Direct Sales - Funny Excuses for Canceling a Party
simplesahm | January 23, 2007 
If you’ve never been involved in a Party Plan business, you may not be able to relate to the “kiss of death” feeling direct sellers often get when they make their final hostess coaching call only to hear….”errrr…ummmm…”….followed by an excuse for canceling the pre-planned show. Usually the cancellations are legitimate - a child is sick or a family emergency, but the best excuses are often concocted on the spot.
Sometimes it’s hard to find humor in a canceled show. We planned ahead, we hired a sitter, we may have even canceled a family event to hold the show. It hurts our pocketbooks (not to mention our egos) when someone cancels. But if you’ve been in direct sales long enough you’ll understand that it is simply part of the business and the best way to get over it, is to laugh about it.
Here are some of my personal favorite excuses that have happened to me, or to my team members. Enjoy!
“We were going to have it at my mother-in-law’s home, but her boyfriend is watching Monday Night Football and said that no one can come over”.
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