Inner Whizdom

I went over to a friend’s house yesterday to hear about a business venture she was considering. Maybe I’m naive because it never occurred to me that this was a multi-level-marketing intro event.

It was very low key and soft sell. I wasn’t pressured. This is probably a fine venture for some people.

But for me it mostly felt as though I was trying to understand a foreign culture. In this world the only purpose of work was to make money. There was no place for fulfillment of any other kind. That only comes from having the money.

The product they were selling was a way of doing sales. You sell other people the opportunity to sell. The products anyone buys are relatively unimportant. It’s the way they buy them.

Now granted, I am a dreadful salesperson. I’m good at customer service but lousy at asking for money. I would starve to death if I had to sell for a living. So this is not the opportunity for me. And, probably, why I don’t understand it better.

But it repulses me a little, the idea of doing something only to get paid.