The remorseful scientist

摘要

Dear Sales people,I am writing to you because I feel that I need to get something off my chest.I’d have done this in person but you are a collective of thousands of people and it seems unlikely that I can persuade you all to meet me at a coffee shop to’talk’.We’ve had a complicated relationship over the years.From the first time we met and you were trying to sell a dizzying array of lab consumables I knew that our relationship was going to be long and filled with exciting challenges.We’ve danced back and forth between you trying to sell me stuff I need,me trying to buy stuff I need,you trying to sell me other stuff and me trying to get you out the door as quickly as possible.I’ll always think fondly of those times when you’ve actually had the thing I want available and I’ve been able to give you money for it.