lesson 1: Warding off insurance agents

The Return of the King had aired on Channel 5 tonight and being the die-hard fan that I am, I definitely watch it even though I seldom watch TV.

During the commercial break, I saw this advertisement about Dakota residences. This suddenly refreshed my memory about a certain group of white-collared workers: financial consultants. Sounds big and cool, don’t they?

For those of you still in the clouds about who they really are, let me simplify their job into 2 words: Insurance Agents. Does this ring a bell now?

What strikes me (and almost everybody else) about insurance agents is that they are relentless in trying to get people to buy their policies. One devious tactic is to ‘pose’ as a surveyor and ask you to fill up a form. If you consent to fill it up, you’re fair game for the next step: their pitch for a new insurance plan or whatsoever. That’s when we have to sit through god-knows-how-long of explanation about this plan and the fat lot of good it did.

I must have the word “Sucker” on my forehead because the agents always seem to approach me. And being the Sucker that I think I am, I fell for this trick for a hell lot of times before I wised up and learnt NOT to fill up anymore forms just because I pity the surveyors.

ANYWAY, the point of this blog entry is that I learnt some ways to shake off insurance agents who prowled the MRT stations. Here goes, in ascending order:

#3: Go as a couple. Apparently, if you are a lovey-dovey couple, male insurance agents are disinclined to approach because then the boyfriend will assume you are hitting on his girl. If it’s a female agent, then the girlfriend will assume she is hitting on HER boyfriend. Never knew if this trick works because I have yet to experience it.

#2: Never dress up in office clothes. In shirt and jeans, I seldom get caught. The one time I went for an interview dressed in formal wear, I got caught. -___-

#1: NEVER EVER make eye contact with any of them. The few times I got caught even if I’m dressed like a student was because I decided to look at them curiously and made eye contact with 1 of them.

Any other times I got caught by the agents were due to my stupidity to fall for their “I-am-doing-a-survey” trick.

SO yeah, a few tricks for you guys. Oh yeah, Pray that my cousin is not reading this. He is becoming a Financial Advisor (AKA insurance agent) for Prudential. If he sees this entry, I’m dead.

Ah, speaking of this, if you wanna buy any insurance policies, drop a comment and i will pass you my cousin's contact. In addition, he's SINGLE and AVAILABLE. So calling out to all LADIES~!!