Post by Steve Gardener on Oct 26, 2008 13:17:12 GMT
Good lord. My Sunday gripe bag doth over flows.
Let's imagine I own a supplement company (golly I do ha ha) and I decide to pick from a very well know large UK Muscle forum www.muscletalk.co.uk for example (he he) some members to act as 'reps' for me.
Now, just in case I'm a dumb ass, if I own said company I expect these people 'representing' me (as a rep usually means representative or salesmen in the real world) to have some knowledge of my products. Fair enough?
Now in the health food / supplements / sports supplements business this means, in effect, some basic knowledge of nutrition. Carbs, calories, proteins and fats. Knowing what an amino acid is, what BCAA's are, how stuff works.
So that while the said company might not sell proteins it does sell BACTERIOSTATIC water (for use with IGF) Insulin syringes and so on one might assume that if these potentially dangerous, if abused, and illegal for most to use/possess products (IGF and Insulin being prescription only) are being sold by a rep one might want him to know what the fuck he's talking about.
If said rep asks the most basic question on protein and protein blends then I for one would be raising a fucking eyebrow or two before asking him for advice on how to use the water and syringes he helps sell.
Or am I the only one?
Let's imagine I own a supplement company (golly I do ha ha) and I decide to pick from a very well know large UK Muscle forum www.muscletalk.co.uk for example (he he) some members to act as 'reps' for me.
Now, just in case I'm a dumb ass, if I own said company I expect these people 'representing' me (as a rep usually means representative or salesmen in the real world) to have some knowledge of my products. Fair enough?
Now in the health food / supplements / sports supplements business this means, in effect, some basic knowledge of nutrition. Carbs, calories, proteins and fats. Knowing what an amino acid is, what BCAA's are, how stuff works.
So that while the said company might not sell proteins it does sell BACTERIOSTATIC water (for use with IGF) Insulin syringes and so on one might assume that if these potentially dangerous, if abused, and illegal for most to use/possess products (IGF and Insulin being prescription only) are being sold by a rep one might want him to know what the fuck he's talking about.
If said rep asks the most basic question on protein and protein blends then I for one would be raising a fucking eyebrow or two before asking him for advice on how to use the water and syringes he helps sell.
Or am I the only one?
