Friday, March 10, 2006
Blackmail
Tom is in love. He'll tell you he's in love. He talks to the object of his affection several times a day, text messages her constantly, and showers her with money and presents. Just one problem. The love of his life is MARRIED with three kids. Tom has been trying for months now to get her to leave...
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Thursday, March 9, 2006
Two Cash Sales in Two Days!
It's one thing to sell a home/land package where the customer qualifies for a loan with zero down. It's another to get someone to write a check for $27 - $30 thousand and buy a house right off the lot. But that's what has happened the last two days. Ron, the other salesman, makes his living on cash...
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Wednesday, March 8, 2006
Giving Girl Genius a Break!
Girl Genius has been having trouble in school. No, not that kind of trouble. Trouble in that she's getting made fun of because she's NOT, repeat, NOT boy crazy. Yesterday, some of the girls at school told her she'd one day meet a boy, fall in love and want to have his baby. Did I mention that Girl...
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Tuesday, March 7, 2006
Sitting Out Election Day
Better Half and I usually get up early on election day to vote. Not this year. There's is absolutely no enthusiasm for voting in the mystic household this year for several reasons. First, our district was so gerrymandered that our state representative's home town is in Ennis, rural country hick...
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Saturday, March 4, 2006
What's In A Name?
Better Half put my nickname on Eldest Daughter's wedding announcement, she said, because if she used my real name nobody would know who we were. (And no, I'm not going to tell you what my real name is, but suffice to say on the first day of each school year when the teacher would call attendance,...
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Friday, March 3, 2006
Free At Last!
Tom walked into my office and said we were no longer partners. Just like that. He said he was tired of seeing me unhappy, tired of trying to work 10 deals that didn't make no money, tired of trying to do it all by himself, blah, blah, blah. Oddly enough, I felt no great sense of joy or relief. I...
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Thursday, March 2, 2006
Foreclosure Notice!
I dread certified letter notices in the mail. About six or seven years ago, Better Half was having such a miserable time with her supervisor at the Big City Daily. She'd poured her heart and soul into her sales job for 13 years, winning all kinds of sales contests and awards, but kept getting passed...
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Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Hey AC!
Are You Normal? Your Normalcy Quotient is: 51 out of 100. Your quiz results make you a Wonderful Eccentric You've earned the title of wonderful eccentric, and while you're not a wild, gun slinging maverick, you certainly like to follow your own way. Of course, you probably don't think of yourself as...
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Sunday, February 26, 2006
Attitude Adjustment
Ever since the big meeting, Tom has been surprised that I have been friendly and willing to help even though he's attempting to take half my commissions. Even Ron, the other salesman, is puzzled. I'm not stonewalling him or treating him any different than I have when he first gave me the opportunity...
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Friday, February 24, 2006
Showdown
When I discovered that Tom, my "partner," felt entitled to 50 percent of my commissions while keeping all of his, I didn't get mad. I quietly started learning the business, streamlining the process, working WITHIN the system until I was ready to make my move. And I did it with a smile on my face and...
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