9:20 PM
The newspaper article that I came across on The Straits Times, Sunday, 7 November 2010, was about how pushcart promoters promote their products nowadays.
Promoters nowadays are getting more persistent when selling their products and they will follow you until you stop by their pushcart and buy their products. They can deftly throw a herbal wrap over your shoulders, whip out hair curlers and teasingly tug at your hair to draw your attention. They will then grab your hand and pull you to their pushcart and start promoting and convince you to buy the product.
After reading this article, I agree to a great extent that promoters are persistent and too pushy in selling their products and that I once had a hard time rejecting them. This promoter was promoting a product that is used to buff your nails. As I walked pass her, she just grabbed onto my hand and started using the product on my nails. Although this product was pretty effective as I can see that after she helped me to buff my nails, my nails did shine. However, I had no intention of buying at all as the product was far too expensive. I rejected by smiling, but she kept holding on to my arm. I took some time to get rid of her by saying I’m rushing for time.
At her point of view, I know that what these promoters did were not totally wrong as they were trying to earn more money and commission by selling more products in all sorts of ways. However, it may become an invasion of privacy if certain acts cross the line such as like the promoters touch the customers without their consent. I feel that if a customer strictly rejected these promoters, they should respect them and not continue to follow and harass them.
