Just three weeks ago I branched out yet again. For those of you of who have checked through my bio you may have noticed just how many varied lives I have led. My father-in-law Noel directed me through an old manager of his to the RAC. Now I work in sales. That bloke outside the services you see, the man by Tesco, the woman in the shopping centre? That’s me now (well obviously not the woman part.) For my sins I attended a training course, which was run by three of the Sales managers. Direct sales is something I have never done before so as you can guess it was at first a bit nerve-racking, still is to be honest.
Every company has rumours and I have noticed already sales-staff speak in whispers more than most. I have been told great things about companies and terrors on the other hand. But what I do know is what I have gathered from my own eyes. I have been given excellent support every step along the way – down to uniform, the stand, training and managers who are eager to help. Now this is not a recruitment message but just my late notes on what I should have spoken about last week.
Its an interesting few weeks. Along with starting in sales I had a fantastic patch of bad luck that I have never had happen to me before. Such as quite a bad road accident, no one else involved but my poor car had to see the garage quite urgently. Added to that I had some blank days, never good especially when starting up. But since then I am back on track. And its a job I love the money I have earned so far is quite comfortable, even with the bad patch. Im out of the rain mainly and I spend my day talking with people – talking is my job.
People are by and large really nice. It is so easy to bemoan the state of the nation, to despair on the country but I can assure you the majority of people I meet – which at a supermarket is a cross-section of everyone there have maybe been less than a handful of people unpleasant to me – that’s ten days of meeting hundreds of people a day. I have learnt a lot from conversations, shared tales and been given an easter egg and a cheese and onion pasty. The most amazing thing I find is how so many people wish you a good day, not automatically but turn around and wish you one direct to you.
Spare a thought to the salesman. And if its me do buy from me 
