No thank you…

Melissa
Melissa
Jul 27, 2017 · 3 min read

In a world where every other person is selling something via facebook or every other social media platform, here I sit, a perfect target. A chronically ill person who is targeted by every single person selling a health driven item. A former hairstylist/makeup artist targeted by every person selling some type of cosmetics. A stay at home mom targeted by every person selling any type of cookware/home item.

To this I say, “No thank you!”

I support my friends trying to make a living and selling what they believe in. I have my own company I work with because I believe in their products whole heartedly (although I sell nothing and mostly want the discount for my own products). What I do not support is bombarding my inbox with promises to fix my problems. False claims to make me ‘all better.’

What they don’t know is what I choose not to share. I am not an oversharer. I don’t go on facebook and write out all of my medical problems. Very few know what I actually have going on inside of me, with the exception of the few obvious things I can’t hide. Like the huge scar across my neck from fusion surgery.

My point here is, if you are selling something and your posts catch my attention, I will in fact click on them. If its a product to do with health, I will in fact research it thoroughly if it sparks an interest. Please don’t view me as a perfect target, or as the perfect sucker.

I beg of my direct sales friends, stop seeking us out because we seem like an easy sale. For one, it gives me the impression that you think I am gullible. For two, it gives me the impression that you are preying on those you consider weak. Then, when I attempt to be kind, explain I am on many medications and have to be very very careful with even natural supplements, do not get annoyed with me. I did not ask you for this information to begin with. If I told you all of my medical issues and then you came to me and said I really feel this may help you, well that would be different. That is not what I am getting.

I am getting bombarded with assumptions of what must be wrong with me. Assumptions that all my problems must just be in my gut. People who say I just need to lose some weight. That won’t sell your product. Inform yourself fully about a person and their struggles before you try to sell them false miracles.

Understand this, I walk through life being judged by doctors, nurses, pharmacists, friends and even family. I spend my days in pain and sometimes in tears. I have a lot on my plate and I do not need to be sought out and targeted by someone who simply thinks I am an easy sale.

Melissa

Melissa

Just writing about everything I know, none of which I'm an expert on.

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