Activate your pancreas

I bought floor tiles and paint from Home Depot in Julia Vargas Avenue, Pasig City. There are food kiosks at the lobby of the building selling siomai, shawarma, hotdog, turon with langka, gulaman, etc. There are also several sales agents that greet customers in the center lobby.
They are selling massage chair pads.
“Libre lang mam i-try mo free massage, free uric acid test, free blood pressure test”.

I have never tried their massage chair. Some of the agents are aggressive. Even if I’ve already said no, they would follow me and sasabayan ang lakad ko, and still try to convince me. I really hate it when sales agents walk with me and continue talking even if I’ve already said no thank you. One time I was so annoyed I stopped walking and just looked at the guy and nagbuntunghininga na ako kasi bad mood na ako. My companion sensed my irritation so he approached the sales guy and asked him in a polite way to keep distance.

I went back after two days to buy more tiles and they recognized me na. Siguro sabi hayan na naman si sungit. I looked at them and gave them a ngiti but they knew hanggang dun lang ang relationship namin. I was glad they kept their distance.

That afternoon, they were able to convince a mother and daughter to sit down and have a free relaxing massage. I heard that the suggested selling price of the massage chair pad is P60,000. I became curious so I moved closer to them while I was drinking gulaman. I looked and listened.

Tingin ko madami silang nabebenta, ang gagaling nung mga ahente.

Sales Agent—-“Mam, mahilig ba kayo sa masahe?”
Female customer—-“Minsan”.
Sales Agent—–“Relax lang kayo dyan, libre naman”.

That’s a great marketing strategy. Syempre na relax na yung prospective customer, napasarap na sa upo at free massage, mahirap ng tumayo. While they let you enjoy the free chair massage, they start the conversation in a seemingly candid and innocent way.

Sales Agent—- “Malalaman nyo kung may feelings pa ang paa nyo. Pitik-pitik lang”.
Sales Agent—– “Congratulations mother, mataas ang uric acid mo”.
Prospective Female customer—–“Ay, mataas ba? Ano ba yung uric acid?
Sales Agent– “Depende sa lifestyle ng uric acid mo”.

Sales Agent—-“Masarap ba mother ang masahe? Upo ka lang dyan, libre naman. Kung malapit ka dito pwede ka pumunta dito araw-araw.

Sales Agent—–“Malapit lang ba kayo dito? Saan kayo umuuwi?”
Female Customer—- “Sa may palengke ng Pasig”.
Sales Agent——–“Ay malayo rin, traffic ano? Kung gusto mo pwede ka na lang bumili para sa bahay nyo”

(Ang galing nung ahente ano?)

Female Customer—–“Magkano ito?”
(That was the moment the agent was waiting for).

Sales Agent——–“Sixty thousand lang”.

Sales Agent——–“Maganda sa healthy yan. Siguro malaki ang kuryente nyo. Kaya tumaas ang uric acid. I-a-activate nya ang pancreas mo. Kumuha ka na, magaling sa healthy yan. Para ma activate ang pancreas. Ang nangyari sa nerve, pang-araw araw o every other day”.