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Posted By: MaaMaw In Response To: A lesson in life! (The Big Dog!)
Sunday, 24 April 2005, at 1:29 p.m.
Of course it was the usual "business opportunity" meeting at someone's house, and we couldn't get ANY information up front.
When we got there, we recognized a lot of people from my husband's school. They were listening like it was Jesus himself speaking. Not that I was too smart to take the bait -- I most definitely was not -- but I hated these people from the start, and as the meeting went on, I became very very MAD.
We were both extremely shy, and they went around the room asking everyone what they would do if they had $__,___ (five figures even way back then!) extra to spend each year. EVERY person gave some elaborate answer. My husband was the compulsive type, and he said he would have to think about it. They insisted on an answer. We both refused to answer because they pushed us and embarrassed us so, and the more we refused, the more they demanded. Everybody was staring at us and making snide comments, like it wasn't rocket science, everyone has a dream, etc.
Back then, I was polite at all costs. (Now, I would tell him where he could shove his five figures, grab another handful of pretzels and be on my way.) So we sat there red-faced and humiliated.
Near the end, they wanted answers -- is this for you?
"NO," we said. (The majority of couples wanted to try it; of course this was over 25 years ago, when Amway was young.)
Ohmigod, it was AWFUL. They were all over us. They wanted answers. WHY? I tried to tell them why, and of course I was made to look like an imbicile.
It was one of the most uncomfortable experiences of my life, and I have hated Amway ever since.
I would say that evening was unique -- certainly not the way things are normally done -- but alas, that would be a lie.
Many, if not most, of the expensive "opportunities" or MLM "opportunities" I became involved with later in life operated EXACTLY that way:
When things don't smell quite right and you start becoming suspicious, you are ridiculed, bullied, and made to feel worthless and stupid. When you believe it's all your fault and you're the only idiot who can't turn it into a fortune, you keep hanging on because you don't want to crawl away with your tail between your legs.
I am happy to say we DID crawl away with our tails between our legs that night. Our dignity was shattered, but our money was intact.
Luv,
MaaMaw
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