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Should I troll these people?

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theabortionator
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Now I'm all for giving my hard earned money to the heir to the nigerian thrown, but that's different. That's easy money without work.


So I get this call the other day and ignored it cause I was half conscious. Anyway same number calls back today and its a 518 area code so I answer is(I answer random numbers most of the time, if it's people people retarded I just hang up)


Hey, this is natasha with "vector?" I actually work with sarah ****** at her new job. And she just started working with us and has been doing extremely well and shes been great to work with and the reason why I'm calling is we've had some opening on our team and sarah actually recommended you as someone who would be interested in making a little extra cash and would be great for the position so I definitely wanted to give you a call and tell you a little bit more about what we have available and invite you in for an interview you can reach me at......



^Note the lovely run on sentence and lack of any details whatsoever. Vague as fuck.


I'm wondering if this is like those magazine crew or something. Should I callback and tell them some ridiculous shit. Go to an interview and do something ridiculous. Get a job and go undercover unveiling the injustices that probably exist in whatever sketchy environment they offer.


Also she was pushing toward this interview not giving any info. Then asked me to spell my full name to make sure everything was right for the file or something. So they didn't even have my full name. Told her I'd call her back. Wanted to come up with a plan.


Is this just your standard thing or is this something worth fucking with. I don't want to call back and just tell her to go fuck herself if there's a golden opportunity.





WHAT SHOULD I DO??????????????????????????????????




And yeah, not my greatest thread or anything but I'm looking for some ideas/advice. +K for brilliance
May 1 2012 12:25PM
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Mr.LemonPie
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Vector is Multi level marketing. I think it is knives, and I think it is pretty new. MLMs work for some people...but not most.
May 1 2012 12:33PM
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theabortionator
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Damn so it's just it's just one of those shitty legit but not at all legit things where they tell you to sell tupperwear, knives, meth, whatever and you make a certain amount based off what you sell which adds up to pretty much nothing. And you have to go door to door and people hate you. And they show you pictures of people that are driving around in lambos because they got this sweet job opportunity?

I was hoping it was more underground and dangerous.



Should I just let them be?
May 1 2012 12:41PM
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45.
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Yeah Vector is the knife deal. You have to buy the "promo" set and go around and try and sell more knives.
May 1 2012 12:43PM
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theabortionator
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I bet mad people buy the promo set and never sell a knife.


It's prolly like 200 bucks too
May 1 2012 12:45PM
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lineskier10
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you figured it out, but yes you should fuck with them
May 1 2012 12:47PM
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Lansfield
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Tl;dr
May 1 2012 1:23PM
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Lansfield
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But deffinetly troll and post result.
May 1 2012 1:24PM
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artfullydodged
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Yea, troll those fuckers for all youre worth.
May 1 2012 1:25PM
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NinetyFour
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Aha troll them by saying your a knife conisour and you have a for collection of knives, but you won't sell their shit because it isn't to the fine quality and standard craftsmanship of knives you're used to.
May 1 2012 1:53PM
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northeast
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the question should never be should I troll; only how hard should I troll?
May 1 2012 1:54PM
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theabortionator
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Should I just take there lead and start my own company selling bullshit hopes and dreams?
May 1 2012 1:55PM
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doitbig
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Welcome to MLM!  The business profits off the "reps" and makes little to nothing acutally supplying a product to the consumer.
May 1 2012 1:56PM
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doitbig
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Also...troll and troll hard my friend.
May 1 2012 1:56PM
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Funkadelic
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It's selling cutco cutlery. They tried to get me to do it a couple years ago. They just want you to go to people's houses and sell them knives while trying to make it seem like experience working for them is invaluable. Basically it's a scam, but as with anything I know a guy that made bank working for them.
May 1 2012 1:57PM
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Karma_Police
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TLDR

Answer to first question.  Yes, always troll when opportunity arises.
May 1 2012 1:58PM
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steezyjibber
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hahaha, Vector called me at the beginning of last summer with the same opening sentences. Hi, this is so and so calling from vector, your friend is working with us, etc. etc. Haha
May 1 2012 1:59PM
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theabortionator
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it's not worth reading anyway. Just my half conscious babble.


But I like what I'm hearing. I won't call the trial yet but it seems like the verdict is heading toward yes to troll. Nope I'll just have to think up something ridiculous, hopefully something borderline legal, and absolutely epic.


Is there any angle I could take to this that could get me on the orielly show? Im still trying to find ways to do that
May 1 2012 2:01PM
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theBearJew
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I literally got that call 2 days ago. They want you to sell Cut-Co knives. Or at least that is what they wanted me to do. The person who you know who they mentioned gets a referral bonus of you join.

Once she said the words Cut-Co I was like
"I dont have time to do that"
She replied, "Do you want to hear more about it?"
"No"

And that was the end of our conversation.

Call her back and try to sell them on a brand of knives that they should sell instead of Cut-Co.

May 1 2012 2:05PM
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doitbig
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I would document each step of the troll...

1. Initial Phone Call

2. Interview

3. A day in the filed (if you make it past the interview)

obviously full troll at each step.

May 1 2012 2:06PM
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theabortionator
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I feel like this is an office meeting or soemthing. We're all going around the table talking the steps through of how to go about this properly, and trolling full throttle seems to be what everyone is thinking.
May 1 2012 2:10PM
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theBearJew
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I still think you should go in with a set of knives you bought at bed bath and create a sales pitch for them. Try to sell them on switching companies.

If they actually buy the troll, you will make money providing the knives to them.
May 1 2012 2:12PM
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theabortionator
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As long as I can return the knives to the store if vector doesn't want them.





