At a recent informal networking event I was speaking with three other ladies when a woman dressed in red stood in front of us, looked me up and down and pushed her card under my nose saying "I can help you"; she looked the next lady up and down and said nothing; then the next and thrust another card in the lady's face "and I can help you"; finally the last lady she said nothing to and bustled out of the door.
Upon turning the card over it was for weight loss. I have never been so flabbergasted. It wasn't so much what it was about it was how she had done it. No manners, no by-your-leave, no "nothing". She hadn't spoken to any of us previously.
I spoke with the organisers and told them about her - asking them to make sure she wasn't invited again. However I have a couple of regrets - I regret that I wasn't given time to retort and I regret that I threw her card away. I should have kept it so I could let her know how I could help her. I could have taught her, at the very least some manners.
