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| Author: | 2 Jobs [ Wed Nov 21, 2012 9:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Head Scratcher |
Part of my day job is to try and drum up business by visiting taxi ranks and offices usually within a 50/60 mile radius of the insurance office where I work. Today I been in a fairly affluent seaside town and visited 4 offices of different firms. Lots of similarities: 1) Exteriors all very shabby with garish posters and lettering. 3 out of 4 advertising for drivers. 2) All had customer waiting areas with seats I wouldn't want to sit on even in my gardening overalls 3) The contoller was sat behind a barred window, this is not a deprived inner city area but a fairly famous "nice" seaside resort 4) The controller; male/female didn't seem to make a difference, looked like their hair hadn't seen shampoo for a few days. 5) They were scruffy, the clothes worn would not be accepted by a charity shop for resale. 6) The drivers I saw weren't much better and seemed to have forgotten how to use a razor. 7) Looking through behind the controllers, the offices were a mess. How's trade I asked? Bit quiet was the reply. TBH seeing this lot, if I was a customer on holiday I would prefer to walk! I don't get it! |
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| Author: | wannabeeahack [ Wed Nov 21, 2012 10:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Head Scratcher |
You did just FOUR calls in a day? |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Wed Nov 21, 2012 10:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Head Scratcher |
wannabeeahack wrote: You did just FOUR calls in a day? Maybe he got a tad depressed. |
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| Author: | wannabeeahack [ Wed Nov 21, 2012 11:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Head Scratcher |
4 calls in 1 town, his commission wont kick in like that |
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| Author: | 2 Jobs [ Thu Nov 22, 2012 10:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Head Scratcher |
I learned a trick from my taxi driving activities, I took the scenic route  I guess what I failed to make clear that this was just in one town. I visited 2 others that day and found tidy cars, drivers and offices. I was just really puzzeled as to why in these tough times businesses can be so slovenly. 
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| Author: | wannabeeahack [ Thu Nov 22, 2012 10:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Head Scratcher |
My old boss used to ask how many calls id done in a 7.5tonner as a rep, i included laybys, snackvans and calling home to see the....... and he asked why my weekly mileage was high, and where did i live? our base was in Cannock so i used to say "the other side of Oswestry", i never said how far the other side though...
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