WoW...After Only 2mos in This Biz, Ive Seen It All Now!!

TDFnCali

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Ok so ummmm, Ive heard of A LOT of strange, weird, offensive, funny & heartbreaking stories here over the last 6mos or so. But after today, I dont know what else to say about our demographic we deal with.

It's been a slow 2nd month for me....seems most of my leads dont answer the phone/door, never there, are busy, or I cant help them. Needless to say, Ive been doing a lot of drive bys with very few appts. But today was my "lucky" day, I got a man at 130 whom Ive met before finally ready to go (and another tonite at 630 for hopefully hubby & wife).

So as I get to this mans house (hes always in a rush), hes outside already & approaches me with a folder in his hand as I start to walk towards him. He informs me he forgot to tell me the last time we met that he had a colonoscopy <sp> done & he has to wait additional time cause they found something they need to do further testing on (could be cancer). He apologizes several times & tells me he needs to wait to do anything with insurance til this is done. I offer my condolences and sympathy & I tell him I understood....thats when he goes to the folder, opens it, pulls out a picture of his A$$ and says "See there, they said that could be cancer...and i gotta hold off on insurance til I know (he has term now thru AARP)."

Im totally taken aback and dumbfounded....I never thought Id ever see an A-hole before, let alone someone else's. WOW....gotta love this FE biz, u guys didnt warn me of ANYTHING like this!!

:err::err:
 
LOL -- at least you have stories and know every day is an adventure.

Last 10 days has been slooow for me too, TD, after having a slammin' several months prior to that.

Ok so ummmm, Ive heard of A LOT of strange, weird, offensive, funny & heartbreaking stories here over the last 6mos or so. But after today, I dont know what else to say about our demographic we deal with.

It's been a slow 2nd month for me....seems most of my leads dont answer the phone/door, never there, are busy, or I cant help them. Needless to say, Ive been doing a lot of drive bys with very few appts. But today was my "lucky" day, I got a man at 130 whom Ive met before finally ready to go (and another tonite at 630 for hopefully hubby & wife).

So as I get to this mans house (hes always in a rush), hes outside already & approaches me with a folder in his hand as I start to walk towards him. He informs me he forgot to tell me the last time we met that he had a colonoscopy <sp> done & he has to wait additional time cause they found something they need to do further testing on (could be cancer). He apologizes several times & tells me he needs to wait to do anything with insurance til this is done. I offer my condolences and sympathy & I tell him I understood....thats when he goes to the folder, opens it, pulls out a picture of his A$$ and says "See there, they said that could be cancer...and i gotta hold off on insurance til I know (he has term now thru AARP)."

Im totally taken aback and dumbfounded....I never thought Id ever see an A-hole before, let alone someone else's. WOW....gotta love this FE biz, u guys didnt warn me of ANYTHING like this!!

:err::err:
 
thats when he goes to the folder, opens it, pulls out a picture of his A$$ and says "See there, they said that could be cancer...and i gotta hold off on insurance til I know (he has term now thru AARP)."

Im totally taken aback and dumbfounded....I never thought Id ever see an A-hole before, let alone someone else's. WOW....gotta love this FE biz, u guys didnt warn me of ANYTHING like this!!

:err::err:

I am laughing so freakin hard my bladder is just about let go on me... :1laugh::1laugh:

Sad but true, all these things are part of the biz. However, you will turn these into similar situation stories... the next time some ole guy tells you he wants to wait, you just tell him about ole Joe over on Blossom Way, who told you the same thing. Months later he turns up with Colo-rectal Ca, and all before you got the ins in place.... (shaking your head no in disbelief... then be quiet). These don't work nearly all the time but the more of this ammo that you have, the more believable that you are and it will push a few of them over the hurdle of "lets wait".

Damn, that was pretty funny though, of course I didn't have to look at the pic. ;)
 
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Some ppl pull out pics of the 'grand kids"..............

Others whip out a folder full of azz shots..................

Forget about the price of gas, watch out for rising.... AZZ:D:D:D
 
I almost spilled my coffee laughing at your post. That is so funny. I have only been at this about two months too. It's always an adventure with the face to face prospect, that is for sure.
 
Ok, I'll tell a second hand story here. When a friend of mine was fairly new to the business he was working with a more experienced agent. This more experienced agent was as straight-laced as they come. So they are meeting with an oriental couple with very strong asian accents. They are discussing some of the health questions on the application and the husband says his wife is a hot mama. These two agents just looked confused and the man says "she hot mama". He could tell they were still confused so he called her in the room and had her pull her shirt up over her head exposing her chest and pointed to a scar and said "hot mama".

It was a heart murmur. My friend said the straight-laced agent was as red faced as one could get. Good news, they got the business....and a peep show.
 
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