My esteemed sales manager, Lorraine, went out and about in town yesterday, having a chat to local businesses and handing out some of our promotional leaflets for website design services.
The reception Lorraine received on most premises was friendly and polite, but there were two business owner/managers that were downright rude.
One of these was simply dismissive and disinterested. The other, when presented with one of our leaflets, pushed it back with a curt "You can take that back".
I am the first to concede that it can be a nuisance to be disturbed during the course of a working day. However, this is a small local business community, and it must be in everyone's best interest to try to help one another when financial times are hard. Good manners go a long way, and even if our leaflet was filed in the bin once Lorraine had left, a polite acknowledgment of another local business, and potential customer, might have been politic.
Suffice to say, I shall think twice before buying Bertie any treats from the second of the above traders, nor shall I buy greetings cards from the first.
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