Friends, can you believe it?The person who chases you every day asking for prices suddenly sees your WeChat post of you herding sheep on the grassland!How would you react?This is not a joke, but a heart-wrenching thing that happens to us cable salespeople every day.
Right now, the copper price is like a runaway bull, soaring past the 100,000 mark and showing no sign of stopping.What does this mean?It means that the cable price you asked about yesterday might be invalid when you wake up!
The cost pressure is like a mountain, directly weighing on the shoulders of every cable person, making it hard to even catch a breath. One day, he saw a sudden change in your WeChat post: under the blue sky and white clouds, you were standing on a hillside, herding a flock of sheep leisurely grazing. He immediately poked at you curiously: "Bro, you were selling cables so well, why did you suddenly cross over to be a 'rancher'?"
You could only reply calmly: "You've been asking from BV to YJV, from the copper price era of 50,000 to now breaking through 100,000.The expensive ones you said were over budget, the cheap ones you worried about the quality, and when I finally found a good price-performance ratio, you said to think about it again...I've been thinking for a long time, maybe only herding sheep suits my pace."
This sounds like a joke, but only those in the same industry can understand the bitterness behind it.Seriously, don't be fooled by the "Manager" title on the business card, which sounds intimidating.In reality, we are all "all-round, multi-functional workers". We have to be technical advisors, explaining the ins and outs of the products; brand ambassadors, highlighting the advantages; and actuaries, providing quick, accurate, and stable quotations.
At critical moments, we also have to be porters and drivers, delivering goods to customers' doors ourselves.Communication skills are basic, but the ability to withstand pressure must be at full capacity. While others work from 9 to 5, cable people work from 7 to an uncertain time; while others spend their holidays traveling with their families, our phones are on standby 24/7, ready to rush over at a customer's call, rain or shine. Sometimes even our families misunderstand, thinking we are in some big circle because we are always in and out of various construction sites and occasions; they think we are negotiating multi-billion-dollar projects when we are still replying to messages in the dead of night.In fact, we are just making profits as thin as paper, while worrying about the entire power grid system!
This is the true portrait of cable people: outwardly calm and composed, but the heart is always on edge; while listening to others' jokes, we are still urgently handling a batch of orders about to be dispatched. So, friends, the next time you contact that cable-selling friend and he doesn't reply to your WeChat promptly - don't rush him.Maybe he is really so exhausted that he wants to go to the mountains to herd sheep and have some peace.Or maybe he is sitting in front of the computer screen, silently and carefully checking the hundreds of models and the latest quotations you asked about again.
Salute to all the cable people who are still holding on!We are not just selling rolls of cables; we are using our hands to "weave" the current flowing through the entire city, participating in the construction of every bright moment.Well, I won't go on.There are too many stories, too much sweat and youth.Cable people really have it tough, but we do this job with a clear conscience and pride.
