To be upset about being invited to "Dinner"...

[Pakdooik]

... only to find it was an AMWAY sales pitch.

[Curiousmama]

poor you. Have you known them long?

[SenoritaViva]

YANBU, I think that's underhand. If I had paid for a babysitter looking forward to a fun relaxing evening and got that I would have left and gone to the local pub (if I'd been feeling brave).

DH would have been FURIOUS

[NotSuchASmugMarriedNow]

that ways naughty of them, and sneaky.

What did you get for dinner? Was it decent?

[sponkle]

what is AMWAY?

[sponkle]

Oh right, just googled it.

Y definitely NBU at all! Can't bear those sorts of things even if been invited and know fully what to expect.

Poor you

[Pakdooik]

AMWAY is a pyramid selling system for cleaning products. The one above you in the pyramid acts as your wholesaler and gets commission on what you sell.

[NotSuchASmugMarriedNow]

That is just such a sneaky thing to do. Was it a close friend?

[Pakdooik]

The people who invited us are a work colleague of my OH and her brother who is a GP. Sort of friends. "Dinner" was a few nibbles and a glass of cheap wine followed by a well rehearsed sales pitch.

[Sassybeast]

I'd be fuming.

[Salmotrutta]

Blimey - I didn't know Amway was still in existence!
Very naughty of them to do that - but I knew someone years ago who got involved in Amway and didn't make any money out of it so maybe they were a bit desperate?

[Pakdooik]

I'd never heard of them until now. My impression is the only way to make money is to pressure those below you in the pyramid and to try and get as many people as possible in your circle

[AnneWiddecomesArse]

It's about 30 years ago; but it happened to us (close friends previously).
We arrived and I went into the kitchen to help out. I didn't notice at first but the hostess started to "read" all these fridge magnets. All "inspirational".
It was like she had a "mantra" had been brain washed. I tried to make conversation. It was met by a fridge magnet quote in reply.
Then the husband stood up with a screen projector. And we left when we saw what was going on.
Three days later we got a 'phone call from the husband.
Could he stay for a couple of nights. He'd been kicked out. "There's Amway or no Way".
Spooky

[AnneWiddecomesArse]

It's brainwashing as far as I can see Beertricks. Almost cult status.

[Pakdooik]

Cleverything - We stayed for a short while before going to the pub after politely, declining to join. Not sure we'll see the "friends" too much from now on.

Rant over - back to work

[Pleb1969]

I have Kleeneze reps harassing me at the moment - looking for part time work at the moment to fit in with school hours and applied for a home working job on Workingmums.com - have so far received 3 emails, 1 letter and 3 texts all within 3 days of applying. They have called my home and mobile number god knows how many times, up until the text I sent back saying 'could you please stop contacting me - I am currently in Scotland scattering my father's ashes.' To be fair, they haven't contacted me again but that was only last Saturday night... If it had specified Kleeneze on the ad I would never have applied, they sent me a promotional DVD and it looks very pushy. They advise 'the 2 metre rule' where you are supposed to drop the business into random conversations with strangers in shop queues!

[sunshinelifeisgood]

I would be furious and probably would of said so :( YASNBU

[AnneWiddecomesArse]

It is a peculiar world domination type plan. We lodged the husband and then when he moved into a flat (from lodging at our house); the wife 'phoned me and asked if she could come round for a chat.
I agreed, thinking it was a mending bridges/mediators/communication. They'd been married 14 years and had two toddlers.
It wasn't. It was a sales pitch. As a professional I could make a million in a year etc. I kicked her into touch after five minutes. It was very very weird.

[Fecklessdizzy]

Creepy!

You did the right thing to leg it ... they might have spiked the nibbles, though, if you get urges to flog crap to passers-by and quote hallmark profundities to all and sundry you'll know that you've been got and we'll all have to shoot over and stage an intervention ...

[thestringpeople]

This happened to my sil. She was very upset to be "used" in this way by a so called friend. I think its the dishonesty that is upsetting. Why can't people just be upfront and invite you round for a dinner and a sales presentation.

[limitedperiodonly]

My BIL once asked if he could come round to talk to us and turned up with one of these people in tow. We should have thrown them both out but ended up having a very stony conversation with them until they left.