Working in the Inner City
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Try to go on set daytime appointments. If you are canvassing do it in areas you are familiar with. If you are leaving an appointment and its late ask them to walk you to your car.
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Just to pimp FE tele-sales........you can call the hood or anywhere else after it gets dark with no concern about safety.
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Yeah... no doorknocking for me at sunset... yikes.
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I had clients who came outside to see what I drove and told me that's what they were doing. I suspect more did it and didn't say anything.
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I drive a nice looking '98 Lexus and never had any problems with people thinking I'm a prick up front.
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That's a 15 year old car, so it probably blends in. Please tell us you have spinners on it!
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Bet he has to google "spinners". ha jk
I had one client tell his 2 sons to walk me to my car to make sure that I made it o.k., and that was in a neighborhood that I would deem as safe.
I always dress in business casual .... chinos, button down shirt with a sweater vest over it, no tie. I've never had a problem in any area that I've worked. Even the one that had a sign on a house saying, 'no drugs are to be sold in front of this house or we will call the police' (True!)
I always dress in business casual .... chinos, button down shirt with a sweater vest over it, no tie. I've never had a problem in any area that I've worked. Even the one that had a sign on a house saying, 'no drugs are to be sold in front of this house or we will call the police' (True!)
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Most of the violence is drug on drug in bad neighborhoods. I'm not sure they want to call attention to themselves by messing with salesmen.
I worked L.A. door to door for about a year and a half, as in all of it. We worked as far east as San Bernadino and west to the coast while working every neighborhood in between. We had thousands of reps in the field every day and I never heard of any incident.
I worked L.A. door to door for about a year and a half, as in all of it. We worked as far east as San Bernadino and west to the coast while working every neighborhood in between. We had thousands of reps in the field every day and I never heard of any incident.
