And I just tell people, "No." The two guys that were in charge of IS before me (now it's a one man show) would fiddle around, and hem and haw, and we our company got aquired, there was only one.
The first time a dumb-ass sales guy asked me for something stupid, I told him, "There's no way in hell that you are getting that from me, and if you have YOUR boss ask me, I'll tell him the same damn thing." Well, he had his boss ask me, I told him the same damn thing, and then my boss visited my office.
He asked why I was being "difficult," and I explained to him that there are plenty of printers that are shared, and every sales guy doesn't need his own fucking printer.
It's amazing to me that this approach doesn't work for you. Just tell them "NO."
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Get some Propper's BDUs
I prefer the 50-50 twill in Khaki. You can never have too many pockets.
While it is REALLY easy to use salesmen as your whipping boy, it's also more satisfying than you'd realize.
They are always the target of my outbursts, especially the ones that call themselves "Sales Engineers."
you should get extra mod points for the Clutch reference in your sig :-D
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"Bother," said Pooh, as he chambered another round.
The first time a dumb-ass sales guy asked me for something stupid, I told him, "There's no way in hell that you are getting that from me, and if you have YOUR boss ask me, I'll tell him the same damn thing." Well, he had his boss ask me, I told him the same damn thing, and then my boss visited my office.
He asked why I was being "difficult," and I explained to him that there are plenty of printers that are shared, and every sales guy doesn't need his own fucking printer.
It's amazing to me that this approach doesn't work for you. Just tell them "NO."