I was trolling through YouTube looking for some good sales training vids, and noticed something really weird. There are literally dozens of amateur videos displaying a rabid hatred of salespeople. Many of these videos feature the sales rep actually getting killed. Here’s one, taken from a video game, showing ten ways to kill a salesman — a capability that’s apparently part of the “fun” of playing the game:
What gives? Why the hostility? Most sales pros are just trying to make a living. And the ones that I’ve known (and I’ve known many) are all positive, upbeat, fun people. But plenty of people apparently think it’s OK to spew hatred at a profession that, according to figures I’ve seen, is the most rapidly growing career in the United States.
Why the hatred? Why the killing “jokes”? I mean, there are plenty of other professions that could, and even should, inspire some real hatred. But you don’t see people posting videos of themselves shooting CEOs or Windows Vista programmers.
Why have sales professionals been singled out as the only people that it’s acceptable, and even funny, to hate? Seriously, what’s up with that?
