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mbtompkins
RE: World's Top 10 Hilarious Sales Videos
#1 was great until the GD and lapdances.
You could have dropped the GDit and changed lapdance to "buddies" bar tab it would have not been so alienating to men and women, fathers and mothers.
Too much shock. So much so that even though I thought it would ring true and support morale in any sales meeting- it panders to the stereotype of sleezy sales people- the kind not to invite to your office or networking parties. -
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Geoffrey James, Sales Machine
RE: World's Top 10 Hilarious Sales Videos
Re: Note 1:
You kinda have to have seen the original movie to see why that made sense. It wouldn't have made any sense if the sales guy hadn't been doing something outrageous.
As for the mild profanity, I'm suspect that most people hear much worse every day in most workplaces. I'll stick a warning on it, though.
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