Just after picking up my press pass for SHOT today I happened to stumble across a private room with a huge Gerber banner out front. Intrigued I went in, and there were lots of folks I didn't know sitting there. I was approached by one of them who asked me who I was, and told me it was a sales meeting, and as a result, I wasn't able to stay.
As Bender once put it:
This is the worst kind of discrimination- the kind against me
They were very polite about it, and he invited me to check out their booth, to which I replied I already had an appointment!
Oh well, maybe next time!

Def