yesterday, i went to southmall.
i had my whole agenda planned. i was just going to walk in there and look for some cheap furniture for the sor house. along the way, there was this guy from family first who talked about free gifts(like movie passes and a magic pillow) and winning a brand new car. i've always seen these guys at the mall and since i really had nothing more to do, i decided to listen. i went with him to their main office, which was located above kenny rogers, and waited to be called inside. he promised me that it will only take 30-45 mins of my time. then this girl, named ethel, came out and called me. at first, she showed me pictures of the people who won a car and a house. after that, we sat on a table and she began to talk about business.
family first is like a bank/insurance company. you keep paying them so that they can keep your money and give it back after 7 years. i wasn't really that interested so i didn't want to open an account. i mean, i could use the money for other things like school books or clothes. And besides, my parents had a lot of fallback plans already.
after the very lengthy and seemingly endless proposal, i just said that i didn't want to open an account. she then tried to change the topic to my wallet, the pictures inside my wallet, my bag, my eyes, etc. she's pretty tricky. sometimes i know she doesn't listen. i kept telling her that i don't have a boyfriend and she keeps teasing me about my boyfriend being my beneficiary. she was really starting to irritate me. she kept on saying "wow" whenever i told something about myself. it was really pathetic. i don't even know if the story she told me about her dad was true. the fact that she was from ust was even very doubtful. i guess she noticed that she wasn't going to convince me either way with her lies so she had some reinforcement.
meet jojo. the bottomfeeder. this guy was even worse than ethel. the first thing he said was that he liked my eyes. every minute i was getting compliments...figures when you're desperate. he explained the plan again and tried to convince me to open one. my answer was still no and it was getting to be a firmer no. he wasn't convincing me but instead i just wanted to shove the papers into his mouth and get the hell out of there. when i said no, he told me to fill up the form so that maybe next year i could look at it and regret the opportunity that was right in front of me then. so i did. then, he asked for my credit card. i didn't give it to him. i didn't trust these guys especially him. then he asked for my cellphone number and said that he wanted to take me out for dinner sometime. it was so hard to keep myself from laughing in his face and telling him that he was so pathetic but then he touched my hand. i quickly jerked it away from him. this was too much! then he moved closer so that he's knees were touching my knees. that's when i just told him i don't want to open an account and i just had to go now. it's been two hours already. he finally gave up. ethel came and gave me the movie passes and another free gift which was an alarm clock. after all i've been through, i realized that the movie passes and alarm clock wasn't worth my time after all. when i was about to go, they kept telling me to take care because you never know when accidents are bound to happen and i don't have a family first plan to support my family. what is that?! i decided to be civil and walked away.
there are just some people in the world that i don't understand. how could they take such a job? such a demeaning and pathetic job. i just hope that someday they realize that even if they're paid a great sum for their work, all they ever did was just kiss ass.
i had my whole agenda planned. i was just going to walk in there and look for some cheap furniture for the sor house. along the way, there was this guy from family first who talked about free gifts(like movie passes and a magic pillow) and winning a brand new car. i've always seen these guys at the mall and since i really had nothing more to do, i decided to listen. i went with him to their main office, which was located above kenny rogers, and waited to be called inside. he promised me that it will only take 30-45 mins of my time. then this girl, named ethel, came out and called me. at first, she showed me pictures of the people who won a car and a house. after that, we sat on a table and she began to talk about business.
family first is like a bank/insurance company. you keep paying them so that they can keep your money and give it back after 7 years. i wasn't really that interested so i didn't want to open an account. i mean, i could use the money for other things like school books or clothes. And besides, my parents had a lot of fallback plans already.
after the very lengthy and seemingly endless proposal, i just said that i didn't want to open an account. she then tried to change the topic to my wallet, the pictures inside my wallet, my bag, my eyes, etc. she's pretty tricky. sometimes i know she doesn't listen. i kept telling her that i don't have a boyfriend and she keeps teasing me about my boyfriend being my beneficiary. she was really starting to irritate me. she kept on saying "wow" whenever i told something about myself. it was really pathetic. i don't even know if the story she told me about her dad was true. the fact that she was from ust was even very doubtful. i guess she noticed that she wasn't going to convince me either way with her lies so she had some reinforcement.
meet jojo. the bottomfeeder. this guy was even worse than ethel. the first thing he said was that he liked my eyes. every minute i was getting compliments...figures when you're desperate. he explained the plan again and tried to convince me to open one. my answer was still no and it was getting to be a firmer no. he wasn't convincing me but instead i just wanted to shove the papers into his mouth and get the hell out of there. when i said no, he told me to fill up the form so that maybe next year i could look at it and regret the opportunity that was right in front of me then. so i did. then, he asked for my credit card. i didn't give it to him. i didn't trust these guys especially him. then he asked for my cellphone number and said that he wanted to take me out for dinner sometime. it was so hard to keep myself from laughing in his face and telling him that he was so pathetic but then he touched my hand. i quickly jerked it away from him. this was too much! then he moved closer so that he's knees were touching my knees. that's when i just told him i don't want to open an account and i just had to go now. it's been two hours already. he finally gave up. ethel came and gave me the movie passes and another free gift which was an alarm clock. after all i've been through, i realized that the movie passes and alarm clock wasn't worth my time after all. when i was about to go, they kept telling me to take care because you never know when accidents are bound to happen and i don't have a family first plan to support my family. what is that?! i decided to be civil and walked away.
there are just some people in the world that i don't understand. how could they take such a job? such a demeaning and pathetic job. i just hope that someday they realize that even if they're paid a great sum for their work, all they ever did was just kiss ass.
posted by chie at
7:32 PM
