So a young man comes to my door just now.
Mumbles a bunch of stuff about water and savings and such and then asks me to go get my last water bill.
I tell him no.
Within about two minutes of meeting me, he starts to push past me to go downstairs to check my water system.
I stop him.
“You want me to take my shoes off?” he asks.
“What are you selling?” I ask. Nothing, he laughs, as if I’m a stupid old man.
So I grab the dog and go out on the porch with him and ask him to sit down.
“Oh, so we’re sitting down now,” he chuckles, sarcastically. “Yes we are,” I reply.
So he tells me all about the amazing water filters his company offers. Boy they sound good. All for the cost of a dollar a day.
Feels strange to be talking money with someone who isn’t selling anything.
But here’s the good news. The installation fee is $600 but he has a guy in the neighbourhood right now so if I sign up today, that fee is going to be waived.
Give me your business card and website, I tell him. “I don’t have a business card, but if you have a piece of paper you can write down the name of the company.”
So, I enter the name in my phone. And he leaves, less friendly than he was when he arrived.
I will check out his company on the Internet to see if it’s legit.
Maybe it is.
©2015 Jim Hagarty
