| | | Ot. So I will briefly tell you my story:
Exit my car to walk into a restaurant. Nicely-dressed guy pulls up beside me and asks, "Sir, in which direction is the Los Angeles airport? I'm trying to catch a flight to Milan." I give him directions, about straight up the road. a couple of miles.
He says, thanks, turns to drive away then stops, gets out of the car. "Look", he says. "I'm just returning home to Milan from a couple of weeks here demonstrating our perfumes at Macy's (down the road). "I've got these perfumes. Why don't you take some for your wife. I can't take them on the plane." Opens trunk. "Take as many as you want. There's cologne for men too. Take some." "No I don't want any; I don't use cologne and my wife selects her own." "Well take them as gifts. I don't care. I can't take them back with me." "Ok, I'll take a couple of bottles." (I grab two or three.) Thanks. ....(pause and he turns away. Turns back. "You know I've got some really expensive perfumes here by the top names (mentions designers). They're worth hundreds. Take a bottle for your wife or the men's cologne. How about giving me something for one of them though. Say $20." "Uh no, I don't think I'll use them." "Let me put the one's you've got back and take one of these. You'll be really pleased and be doing me a favor, and letting me repay your kindness." "Uh..."
$40 dollars later the guy is getting somewhat angry that I'm not buying more.
I leave to go into the restaurant. Wow, classic "Influence". Very impressive. Guy was so smooth (smoother than I write here), and I just didn't have the couple extra brain cells to stop myself. OhwhatajerkIam.
Later at home I pull out the "Influence" book. A roadmap of what happened. And of course the perfumes were cheap knockoff's. Smell good though.
Well, it would never happen to you guys. You're too astute to be taken in by a con man. |
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