Salesman Carl Birkenshaw Not Guilty Of Assault

On the 28th October Confessions Of A Salesman ran a story which we picked up via the UK Daily Mail called: Give Me the Sale or I will Punch You

This is a Follow Up to the “story” - you see, the salesman in question - Carl Birkenshaw was found NOT GUILTY at court on the 5th November.

It appears that most people / most media and indeed rather shamefacedly ourselves here at Confessions Of A Salesman want to assume the worst about sales people.

Today we are pleased to correct that “story” - please see:
Carl Birkenshaw has been cleared of assaulting customer

I have been in contact with Carl and there is no doubt he is a sincere, professional guy, one that the selling profession should be proud of - there is also no doubt that he has been through a Nightmare of a time.

It is a Nightmare I dare say many people would never recover from - but my impression is that Carl is very strong of character and will handle this much better than most of us. That said, it is any professional sales person nightmare. Think, if you were a Doctor or a School Teacher and you were accused of professional malpractice and the implications of that - even when you are proved NOT GUILTY.

This is what Carl is having to recover from and rebuild his career around. There is no doubt that the real “story” here is the way that the MEDIA sees us salespeople and that is something we should all be working at to correct.

Carl Birkenshaw We Wish You Well and we are pleased to say it LOUD and CLEAR - NOT GUILTY! NOT GUILTY!

Original post by The Salesman