That really hasn’t been my experience when working alongside sales people at the companies I’ve worked for. I definitely wouldn’t call any of them sales droids

That really hasn’t been my experience when working alongside sales people at the companies I’ve worked for. I definitely wouldn’t call any of them sales droids. Usually they’re just given really tough goals and quotas to hit. And while none of the salespeople I’ve worked with would book unsolicited appointments, I could see it happening at companies who don’t have a very mature sales org and just throw their account managers to the sharks and expect them to make it rain. From experience, I suspect that most salespeople who resort to invasive tactics really don’t expect everybody to be excited about their product. They are just desperately trying to keep their heads above water to avoid getting fired - a very human, non droid like thing to do. That doesn’t excuse it, of course.