Venting About Pampered Chef Conflict on Cafe Mom

[etteluap70PC]

OK so I joined Cafe mom a few months ago. I am having a great time with my friends local and far away. I have been very careful on my page not to Have Pampered Chef, PC, Kitchen tools or anything that could get me in trouble. I do have something about "new products being introduced but I do not say what they are. My PWS is not even mentioned. OK that being said One of my good friends who is doing a show on the 6th has a gal in her list who is also a PC Cons. They have never met just are buddies because she is in the same area. This other PC cons Has Her PC status listed in her personal statement and has a Journal entry inviting people to a spring kick off. There are people from my area (people she has met on the internet) who are wanting to attend!

Also my friend who is doing a show with me posted about it on her page and put a link to my PWS.. I freaked!!!! She removed it for me when I explained my restrictions. Well this other PC cons posts "you are having a show who is doing it? I sell PC! I'm in ******* (next town over)!

So I feel like I'm just splitting hairs but I am kinda torked :grumpy: (could be hormones)

Thanks for letting me vent!

You guys rock!

 

[Dayna]

Same thing happened to me in my playgroup. If people ask me what I do I tell them but never asked. Another PC consultant joined the group and everyone was like oh we have one we go to Dayna. Actually it seemed people were put off by her "hard sales" attidue.

 

[pamperedlinda]

I understand how you feel Paulette. It's frusterating when you see the blatent rule breakers. You could send them a reminder email or just go straight to HO about it if you don't want to take a chance at confrontation. Sometimes HO acts on it and sometimes they don't. I guess there are so many rule benders and breakers that even they can't get to all of them (which I'm sure is what those consultants are counting on). There's a group of consultants who are part of this forum and LF and they openly talk about PC on LF too (which is a no-no and I'm pretty sure that they know better). I would have hoped that the moderators over there would have stepped-up and done something about it since I know that at least one of them is a PC consultant and she knows the rules, but no such luck.

 

[jenniferp417]

I've had that happen to me. It's annoying and sad.

 

[Dayna]

linda what is LF

 

[JAE]

It's Living Female, started by Greg (AdminGreg). Go to CS homepage and you'll see a link on the right side of the page.

 

[KellyTheChef]

I understand how you feel Paulette. It's frusterating when you see the blatent rule breakers. You could send them a reminder email or just go straight to HO about it if you don't want to take a chance at confrontation. Sometimes HO acts on it and sometimes they don't. I guess there are so many rule benders and breakers that even they can't get to all of them (which I'm sure is what those consultants are counting on). There's a group of consultants who are part of this forum and LF and they openly talk about PC on LF too (which is a no-no and I'm pretty sure that they know better). I would have hoped that the moderators over there would have stepped-up and done something about it since I know that at least one of them is a PC consultant and she knows the rules, but no such luck.

Linda...I have to admit, I was one of the rule breakers over there...I think since most of us that are one there are also on here, I was just thinking it was all PC consultants. I had my website listed as my home page and everything! I wasn't thinking it was available to the public! Duh! BTW, I have changed my profile now!

So, under the "what do you do" part of website pages, can we put CONSULTANT FOR A LARGE KITCHENWARE COMPANY or is that off limits. I should know this...it's been talked to death many times, but I didn't really pay attention. I know...bad me!

 

[The_Kitchen_Guy]

It's Living Female, started by Greg (AdminGreg). Go to Chef Success homepage and you'll see a link on the right side of the page.

I was going to go over there and lurk, but it felt too much like being behind enemy lines in the war of the sexes.

 

[legacypc46]

So, under the "what do you do" part of website pages, can we put CONSULTANT FOR A LARGE KITCHENWARE COMPANY or is that off limits. I should know this...it's been talked to death many times, but I didn't really pay attention. I know...bad me!

I sent HO a request with very similar (it was for the on-line membership listing of my Chamber of Commerce). The answer was no. They said it has to do with keeping cooking shows the basis of our business.

(Another director made the observation that if we don't keep cooking shows and personal interaction as the foundation of what we do, why would the company even need us? I think that's a good point. Look at tupperware...I don't even go to their parties anymore....I can just go on-line and shop.)

leggy

 

[pamperedlinda]

Kelly, you are not one of the ones I was referring to.

 

[katie0128]

Also my friend who is doing a show with me posted about it on her page and put a link to my PWS.. I freaked!!!! She removed it for me when I explained my restrictions. Well this other PC cons posts "you are having a show who is doing it? I sell PC! I'm in ******* (next town over)!

That sounds like she was trying to steal a customer. Regardless of whether it happened online or in-person... customer stealing is one of the worst offenses... IMO! That would pi$$ me off even more that the blatent internet-rule-breaking deal!

 

[etteluap70PC]

That sounds like she was trying to steal a customer. Regardless of whether it happened online or in-person... customer stealing is one of the worst offenses... IMO! That would pi$$ me off even more that the blatent internet-rule-breaking deal!

Yeah if she had just said "Awesome! I hope you have a great show! Who is you Cons? I wonder If I know her..." It would have been ok but yeah it felt like "I do PC too ya know. I could do your show!"

I'm over it now.... Thanks all for letting me vent!

Linda.... I wondered about stuff over on LF too.

 

[katie0128]

Rude people suck.