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DS1119

Once or twice a week this catholic group comes into the dealership and tries to sell customers and other employees baked goods. They sell cookies, cake, cheesecakes and the money goes to charity. It's a great cause in my opinion but also at the same time they are soliciting our customers in our place of business. I've had to boot them out numerous times. I mean I even got into an argument with one of them that it's no different than if I sent some salespeople to their church during mass and started handing out brochures and business cards. Does anyone else here get these groups showing up to their workplace?

peacefrompaul

Sometimes people try to sell stuff at my store.

Of course they have to leave

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just building sponsored shit. we see jewelry, baked goods, costco, schools in the lobby trying to sell shit.

in the office, it's mostly girl scout cookies, plus the community committee that is always trying to make you feel bad at quarterly meetings. i'm so tempted to get up and leave when they start talking

Slap upside the head

Don't boot them out - tell them to make "special" baked goods and watch your sales goes up as customers mood swings change from hesistant and undecided to happy to part with their money.

JonnyPistachio

DS1119 wrote:

Once or twice a week this catholic group comes into the dealership and tries to sell customers and other employees baked goods. They sell cookies, cake, cheesecakes and the money goes to charity. It's a great cause in my opinion but also at the same time they are soliciting our customers in our place of business. I've had to boot them out numerous times. I mean I even got into an argument with one of them that it's no different than if I sent some salespeople to their church during mass and started handing out brochures and business cards. Does anyone else here get these groups showing up to their workplace?

I'd have to agree with you. There are a million other ways they could sell their baked goods, i.e. have a bake sale at a specific location or something... I'm always skeptical that simply raising money is their only angle. I feel they're out recruiting too, and it can be disruptive to business.

This is why i've grown to apprciate all the Jewish folks here in Fla, they dont push anything on people and they stay to themselves in regards tot their religion.

SatansFuton

I've had somewhat similar things happen in the past, but I don't remember them ever doing it without first asking permission. Maybe work out some deal with them where they just set up a table in the showroom or something (assuming you guys don't mind, or have your own concessions) so they're not going around hassling people. That way if somebody does want something, they can go to them, and not have them wandering around your lot soliciting their baked goods to everybody. Or just boot them out, enforce no soliciting. I've been to dealerships to have my car worked on before, and it would have been nice to have something other than the shitty vending machine they had. I couldn't GO anywhere.

DS1119

These people will walk into the store and go office to office carrying these boxes of goods. I've found them in the showroom, the parts department, the back offices where paperwork is processed...they're like cockroaches. The bad part, for me is I'm catholic so I hate being a dick to them. I know what they're trying to do its just very frustrating because I can't have it. If I let one group come in I have to let everyone in to do the same and I can't have that.

push me and i will resist

No I'm not that lucky. I wish I had people coming to where I work bringing in food and shit.
Nothing like a bunch of hot donuts

SatansFuton

DS1119 wrote:

These people will walk into the store and go office to office carrying these boxes of goods. I've found them in the showroom, the parts department, the back offices where paperwork is processed...they're like cockroaches. The bad part, for me is I'm catholic so I hate being a dick to them. I know what they're trying to do its just very frustrating because I can't have it. If I let one group come in I have to let everyone in to do the same and I can't have that.

Well, just because you're Catholic doesn't mean you can't be stern with them. Maybe one day Jesus will open a dealership they can chill at, but you can't have strangers running all over your building doing what they damn well please. Just because they're working for charity doesn't give them license to do whatever they want, just ask Lance.

LloydXmas

I've had people come to my door during the day. I tell them to send Prince and then we can talk.

DS1119

LloydXmas wrote:

I've had people come to my door during the day. I tell them to send Prince and then we can talk.

As in prince the symbol prince?

LloydXmas

DS1119 wrote:

LloydXmas wrote:

I've had people come to my door during the day. I tell them to send Prince and then we can talk.

As in prince the symbol prince?

Yeah he's a Jehovah

DS1119

LloydXmas wrote:

DS1119 wrote:

LloydXmas wrote:

I've had people come to my door during the day. I tell them to send Prince and then we can talk.

As in prince the symbol prince?

Yeah he's a Jehovah

Did not know that.