VioletB
Well-known member
Ok so as you all know I recently got hired on with MAC. I'm super happy and excited and thrilled but there is just one thing that is seriously bugging the holy living shit out of me. SOOO many of my friends are bugging me about discounts/free stuff!
Let me preface this a little bit. I know policy, and I know gratis is a way for a company to say thank you for being an employee and a way of giving opportunities to try new stuff / promote looks / colors, etc etc. Gratis is a privilege, not an obligation, and not to be abused. With my Estee Lauder gratis I never gave it to anyone except my mom. (On a side note.. I think I owed it to her for stealing all her stuff when I was little!!) BUT nobody ever *cared* or asked about Lauder stuff. Now that I work for MAC it is a whole different situation. I'm pretty sure that I will be totally selfish with any gratis that is given to me anyway!! (There were some Lauder things I wasn't particularly sad to let go!)
So here is my question. How the hell do you get people off your backs without being blunt or rude? I really just want to flat out say no.. but seriously I think I'm too nice? Whenever anyone asks me about stuff I just kind of laugh and say that I wish I got it for free too!! And everyone is always asking about discounts.. Seriously. That is so damn rude. If a friend worked at a restaurant I would not go in and expect free food just because I was a good friend. So what the hell?? Tell me what you guys think!!!
Let me preface this a little bit. I know policy, and I know gratis is a way for a company to say thank you for being an employee and a way of giving opportunities to try new stuff / promote looks / colors, etc etc. Gratis is a privilege, not an obligation, and not to be abused. With my Estee Lauder gratis I never gave it to anyone except my mom. (On a side note.. I think I owed it to her for stealing all her stuff when I was little!!) BUT nobody ever *cared* or asked about Lauder stuff. Now that I work for MAC it is a whole different situation. I'm pretty sure that I will be totally selfish with any gratis that is given to me anyway!! (There were some Lauder things I wasn't particularly sad to let go!)
So here is my question. How the hell do you get people off your backs without being blunt or rude? I really just want to flat out say no.. but seriously I think I'm too nice? Whenever anyone asks me about stuff I just kind of laugh and say that I wish I got it for free too!! And everyone is always asking about discounts.. Seriously. That is so damn rude. If a friend worked at a restaurant I would not go in and expect free food just because I was a good friend. So what the hell?? Tell me what you guys think!!!