It's official. It's a cell phone world!

redforlife

Well-known Member
Went to a Farm Show the other day.
Hadn't been to one in 6 or so years.
Was walking down through the rows of
venders. They all seemed to have thier
nose stuck in a cell phone. If not, a
lap top. Seemed like none of them
begged you to stop and listen to them
talk about thier product like they use
to. Most wouldn't even take thier nose
out of thier cell phone, unless you
actually stopped at thier booth. A
couple venders even multi tasked by
talking to me while looking at thier
phone/lap top.
Has this just gotten to be
acceptable???. Not that I'm
complaining. I don't like being
pestered by venders at such functions.
But, if I owned a company, I'd be vary
un-happy with my employee if I knew
they spent the WHOLE time on the clock
at the Farm Show sitting on thier rump
entertaining themself with thier cell
phone.
 
Agreed, Have one, but hate it ! although handy at times in my Contractor/ Builder Business, Hate the texting, wish they didn't have it, use it as a phone. That's why a lot people have very little communication / verbal skills now a days !
 
Some vendors have a gift of gab and some don't. My good friend used to have a booth at farm shows. He would stand in front of the booth, almost in stream of people walking by and strike up conversations. Everybody knew him and would stop to chat. I don't know if it helped sales any but he was always talking to someone. Then there are those who look down when they see you coming. Those types are probably a bench warmer the booth owner hired to man the booth.
 
When we attended a fastener show as a vendor we were not allowed to mess with our phone if we were out front to talk with the public. We were well staffed so we had an upfront duty or a backup duty. I always wanted to greet customers face to face rather than the computer contacts.
 
Most of the folks that man equipment manufacturers booths have full time jobs aside from working farm shows. They are just trying to keep their head above water on regular business.

The people that are looking to buy have no problem walking up to the rep and starting a conversation.

PS. As someone that gets to do that sort of thing, some of the most worthwhile conversations I have are with the FFA/votech kids that are out gathering information about careers and what life holds for them. I might not sell any iron, but helping a kid make good life choices is worth something.
 
Ya, I get that. I mainly do hay and cattle. At a farm show, there is just so much there that doesn't apply to me, or I can't apply to my operation. So, most of it is just to see and educational as to what's new out there.
One thing that always catches my eye is booths that are actually demonstrating something. Not just a banner to look at, and a pamphlet thier handing out. And, there seemed to be a bunch of those kind of booths there. Some of those seed treatment booths and so on, I had to get my eye on what company they was from to figure out what the heck they were even selling as I walked by thier booth.
 

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