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OP to scared to just say "no"? Its a valuable skill you should learn it.
When "no" fails, resort to this.
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Originally Posted by ragnarkar
This seems to work wonders on the people who keep trying to email or text you to meet you or talk to you on the phone and don't seem to take "no" for an answer and/or you don't feel like offending them by telling them no. If you're a woman, I guess this can be a rather effective way to deflect a guy who keeps trying to ask you out on a date. Or in my case, I've deflected a friend who is also a salesperson and has been persistently emailing me to buy his product in the last few days.. I sent him this reply and so far, no response in about a week!
Tell them something along these lines:
Don't say something negative, it makes them feel you're purposely avoiding them. Use this and make them feel you're really busy and are desperately trying to find time in your schedule. Avoid directly telling them you're "busy".. most people know you're making up some BS excuse to avoid them.
Pretend you're the CEO of a company and you have mandatory 18 hour meetings scheduled in the next 5 days and your company is doomed if you don't attend them. And the man/woman of your dreams is asking you out.. what would you do?
Ladies, I'm sure you know, we must think before we reject as there are some guys out there who like to get even when rejected possibly resulting in causing harm. I also believe in being truthful but measure and consider your words and their receiver. This can be particularly tricky in the workplace!
This seems to work wonders on the people who keep trying to email or text you to meet you or talk to you on the phone and don't seem to take "no" for an answer and/or you don't feel like offending them by telling them no. If you're a woman, I guess this can be a rather effective way to deflect a guy who keeps trying to ask you out on a date. Or in my case, I've deflected a friend who is also a salesperson and has been persistently emailing me to buy his product in the last few days.. I sent him this reply and so far, no response in about a week!
Tell them something along these lines:
Don't say something negative, it makes them feel you're purposely avoiding them. Use this and make them feel you're really busy and are desperately trying to find time in your schedule. Avoid directly telling them you're "busy".. most people know you're making up some BS excuse to avoid them.
Pretend you're the CEO of a company and you have mandatory 18 hour meetings scheduled in the next 5 days and your company is doomed if you don't attend them. And the man/woman of your dreams is asking you out.. what would you do?
What's wrong with just telling them no? I don't like playing games with people and screwing with their heads. If I don't want to talk to them, I tell them I'm not interested/don't want to talk to them/don't want to buy their crap, etc. . . This goes double for missionaries.
It's an interesting coincidence that I'm reading this thread today, in fact. My girlfriend and I were having a garage sale this morning, and we had hit the really slow spot and decided to close up. Just as we were putting the last of the remaining items in the garage, two Mormon missionaries rode up on their bikes. We both said to each other, "Uh oh." So on the pretense of looking at the sale they came in the garage and talked and talked to us, first about the sale, and then trying to convert us, of course. She is much nicer and more diplomatic than me, and I became very tired of playing the nice game with these clowns after entertaining them for 20 minutes. First I suggested we go pick the signs up and my girlfriend didn't take the bait. She actually thought if she was nice to them they would leave us alone to go on about our day Then I told them we were a different religion, then when that didn't work, I told them we weren't interested in becoming Mormon and I promptly shut the garage door down in front of them and locked it. That did the trick
If I was dealing with someone who would not take no for an answer, then the next thing I would say is this...
What part of no do you 1) not want to understand or 2) not want to get?
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Then I told them we were a different religion, then when that didn't work, I told them we weren't interested in becoming Mormon and I promptly shut the garage door down in front of them and locked it. That did the trick 
