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Door to door salesmen, Estate agents, recruitment consultants... They're all basically salesmen who will say whatever it takes to get you to sign on the dotted line, then clearing up the lies afterwards is someone else's problem. Far from being frowned upon these kinds of lies, or "salesmanship" is actually revered in the industry; bosses don't want an honest, upfront salesman they want a "hungry shark" who is "target driven" and "motivated", and other such nonsense like you might hear on 'The Apprentice.'
I suppose if anything estate agents are the worst because all they really do is match buyers to sellers and charge a fortune for it - at least recruitment consultants have to go out and find jobs to match up to candidates.

I get my MOT done at the bus garage which takes under an hour so i'd forgotten about garages. Yes ÂŁ25 for an MOT, sure. You leave your vehicle there at 8am, then go to pick it up at 5pm and they're all like "sorry mate it's failed on the brakes, they could be dangerous". Obviously you need your vehicle back asap (it's still up on the lift with no wheels on it) so you ask them to fix it. ÂŁ300 for something you suspect didn't need doing in the first place. At least you get a free retest though.
 
In my experience, any salesperson from a company that does not have a sound business model which stands up to scrutiny, or that really cares about giving the client what they actually need to satisfy their requirements
 
Plumbers. I will be there on Tuesday, but they tend to forget to tell you which Tuesday, so you wait in all day for no one to turn up.
MP's they are all just lying barstewards.
Most people on benefits.
Callcentre phone operators in India, who say with a heavy indian accent that they are called Ralph. I would be very surprised if there has ever been an Indian christened RALPH.
The call centre operator who answered the phone in India when i rang East Coast mainline to book a train from Leeds to Kings Cross a few years ago "I am sorry sir, there is no direct service". When I know for a fact there is an hourly direct service even at weekends.
 
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After a lot of consideration it's got to be my old junior school teacher , whenever someone came in late she always said stand there for the present- I can never ever recall anyone getting their present
 
i hit the jackpot few months back went to have a look at a second hand car,
guy who was selling it over the phone said yeh its amazing cheap insurance low mileage good condition wont have any problems for years,
got there and the car didnt start.
figures it was an estate agent trying to sell me a 2nd hand car.
 

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