BUT THEN, at 7:30 last night-- right when I was about to settle in for a nice evening of doing all of the above blogging...the doorbell rang. Actually, it didn't, because we don't have a functioning doorbell. So actually someone knocked, but that just doesn't have the same ring to it, does it?
And at the door was a very friendly girl about my age, who presented me with a bottle of Gain laundry detergent and asked if she could briefly tell me about her company. Since I had no idea what company she was with, and she talked approximately 200 times faster than my brain can process, I let her come in.
THREE HOURS LATER SHE WAS STILL THERE. Showing us the Kirby and all of its many uses and functions. Demonstrating how our previously-working-for-me Eureka vacuum was...basically worthless. And then putting us in a reaaaaallllly awkward position when it was 10:30pm and we were exhausted and ready for bed and she was wanting us to write a check for $2800...and she couldn't take our passive, non-confrontational "well, we'll think about it" answers...and then she started asking "I thought you liked me??? Where did I go wrong??" and Matt and I were trying to explain that we just paid for surgery and a new HVAC and our money tree is flat out picked-over and we are so, so sorry...and she was all teary and repeatedly had to call her "supervisor" (on OUR PHONE) and then things got really awkward when Matt laid down the law and said she had to leave...and AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. So there went the night. Then I put on my FB a brief sentence about how we were stuck with a Kirby salesgirl and like a hundred people were like "DON'T LET HER IN!!!" and doling out all sorts of advice that would have been useful 3 hours ago...AHH! I had no idea what I was getting myself into. Sheesh. That'll be the last time THAT happens.
So. Instead of a medical update, I leave you with this valuable advice: Don't let a Kirby salesperson into your house. It will drain your emotions, or your finances, or your time, or possibly all of the above.
OK I am laughing out loud that she called her supervisor on your phone!! Amazing.
ReplyDeleteIck. We had that happen to us once but it wasn't Kirby it was some other vacuum company. The guy basically said, "Oh, so you don't like having a clean house" when we told him we weren't interested in his product. And he called his supervisor but I think he used his own phone. And it only took an hour and a half. But these guys are relentless. Glad you (mostly) survived the evening.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, that is insane. You should have pretended you were Mormons and turned the table on her- ha!!
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I totally know the abbreviations: Male Factory Infertility; Reproductive Endocrinologist- ready for my gold star!
Thanks for the heads-up. Hate that you had to go throught it but it is definitely a funny story to tell now. :)
ReplyDeleteYIKES! That sounds like my worst nightmare!
ReplyDeleteI've never even heard of Kirby. And who drops $2800 on a vacuum cleaner on a whim?? Your patience is much stronger than mine. I would have shown her the door after 30 minutes max.
ReplyDeleteI run from the vac folks. We had one come once and I just had to shut the door in her face and lock it! I felt rude but sigh...
ReplyDeleteNow the Mormons? I used to sit outside and witness back to them. After that, they crossed the street when it came to our house and then crossed back to our side of the street after they passed our house. I'd even wave and say hello. It was hilarious!
Something similar happened to my cousin ... And when she refused to by the vacuum, the salesman took the dirt he had vacuumed up and DUMPED IT BACK ON THEIR CARPET!!
ReplyDeleteThis is hilarious and kind of sad...Tato once let someone in who was demonstration a vacuum cleaner...I let them clean my furniture and then told them to leave ;)
ReplyDeleteI don't know if we have Kirby salespeople in MN. Or really door to door salespeople here at all (besides Girl Scouts and kids selling stuff for school findraisers). If a Kirby person ever ends up at my door, I'll remember this experience and NOT LET THEM IN! What normal person can just drop $2800 willy nilly, anyways?
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