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Does your job involve "selling"?

Started by Martinus, February 20, 2015, 03:32:52 AM

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Razgovory

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February 21, 2015, 05:08:04 PM
I once sold concessions at the Pool.  Then the lifeguards found out and I had to leave. :(
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Siege

#61
February 23, 2015, 12:21:06 PM
Quote from: Caliga on February 20, 2015, 01:42:47 PM
Quote from: Siege on February 20, 2015, 01:06:39 PM
I sell death to America's enemies.
You win the thread.

Did I win? Really?
I never won anything here in Languish, other than people's scorn and hatred.

(Not sure what scorn means, other than it is something bad, so I added hatred for dramatic effect)


"All men are created equal, then some become infantry."

"Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't."

"Laissez faire et laissez passer, le monde va de lui même!"

Admiral Yi

#62
February 23, 2015, 12:23:07 PM
Scorn is like contempt or disdain.  It means people think poorly of you.

Valmy

#63
February 23, 2015, 12:41:47 PM
I like you Siege :)

I have never met anybody quite like you, online or off.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Monoriu

#64
February 25, 2015, 06:01:46 AM
Quote from: Martinus on February 21, 2015, 01:34:12 AM
Quote from: Monoriu on February 21, 2015, 12:29:17 AM
Everybody sells, even civil servants.  We all have to convince others to buy our ideas, whether the target audience is our bosses or the public.

Do civil servants in Hong Kong regularly appear in front of the public and try to sell them stuff? Because trying to think up talking points for politicians/government officials is not "selling things to the public".

Yes.  HK used to be a colony.  There is no "political class" in a colony, and the tradition is still somewhat true today.  The functions of the political class are performed by civil servants.  So yes, civil servants go to the legislature to get votes, civil servants appear on camera and talk to the public, civil servants go meet angry residents directly. 
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