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I’ve got great news. The next great health company is here, and not only will it make you the healthiest motherfucker on the planet, it’ll make you rich too. And it’s easy! I haven’t even mentioned the best part: there’s a multitude of these companies, and you’ve got at least one friend on social media who’s selling for them! Huzzah!
This friend/acquaintance/person you went to middle school with has been singing the praises of this company and filling up your news feed with incredible stories. You see post after post about a person who got shredded, or a person making a ton of money now, or just how damn #blessed they are to be working with such a great company. Lucky for you, this person has now messaged you, and after a quick conversation about how you’re doing, they’re offering you a chance to change your life and become a member of their team.
To quote the legendary White Goodman, “Spare me.” I’m not going to start working the social media corner pushing supplements. Now, I’m sure these companies have success stories, both health and financial wise. I’m sure the products are healthy, and I’m sure this person trying to pitch you has some justified passion about it. But, sorry buddy, I’m not going to join your team, and here’s why…
First of all, there’s your sales jargon. Quit pitching me like a telemarketer, because we actually know each other. You’re not presenting me this opportunity because you think I have the characteristics to be a great leader for your company; you’re pitching me because I was online at the same time you were. Thanks for the ego stroke, but when you send me a three paragraph sales pitch after three seconds of typing, it really takes the all the romance out of the conversation.
I had a feeling that you were going to ask me like this, considering that the last time I saw you was in 10th grade chemistry class and there’s no way you’re interested in how I’m doing now, so at least try to personalize your sales pitch. Hell, maybe just be honest. “I’m peddling some health products because fuck a 9-5 job, wanna do it too?” as opposed to “It’s so easy, the product sells itself!” Oh really? Never heard that one before! What the hell are they paying you for?
Second, I know what you’re doing, and I don’t like it. I think I speak for almost everyone else you’ve accosted via Facebook messenger when I say that this isn’t some big secret you’re letting us in on. Come on, you post about this pursuit constantly, and by that I mean daily. It’s like you’re posting baby pictures, except instead of a drooling creature in a diaper, you’re posting pictures of half-naked strangers showing off their “gains” followed by a paragraph about how incredibly healthy these products are, how taking them will change your life forever, and then mentioning how you’re also getting so much extra money while helping so many people.
Congrats Mother Teresa with financial motivations, and good for you, but I’ve seen all your posts. I know you’re selling this stuff, so you don’t need to accost me like a street musician trying to get me to listen to their demo. If I’m interested, I’ll ask, and considering I’m already late to the party in an extremely crowded market, I’m going to just keep sitting at my desk plugging away at the job I slaved through school to earn.
Finally, I just don’t give a fuck. Plain and simple. I don’t care. Network marketing and slinging this stuff may work great for some people, but it’s not my forte or something that remotely interests me. If it was, I would’ve responded to at least one of the last forty-seven posts regarding this stuff. If your repeated posting, as well as your used-car salesmen shtick, hadn’t already warded me off, the simple fact that I won’t use or care about the product enough to become a walking billboard for it will do the trick. And honestly, the last time I bothered to work out, I didn’t follow it up with some powdery miracle drink or a nutritious gel pack. I came home and inhaled a roll of Oreos and had a beer. #Gains
Listen, congrats on all your success. I wish you the best and hope that you really become a millionaire with unlimited free time who lives until you’re 150. I’m not knocking selling, because I know it takes work, and selling health is better than selling crack. But fuck, let me get back to my desk, I’ve got work to do. .
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Kyle Bandujo
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I’m SO EXCITED to be able to share this opportunity with y Facebook friends! If you comment within the next 15 minutes, you can be a part of this AMAZING new product! #healthyliving #greenlife #pleasebuymystuff #imsodeepinthispyramidscheme
I know a guy from High School who calls himself and his team “SEAcret Agents”, that’s not a typo either. This guys peddles beauty products from the Dead Sea and it’s a fucking joke. He was a loser in HS, now he’s a, Bronze Level SEAcret Agent, loser.
“It’s not a pyramid scheme, its a multi-level-marketing plan, that is shaped like a square but a square that’s super pointy at the top.”
Good God, I hate these people. I swear like three fourths of the girls I went to high school with or that I knew in the area I went to high school in are selling this shakeology or Herbalife shit on Facebook.
The good ol’ fashioned pyramid scheme, I don’t understand how these people get sucked in and drink the kool-aid.
Announce that “you can make thousands of dollars working from home” and you will see millions of idiots come out of the woodwork.
Hey. I heard you know about making thousands working at home, I’m very interested.
An acquaintance from my local bar just got mixed up in something like this. He’s a bit younger, never went to college. He was so excited. I didn’t have the heart to tell him.
I hate these fuckwads so much. You gotta love how they post cars, houses, and other shit that isn’t theirs to show how successful they are.
I have a cousin who has jumped from one pyramid to the other for years and years. He’s the type of guy who if he got hit by a car you wouldn’t be sad. A couple years ago, he sold our 94 ish year old senile grandmother $400 worth of protein powder. When she realized she got duped, he got axed from the will. #success #mlm
Maybe I have less shitty friends, but I’ve never had anyone I know try to get me in on one of these.
Had a good friend that got really deep in the Herbalife scheme. Had to deal with her trying to convince me to buy the shit for 2 years before she realized it’s just a massive scam and apologized.
Yea, go back to your 9-5 you SLAVE. How great is it to make money for someone else? You know your company is actually shaped like a pyramid? I’m a 21st century entrepreneur. I’m looking to hit super duper gold platinum galaxy ambassador next month, and then I can retire at 22 and retire my parents. Plus, I share this great business opportunity with family and friends and provide people with the healthiest drinks in the world. #YPR #entrepreneur
F these people. Donuts are awesome!