When Networking & MLM Freaks Attack

I’m not one for networking. I’m talking about buy-our-product-and-recruit-some-more-buyers kind of networking. I’ve been to one of their “seminars”. It was crazy my friend told me that he has a group discussion of some sorts that he wants me to “observe”. He said that he also invited a few of our college buddies over. I went and I saw a look of confusion in the eyes of my other college buddies. They were sporting the “I’d rather be in Darfur than here” gaze. It was a riot, people were flashing their pay cheques. Shouting how much they easily earned with their networking scheme. Some even cried. It was as if I was in some religious cult concert/blood compact. I asked my friend if I can go buy my meds in the nearby drug store. I never made any contact with that freak ever again.

It may work for some but I don’t believe in asking someone to purchase some stupid product I don’t for the love of god would use my self. I simply don’t.

So imagine my horror when I got a text message from an unknown Sun Cellular mobile number. It was talking about getting free training for a lucrative work-from-home business proposal. It asked me to go to www.peaklifestyle.com/ukasia. I went there and the sight of testimonials sent shivers down me. I don’t want to jump into conclusions and call them freaks easily. I researched some more over the net and my hunch was correct! I replied to the text messsage. I asked who she/he/IT was. 

The ambiguity of their websites content will make you discover that you have a gift of discerning crap from ultimate rubbish, this line is a classic example:

The Wellness and Work From Home Industry both represent enormous financial opportunities, either opportunity alone has tremendous potential to create new wealth. Our company has combined the best of both worlds, creating a perfect storm of unprecedented economic opportunity, a convergence of forces enabling “normal” people to create a satisfying lifestyle, and at the same time tremendous new wealth.

To that guy, it’s nice to know that you somehow sensed that I’ve been looking for a major career shift for some time now. However, I don’t and will never buy anything that you have to sell. Goodbye.