On Tuesday we boarded the dogs. On Wednesday we flew to California on urgent personal business. On Thursday we discharged our personal obligations. Yesterday I flew back to Chicago. Today I picked up the dogs from the kennel and have been tending them. They were quite glad to see me.
In case you’ve been wondering where I have been. Normal programming should resume tomorrow.
I’m sure all of your readers would concur with me in wishing you and your family well whatever the circumstances may be.
I may post on it later but it’s not really my story to tell.
Perhaps some levity is in order:
Sean moves to America and settles in Texas and goes to a big “everything under one roof†department store looking for a job.
The boss says, “Do you have any sales experience?â€
The kid says “Yeah. I was a vacuum salesman back home.â€
Well, the boss was unsure, but he liked the kid and figured he’d give him a shot, so he gave him the job. “You start tomorrow. I’ll come down after we close and see how you did.â€
His first day on the job was rough, but he got through it.
After the store was locked up, the boss came down to the sales floor.
“How many customers bought something from you today?â€
Sean frowns and looks at the floor and mutters, “Oneâ€.
The boss says, “Just one?!!? Our sales people average sales to 20 to 30 customers a day. That will have to change, and soon if you’d like to continue your employment here. We have very strict standards for our sales force here. One sale a day might have been acceptable back home, but you’re not on the farm anymore, son.â€
Sean took his beating but continued to look at his shoes, so the boss felt bad for chewing him out on his first day. He asked (semi-sarcastically), “So, how much was your one sale for?â€
Sean looks up at his boss and says “$101,237.65′′.
The boss, astonished, says $101,237.65?!? What the heck did you sell?â€
“Well, first, I sold him some new fish hooks. Then I sold him a new fishing rod to go with his new hooks. Then I asked him where he was going fishing and he said down the coast, so I told him he was going to need a boat, so we went down to the boat department and I sold him a twin-engine Chris Craft. Then he said he didn’t think his Honda Civic would pull it, so I took him down to the automotive department and sold him that 4×4 Expedition.â€
The boss said,, “A guy came in here to buy a fish hook and you sold him a boat and a TRUCK!?â€
“No, the guy came in here to buy tampons for his wife, and I said, ‘Dude, your weekend’s shot, you might as well go fishing.’â€
I gotta million of’m……
Drew, I had a good morning laugh, with my muffin, over that joke!
A dog’s welcome more than compensates for that 3AM full alert because there be a squirrel on the window.
Being awakened at 3am by a dog is very nearly a nightly occurrence here. No squirrels involved, however.
“I’m sure all of your readers would concur with me in wishing you and your family well whatever the circumstances may be.”
I concur.
Concur. (Thanks Drew. All of the salesmen jokes I think of offhand are very much off color so this will come in handy when in proper company. )
Steve