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I know this could potentially piss off my colleagues as well as other peers but do we need them? This is coming from my area of work only, I know only about web services, websites, software, technology, I have no intention of bullshitting my way to make you beleive I really know anything about business. Putting myself in the shoes of a client (or potential client) I would much rather speak with a person with the functional ability and knowledge to get the job done rather than someone who's skills and abilities revolve around getting me to buy something that perhaps I don't even need. Sure they are young, smart, well presented and possibly intelligent, but do they really know what they are talking about? Sending out salesmen for your service, as far as I see it, is working in completely the wrong direction that this should work. If your product is good and has value then people are going to come to you. The only scenario where I see you needing a salesman is when your product or service is of no use to anybody, in which case, what the fuck are you doing?

Photograph by Christina Campisi

What happened?

Our little family of three were in the town center where we live yesterday and we had to find somewhere to get lunch. When my son's belly starts rumbling finding a place to eat gets quite time critical. So we hastily set about finding a place that looked like it might serve something that, at least, resembled food and could accommodate children. The first restaurant we entered had two floors (probably making use of the limited and probably more expensive space in a town center). We waited to be seated, until we were approached by a waitress who sent us upstairs and told us that we would be seated there. So we went upstairs where we were ignored for some reason. The top of the stair case was situated right by a door to the kitchen and several staff walked right by the three of us standing there like lemons, a little odd I thought. Whilst I was waiting I had a look around to see if there was no where to seat us, but there was plenty of space for my little family.

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