I'm going to start a company, we're selling hopes and dreams, idk what else but def hopes and dreams. We're going to get rich off of false promises and misleading salepitches.
May 1 2012 2:19PM
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mathmansam
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Absolutely troll Vector.  I trolled the Southwest Company by going through all their interview crap, constantly asking annoying questions about what kind of lunch I would be having on a days work, what sort of people are most likely to buy their shit, etc.

Some ideas on how to troll them:
-Bring your own knife set to the interview, ask if you can sell it.
-Try to get hired, call in sick every day until you are fired.
-keep rescheduling your interview.

thats all I have right now
May 1 2012 2:21PM
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.RYAN66
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I going to Take a seat right hurr.
May 1 2012 2:22PM
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alexat955
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my dad wanted me to do the cutco job training last summer because he said it is valuable to be able to sell people a product they dont want haha. vector fucking sucks. troll the shit out of them.

on a side note, cutco knives are actually really awesome
May 1 2012 2:24PM
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theBearJew
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Just save the receipt. Get them from walmart to be safe. They take anything back...

And your business plan is sound. Right in line with the company you are in contact with... Can I do your marketing? I have been called the Einstein of Marketing.
May 1 2012 2:28PM
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bdarb207
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Go in there with black glasses and a blind walking stick and play it out the whole time, then start picking up knives and tossing them and shit, you won't.
May 1 2012 2:33PM
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armadaski44
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go to the interview and troll the shit out fo them. flop your cock out over your wrist (discreetly) and ask him to read your watch.

May 1 2012 2:35PM
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theabortionator
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Shit I lost.

May 1 2012 2:37PM
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armadaski44
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i laughed out loud at this. PLEASE do this
May 1 2012 2:38PM
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theBearJew
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Combine our ideas... Go in blind with a walking stick and a brand new set of knives from bed bath. Your sales pitch can involve throwing them, cutting things, and being blind...

"They cut so good you don't even need to see what you're doing!"
May 1 2012 2:45PM
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theabortionator
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I'll make sure to mention that they are fingerprint resistant so the cops won't be able to track you down. Also repeatedly ask about drug testing and background checks on my record.
May 1 2012 2:48PM
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FLBP
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I knew a girl that worked at Vector, she went around cutting up pinapples and ropes.

If you have to ask if you should troll, it's always a yes.

May 1 2012 2:48PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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their product is actually really good, but the job fucking sucks. those knives are the shit, but they're expensive as fuck if I remember correctly. i honestly wouldn't even waste my time with it....unless, of course, you're that bored and have nothing better to do. in which case, yes, troll the fuck out of them.
May 1 2012 2:50PM
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danderson.
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Do it. Threads.
May 1 2012 2:54PM
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Smokey.
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during the interview, just be sketch as fuck and ask absurd questions. Drinking during the interview would also be hilarious.
May 1 2012 3:05PM
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rigzz
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Can I see the knives we are talking about here? Because I doubt they have anything to do with real knives.. And also, FOR SURE you have to troll them.
May 1 2012 3:05PM
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e_strapp
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LOL
May 1 2012 3:11PM
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TheClap.
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do it you wont
May 1 2012 3:25PM
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No_Dub
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i personally dare you
May 1 2012 3:39PM
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Cotter
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lost so hard, but anyways, go to the interview and start calling out the interviewer on everything thats wrong with them (stupid tie, weird hair etc) then when you leave spit on your hand and shake their's
May 1 2012 3:56PM
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bangarangmules
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This.

And something very similar happened to me. I was just walking around one summer grabbing applications for any place that said it was hiring. They gave me an interview right on the spot and offered me a position without telling me what the hell I would do. I said I'd call them back and never did. They called me a good 10 times probably. Sketchy as hell, and I've only heard bad things about working for them.


So yes, troll them somehow.
May 1 2012 4:13PM
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SpaghettiWizard
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Wear little/no/superfuckingbeatup clothing to the interview
May 1 2012 4:24PM
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Negro_Jesus
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Offer to give them discount abortions

May 1 2012 5:06PM
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yojimbo
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you should try selling them vaccums and get tons of people to call in with different solicitations.
May 1 2012 5:11PM
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eirikdl
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wear this http://www.google.no/imgres?q=borat+mankini&um=1&hl=no&sa=N&biw=1281&bih=679&tbm=isch&tbnid=T9_2QfOJI59oiM:&imgrefurl=http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/gadgets/official-borat-mankini-thong/&docid=HMeIfafpOHEKIM&imgurl=http://img.dooyoo.co.uk/GB_EN/orig/0/8/1/3/1/813163.jpg&w=300&h=300&ei=zlOgT6j4HsrP4QT66em7BQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=432&vpy=301&dur=1238&hovh=225&hovw=225&tx=123&ty=107&sig=109478724941637648448&page=2&tbnh=163&tbnw=163&start=20&ndsp=25&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:20,i:119
May 1 2012 5:21PM
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Drewdub
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dont gotta fuck with them, my buddy used to do it and hes a pretty cool guy. at least call her back and ask her wtf she is doing and tell her to get a better job. be the nice guy
May 1 2012 5:39PM
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DBL
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Interview with ski goggles on! Say is for your eyes
May 1 2012 5:47PM
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CrotchKiller
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go and try and sell them knives but use a massive trench coat with all of the knives on the inside like in the movies.
May 1 2012 5:49PM
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Spinoza
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yep.   i almost got caught up in this and im glad i didnt!

just let them go on with their poor existence and be done with it
May 1 2012 5:50PM
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