Selling insurance = they tell you to try to sell to family, friends and acquaintances. It gets rude.
No , it's someone using existing contacts trying to expand their business .
What I consider rude is the 12th cold call of the day trying to sell me solar panels .
She's just trying to make a sale
It is blatantly manipulative and she is not even being smooth about it or embarrassed about it ... she's not very bright.
I would be offended that she would lie to me about liking me in an effort to make money off of me.
The proper way to conduct business is not to lie. And not to make it a personal contact. "Hi .. remember me? I'm selling insurance. Can I drop by and show you my product sometime?" .. THAT is professional and ethical.
I would never deal with someone who is not honest.
Was she rude,that is something you need to decide for yourself. I would depend on how well you and her got along at the work place and if you were really friends. Judging from what you revealed, I would say yes, it is rude.
She's just trying to make a sale
She was taking you for a fool so yes, that's rude in my book.
Networking rules say that friends and relatives and probably ex are fair targets to expand ones business interests.
She doesn't really care who you are; she is doing business. If you want to help her business go for it, if not, turn it down.
A woman I used to work with who I haven't heard from in nearly a year calls me out of the blue and tells me how much she misses working with me and tells me how I was her favorite person to work with then asks if she can come over and estimate my house for insurance purposes because she is selling insurance. Is this rude?
