In amongst all the excitement of post-A4UExpo I almost forgot to mention an incident that took place during a bit of networking on the first day. Now I know most agency people are lovely, but the actions of one left an incredibly bad impression. At the time I was having a chat with one of the guys from Virgin Games when someone passed by …..

They then stopped, no doubt spotting the merchant badge of Virgin Games and proceeded to just interrupt our conversation – no excuse me – nothing. He took one look at my badge and seeing I was a lowly affiliate decided to completely ignore the fact that I was there and already engaged in conversation with Virgin Games.

He then started pitching his agency to the embarrassment of both myself and Virgin Games.

At the time I’d have loved to taken the tiny little man to task for his abrupt rudeness and ignorance, but unfortunately I was too stunned by his behaviour. He most certainly made a big impression, because neither myself or Virgin Games could remember his name or the second rate agency he represented – which is a real shame as I’d have loved to posted it on here.

I appreciate people have to do “their job” and everyone is after a bit more business, but it doesn’t have to be at the expense of a bit of politeness!

Fortunately this guy’s intrusion didn’t last too long (probably because his audience seemed unimpressed with his pitching technique) and he soon scuttled off – perhaps unaware how close he had come to being named on an affiliate blog for being a total arse!

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