A few days ago I had a Zoom call with an insurance agent, they probably take lessons how to do this.
First, his secretary called me, “hey, you have an account at this financial institution we cooperate with, do you also have a life insurance?” Not interested, but she keeps pushing, and at some moment I am like: yeah, given that they are willing to talk online so I don’t have to walk anywhere, it will not take that much time, I guess maybe they will tell me something I don’t know and make me change my mind. Okay, feel free to call me.
Then the guy calls me, and starts with (I don’t remember the exact words) something like: “So, what do you need me to help you with?”
Frame control: It’s not him begging for my attention; suddenly it’s meneeding his help. The audacity!
Then some more things, but that was the usual manipulative stuff that typically happens when you talk to an insurance agent. But this one thing stuck in my mind as a completely outrageous reversal of reality. (I didn’t comment on it, but I gave him a bad point in my mind, and a few more bad points later, I ended the call. It was probably all completely predictable and I am stupid for wasting my time like this.)
A few days ago I had a Zoom call with an insurance agent, they probably take lessons how to do this.
First, his secretary called me, “hey, you have an account at this financial institution we cooperate with, do you also have a life insurance?” Not interested, but she keeps pushing, and at some moment I am like: yeah, given that they are willing to talk online so I don’t have to walk anywhere, it will not take that much time, I guess maybe they will tell me something I don’t know and make me change my mind. Okay, feel free to call me.
Then the guy calls me, and starts with (I don’t remember the exact words) something like: “So, what do you need me to help you with?”
Frame control: It’s not him begging for my attention; suddenly it’s me needing his help. The audacity!
Then some more things, but that was the usual manipulative stuff that typically happens when you talk to an insurance agent. But this one thing stuck in my mind as a completely outrageous reversal of reality. (I didn’t comment on it, but I gave him a bad point in my mind, and a few more bad points later, I ended the call. It was probably all completely predictable and I am stupid for wasting my time like this.)