Fnord Incorporated

I believe in the marketing term “Sell Naked”.. sometimes

The term “Sell Naked” basically denotes that if you have no clothes on, you have no sleeves to hide a trick in. It comes from one of the clients that we have at my primary job. They are all salary based employees with no spiffs for selling cars. they are VERY well compensated for their 40 hours a week, and thus provide the absolute best service for every person they meet. There is no reason to lie cheat or bend the truth, because they are being paid regardless. this allows them to assist the end user in making the best decisions they can. best for the individual consumer, not the company. as a result, the company is rolling in cash because they are very well respected nationwide. There are a couple automobile companies out there that practice variations of thi, honestly, do not remember which one i am referring to.. i do know that it is NOT this one . though they have some pretty humorous videos/commercials to watch when you get a couple minutes to toss away.

When it comes to answering questions people ask me, i like to give accurate information or insight. I am a naked seller. I want to give them exactly what they need, even if they do not consider it to be positive. Because of this, i am an ear that people speak into fairly often. I am a trusted source for solid, logical and emotional reference.

Over the last couple days, i have had some instances that i wish i could take back my nakedness though. on some levels, i even wish i were a liar.

Instance one.
During the hellish week i had, i found that i had some down time. time that i could not be doing damage control, as i was dependent on a response from someone else to continue. I was invited by a friend (who will will refer to as Cherry) to join her in going to a local blogger meet and greet sponsored by a local news studio. it was a good time, and was great relaxation on the whole.

prior to going to the meet, i was waiting at the bar across the street, drinking a beer. Cherry and i were discussing numerous things and feedback was given. During the conversation, i felt, that in order to make sure she had all the dice she needed to play yahtzee, she needed to know i was incredibly attracted to her. based on the conversation, this was truly informative as it let Cherry know that some of my views may be skewed in the positive and should be taken with salt. i let her clearly know that were i not dating Suzuki, i would have probably asked her out a couple times by now.

Cherry and i are good friends, and i treat her as such with respect and care. i have no intention of dating her. I have no intention of breaking up with Suzuki.unfortunately, i feel that being naked in this instance may skew our friend ship and how she sees i treat her, as if an alternate motive exists…

Instance two:

an acquaintance of mine works for an an insurance company. her and i were talking today and she was crying her eyes out. She had been put in a position she was uncomfortable with at her work.

the low down is that one of the insurance clients that they work with is a couple that are in their late 80’s. the husband has been on life support for a year or so, and the wife has been ill. recently the wife died, and as power of attorney had not been set up in advance, their insurance policy had no backdrop for contact and was cancelled when she passed away. it would take 14-20 days to process all his needs and to get everything back up and running. the hospital that the husband is being treated at will only float him with out insurance for a week. after that, they will pull the plug.

i am no lawyer, but i am assuming that his is all legal somehow. i have nothing in my mind that would me me look all this up. i would be out of my league.

unfortunately, my acquaintance was the person who had to call the next of kin and advise them of the situation. she told them who to get a hold of and how to start getting things in motion.

she was crying because she had, in essence, called a family and told them that their father/grandfather/uncle/brother would be dead in a week. All i could tell her is that it was out of her hands, that there ws nothing she could do…

If i could go back, i would tell her it was going to be alright, that people would not let that happen.

I would have lied…. i think it would have made us both feel better to pretend that it was the truth.