Recently I had 2 people call me who live in Terramar, the subdivision (located in North Peoria at Happy Valley and 67th Ave). They told me about their
experience with a rude sales person selling a cleaning product. I had a similar experience in Stetson Valley (located at 51st and Happy Valley, Phoenix, AZ, 85083) where I live. These sales people were nothing short of rude, refusing to accept “no” for an answer when it came to buying their product. Somehow it was a relief to know it was not something I had done to upset this young man, instead it appears to be his style of dealing with people who don’t respond in the way he would like. It brought my mind back to the words I heard many years ago by Oprah Winfrey, “People use anger to control”.
A couple of days ago I came across this article at ABC news confirming the people of the Northwest Valley were not the only ones experiencing this sales technique. The company, T & B Sales, apologized for their pushy, door to door salesmen after people in Ahwatukee contacted the police with incidents of spitting on windows, peering in windows and refusing to leave.
The question is, “should we be opening the door to people we don’t know?”. According the police, the answer is “No”. Because the northwest valley, including the zip codes of 85383,85083, 85308, 85310 and 85085 have lower crime rates than many other zip codes in the valley, we tend to feel safe and relaxed about opening the door to strangers. The police offered this safety tip instead: Do not open the door to strangers but question them by speaking through the door.
