Tonite was really too comical. I was scheduled to present a bp at a local bar where my husband's band plays when they don't have any other gigs to do. This gentleman is from Nashville, well-dressed, intelligent and really looks like he doesn't want to own a juke joint on a back road in rural TN! I was just the person to solve his problem! It wouldn't take much effort to look good in this dive, but I decided to dress for business anyway. I looked like a diamond in a compost heap, but I was pumped and ready for the close. The owner asked me to come by at 7 p.m. because he had a bartender that could relieve him during our meeting.
My son, Bryce (18, who is also a rep), went with me to learn the ropes! We had to wait at the bar 10 minutes because the owner was late. So, in he comes, stands behind the bar with his hands on the counter and says, "Alright, show me what you have." as if I were going to tell him right there sitting at the bar with the game on behind him on the big screen!
I said, "Yeah, you bet! Let's go to your office. Do you have a computer with internet or should I set up my laptop?"
"Oh, I don't have an office." WHO doesn't have an office???
We decided, because karaoke didn't start for an hour (*sigh*), that we would sit at one of the quieter tables where I could plug in my laptop. There were only about 4 people in the place at that time, so it seemed reasonable.
My laptop wouldn't boot up. Bar owner runs to his car to get his. His works but the audio was so quiet that it couldn't be heard very well. It didn't help that at the very moment the Mr. Chorost was introducing Steve Jordan some guy plunked about 5 bucks worth of quarters into the juke box that was 3 feet away!
Once a Marine, always a Marine ... I was not one to admit defeat easily, so I suggested that I give a verbal presentation. At this point, I was subconsciously gauging the decibels of the juke box to how well I could project over the din. I admitted I wasn't as smooth with my delivery as were the people in the DVD's. I explained that, ideally, I should be able to just pop in the DVD and the information spills forth. But I would certainly do my best.
Bryce and I threw in the towel when the bartender interrupted me to inform my client that the women's toilet was overflowing and he had to come right away.
This whole situation kind of worked to my advantage, as my client was in an apologetic mood. He promised to watch thereelfhtm bp after I rebutted his offhand comment about Fortune being just another network marketing company by dangling a well placed carrot of fact. We rescheduled for Monday, one hour before the establishment (and I use that term loosely) opened.
Bryce and I got in the truck and just laughed all the way home. What can you do!?
Erin Thomas
Manager, Trainer Coach
Bethpage, TN
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