Headache parent

I work for an online training platform. One of the day today activity of my work is to get in touch with parents to arrange training session for their children. Some parents are really polite and are eager to speak about their children. They are came to know what the platform can offer. Some parents only want to get one session, they only want the experience without any commitment. And then there are some parents we show great amount of interest and do not proceed any further. This is a story of such parent.

Let's call this parent Mr G. I contacted Mr G because he had requested for a session for his daughter. He was very friendly. He spoke to me very freely. He explained that how his daughter is in school. He also told me that her performance was great but she is little shy. Generally the first connect with the parent last for about 5 to 7 minutes. This man spoke to me for over 15 minutes. He was very interested in the training and it appeared that he was ready to enroll his child into the training program offered by the platform. Or should I say he was able to deceive me.

The training session went really well. His daughter enjoy it the session. He was sitting with his daughter and towards the end he told me that he really enjoyed the way I had been conducting the session. He also said that I made his daughter really comfortable and motivated. He was moved with how his daughter was confident and comfortable with me. While speaking with me he almost had tears in his eyes. What a great actor he was.

After the session the sales team got in touch with him. They wanted to provide more guidance on how to join the platform; what will be the curriculum; how will be the fee structure; all the technical matters. Generally the meeting with the sales team last for about half an hour. This man's poke with the sales team for approximately 2 hours. Later the sales team representative had called me. He said that the man was asking him several questions. No parent asks those questions. He was asking questions like where the company will be 10 years from now; what is the company's turnover; which expansion has the company planned. These questions were bizzare. This questions had nothing to do with education. This question had nothing to do with confidence building. I was surprised that why these questions were being asked to the sales person. Towards the end the sales person told me that do not have any hopes with this parent. He just appears to be a blabbermouth.

This entire incident made me think of how deceptive people can be. When he spoke with me he should a vast interest. Ki himself told me that he was impressed with how I had made his daughter comfortable and confident in just 45 minutes of the training session. He had appeared very key in joining the platform. Infantry I told me that he is looking forward to conducting more classes for his daughter. I was incompletely dis believe how a person can turn a table. I was very confident that he is going to enroll his child but what happened with this man has changed my entire worldview.