On Monday I attended an inbound marketing conference in Boston. The first session started at 8:15am. Our lunch break started at 12:30. As I came out of the meeting room looking forward to the lunch break I was met by a salesperson who had up until that time attended to her trade show booth.

As soon as she saw me, she swooped down on me and started her pitch.  She was just like a bird of prey after its' next meal. People were coming out of the room behind me; she was standing in front of me as I attempted to go to the buffet.

As I moved toward the buffet table she continued to walk and talk, block and mentally tackle. She finally had to stop or she would have been pinned between the buffet table and another exhibit table.

I don't have any idea what she was saying and quite frankly I did not care. All I could make out was her mouth was moving and noise coming out.  I believe she had said something that had to do with a Bow and Math. I wanted to have lunch and she did not care.

The Top Performing Salesperson might have attempted to join us for lunch, made an attempt to establish a relationship, and been more strategic. The Top Performer might have said, "Am I getting you at a bad time?" Or possibly, "After lunch come visit me at my booth. I may have something you might be able to use to grow your business."

Hey lady, just because it was important to you, why do you think it was important to me? Get out of my face! Do you know what common courtesy is? You were so interested in what you wanted to sell you didn't give two hoots about me or my agenda. GRRRRR!!!