Household-cleanser salesboy

Did anyone else encounter this guy?

Over the weekend, some young guy (he looked like he was about 20) came by door-to-door selling a "miracle" odorless household cleanser (probably slightly doctored water). I think it was something like $87.00 a gallon. He turned on the fake charm right away: "Hello, is the lady of the house in? What? It's you? You are so young-looking, I didn't think it could be you." Because I was amused by his antics, (and also because I was not home alone), I let him continue his spiel and even spray a little bit of his cleanser on the side of my house. He then made a lame joke about "knowing how to clean because [he's] Mexican."

I told him I wasn't interested in buying. He asked why not. I told him I never buy stuff like that without having researched it first. He said, "Well, do you ... do you research Wal-Mart before shopping there?" I told him, "Actually, I don't shop at Wal-Mart." He continued scrubbing the siding of my house, touting the many uses of his product. He asked, "What do you use to clean your kitchen with?" I told him, "Vinegar." He responded, "But that is acidic ... isn't ... isn't vinegar too harsh?" I said, "How could it be too harsh when you can eat it and use it as a skin astringent?" In desperation, he said, "Isn't that unsanitary, using the same thing to eat and clean your house and put on your face?" By now, I was practically doubled over with laughter. I responded, "I don't use the same cup of vinegar for cleaning, eating, and putting on my face!" And he left in an abrupt huff. My relatives heard part of the conversation, and they were laughing too.

 

Your account of the "charm" routine is almost word for word the same as what my wife told me he tried on her last week.

I had someone else try to sell me the same product about 2 years ago. He actually drank some of it to prove how safe it was.

 

They haven't been recently, but years ago they came twice. The second time I let him clean my whole porch (; then told him no, again! It does appear to work, but I told him that if it worked well, they'd be selling it at Target, not door to door. Left us with the heebie jeebies.