Dear Colleague,
I am your sales representative and as such I represent our company's brand, services and employees in the public realm. Every day, I meet with potential customers. I tell them about our company. I convince them that if they have a need for a service we provide, that we (you and I), are better equipped than our competitors to deliver that service.
When I'm successful at my job, we all win. If I am not successful, we both lose our jobs. Wait, you might be thinking, why should I lose my job because you suck? Well, if we don't have any customers, we don't really have an immediate need for your services, do we? Have you worked through that equation? "X (me) + Y (customers) = Z (our jobs).
Let's recap, shall we? I am regularly in public making first impressions on your behalf. We both need those impressions to be positive. Our continued employment depends upon it. Therefore, it would seem to behoove you to alert me to anything off putting regarding my appearance. Green things hanging out of my nose, for instance, or a skirt stuck in the waistband of my underwear, would be examples of things I need brought to my attention.
Do not tell me, dear co-worker, that you did not see the hunk of spinach in my teeth today. I know you saw it. How could you not have? We stood face-to-face discussing your awesome social media skills for at least five minutes. "I rule at twitter and by the way you have something in your teeth", was all you needed to say. Were you waiting for me to leave so you could tweet about it? #gross #shouldisaysomething? Yes, you fucking should. Must we now crowd source the merest courtesy?
Your lack of common sense is not going to keep us paid and laid. I don't care how many twits follow you.
Thank you for your future cooperation.
Your sales representative
