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Unclear on the Concept

Outside of our office is a sign that reads "No Solicitations." Unfortunately, a few of our employees are salespeople themselves, and feel some sort of obsessive need to ignore the sign when other salespeople come to call, particularly when the receptionist isn't around to point to the sign. I just finished listening to one of them (the office Jesus freak, which I don't think is coincidental) proceed to have a pleasant 5-minute conversation with a solicitor after I reminded her about the sign, even to the point of taking his business card and PR material. Now, I'm not anal about corporate rules, but that sign exists for some very good reasons (among them as a preventative against folks coming in to case the joint in prep to rob its employees, something that's actually happened to us). Now you know the type of person to blame when people don't seem to understand the concept of "no means no."