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Sales Fails: "My sales manager wouldn't shut up on a sales call. There was no deal."

Sales Fail: "I lost a deal due to a colleague's primal screaming in the background"

Sales Fails: "My sales manager tried to help me close a deal. He got into an argument with the prospect instead"

Sales Fails: "I got my friend a job in sales, but he quit on his first day and hid in the woods"

Sales Fails: "My cold call turned into a wake up call, literally"

Sales Fails: "My manager got demoted to sales rep, then quit in spectacular fashion"

Sales Fails: "I made a joke about a prospect's favorite sports team and he kicked me out of his office"

Sales Fails: "I mentioned a competitor feature during a product demo. The prospect ghosted me"

Sales Fails: "A prospect disappeared in the middle of a demo.. but I stayed on."

Sales Fails: "I tried to take a prospect out to dinner, but I messed up the reservation."

Sales Fails: "I assumed OOO meant a prospect was on vacation. I was extremely wrong"

Sales Fails: "We almost lost a deal over a bad cup of coffee"

Sales Fails: "I tried to pitch a client while I was car sick. I didn't close the deal"

Sales Fails: "I added my cocky sales manager to the call and he blew it"

Sales Fails: "I brought our CTO to a sales meeting and he completely blew it"

Sales Fails: "I could charge you more"

Sales Fails: Fancy dinners don't close deals.

Sales Fails: "I sent an angry email before checking my spam folder"

Sales Fails: "Door-to-door sales -- reptiles included"

Sales Fails: "I photoshopped my sales manager's head on someone else's body... and he saw it"

Sales Fails: "I'm gonna keep calling you every single day"

Sales Fails: "My new coworker stole cookies at the corporate training retreat"

Sales Fails: "I left a great-paying sales job for a startup that failed within two months"

Sales Fails: "For some strange reason, I lied to a prospect about where I was from"

Sales Fails: The college party that came back to haunt me

Sales Fails: I accepted an indecent proposal from a prospect -- even though I closed the deal, I still regret it

Sales Fails: I pretended to be a Star Wars fan in order to build rapport. The force was NOT with me.

Sales Fails: I told my prospect that I loved hunting. BIG mistake.

Sales Fails: I tried to engage with a prospect's social media account. It backfired spectacularly.

Sales Fails: I made fun of a prospect's handwriting. It did NOT go over well.