every week. I love it.”
After a couple of days shadowing senior salespeople, Peter was anticipating his first day, but it went downhill quickly.
“I got let out at a strange neighbourhood, with a laminated map and all my forms in a folder. I tried to take it seriously, but got about 10 rejections in the first hour, and I was getting calls from the sales team harassing me to get ‘bills to the door’ – you can tell these guys wanted to be proper salesman, but are destined to work in this hellhole for the rest of their lives. I then realised I had five more hours of this nonsense, so I called them back and quit on the spot. But I still had to wait for them to pick me up.”
With nothing to do and a lot of time to kill, Peter went to the local shopping centre, used the library computer to apply for more jobs and eventually decided to see a movie.
“I felt a lot better after the movie finished. I didn’t even care that I had three missed calls from those idiots while I had my phone off. They were pissed that I wasn’t at the pick up spot on time. I guess the movie went on too long. Oh well!”
After the movie, Peter dumped the files in the nearest bin and went home, where he ripped his Ena-Gee Save-a polo shirt to shreds and threw it in the recycling.
“If they weren’t arrogant dickheads, then I would have done the right thing and safely returned the shirt. But bugger them! I’m sure they’ve got a ton of spares.”
The good news is Peter’s job search didn’t last long, as he’s picked up three evening shifts a week at a market research company.
“This was one of the jobs I applied for at the library, so that worked out nicely. Filling out surveys over the phone is going to be a breeze!”
