Monday, August 25, 2008

3 of the King's favorite things...

The King has 3 favorite loves..
well, besides me and the dog...

Those are, not in any particular
order.
Hunting
Fishing
and
B.S. ing.
All of which got him pulled into a job.

He was at a local temporary store, and
as he looked over the merchandise, he
made a comment. "You are never going
to sell this stuff, in this mess. Who wants
to go thru all of this to find something?"

The manager heard this, walked to his
office and came back and handed the
King a piece of paper. Yep, an job
application. He brought it home and
asked me what did I think. I told him,
if it was something he wanted to do,
go for it.

Well, here we are 2 months now, and
he is having a blast. He sorts fishing
products and gear. He does the same
for hunting. Most of it is fishing for now.

First day out, he came home for lunch.
We live that close. And he was on a
high. He had sold 3 kayaks and 1 canoe.
And several fishing things. He went back
to sell another canoe and more fishing
stuff.

And 2 months later he is still having fun.
He had a case of remote small helicopters.
So he took one out, got it charged, and then
flew it around the store. The manager asked
him what did he think he was doing? "Selling
helicopter", the King replied. In 20 minutes he
had sold every one of them. The manager shook
his head and walked away.

He sold over $5,000 worth of waders to one man,
from Alaska. He has help women pick out fishing
poles for themselves, as well as buying one for her
husband.

He is having a blast. He said, even if it turns out
to be temporary, (but it is looking like they will
extend the lease they have). The King said that
is ok, he figures it is a heck of a ride as long as
it last. Which is looking like Christmas now.

2 comments:

MLove said...

Sounds like Kenny and my brother Kevin ought to get together. I'm sure Mother's told you about him and his Sportsman's Warehouse gig. Very similar stories.

MarmiteToasty said...

Fishing 'poles' ????? what, like huckleberry fin? a pole with a piece of string tied on the end? what? dont you have fishing rods with reels? ...goodness you lot are well funny lol

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