I'm sure most, if not all, retail salesmen or salesmen in general have the same dream, which rarely, if ever, comes true at all: A salesman always has the fantasy of helping a fantastic looking girl and, somehow, outside of the workplace, ends up getting together with the girl, which leads to better things and, perhaps, a foreseeable future with this girl.
Well, my friends, this is the second fantasy come true for me, which guys always have but never end up having their fantasy fulfilled. The first which came true for me was the "stripper incident." I don't think this has been posted on my blog or site yet but it will one of these days.
A few years ago, back in the PI days, I used to go to a local strip joint (not full-stripping, may I mind you because that's not allowed in PSL because this is the Losers town who can't get the full things in life but that's another topic). After going to the strip joint for a few days, I was introduced to this stripper girl. We started having nice conversations and I was paying her bills a little during that time. lol! One thing led to another and I ended up taking her home, well, actually, going to her home one night and one thing led to another for a few days and then..... she decided to be just "friends" (which was stated clearly on my voice mail right after I got out of the prison) And that was the end of that but it was still a fantasy fulfilled, which most guys don't have the luxury of having.
Now onto the main focus of this post: the salesman fantasy.
Like I said above, it's a salesman's dream to assist an amazing looking girl and end up being with this girl, somehow, outside of the workplace. Some salesmen act all flirtatious and end up getting their number or giving the girl their number but I find that unethical and immoral as a salesman. After all, you're working for a company and are supposed to act and be professional. Being flirtatious is not being professional. A guy who used to work in my area did that to a fathers daughter (of all girls) and ended up getting switched to inventory. He finally left the store. If he didn't, I would have gave his ass a reason to leave.
It all started Sunday (the 26th) when I was working in my usual PC area. Being the so-called "supervisor" when my supervisor is not around, I usually walk around the PC area to see how everything is going and to shadow a few of my fellow associates to see if they are recommending everything, seeing if everything they are saying is not BS, and chiming in to add in stuff they missed, such as some stuff missing from explaining the Geek Squad service and/or the service plan. I ended up shadowing a very good associate and friend of mine a little, who was helping out a very nice and, obviously, attractive girl in the area with a laptop. We starting doing sort of a team sale where he would mention something and I would chip in with my thoughts about it and recommendations. A few minutes later, he went to get the laptop and I was alone with customer. We started talking for a bit about where we were both from, why we were in this part of FL, what we want to do career-wise, and many more interesting to nobody but ourselves kind of stuff. The other guy came back with the laptop and I ended the conversation with a quick introduction to myself and got her name (which is a pretty unique and sweet name, btw) and shook her hand and ended it from there. Now, some may say that was being flirtatious but I would think of it as a normal conversation to kill time while the other guy was looking for the laptop. I did not ask nor did I give my number or receive hers. I actually was not even thinking about that sort of thing anyways. She went up to the front with the other salesman and the sale was completed up at the front. Another thing to mention, which kind of has to be pointed out was the fact that she was with two guys as well, which is why I was not really trying to hang around with her anyways because I assumed one of them was her boyfriend. Nothing else really happened during that day.
A day passed and I check my wonderful MySpace account like a lot of cool dudes do and came across a message in my inbox from a girl who kind of looked a little familiar. It turned out it was the girl I had helped out that day with the laptop. She wanted to go back to the back the next day and thank me for helping her. I was pretty damn surprised and also excited, in a way, with this message. After all, this was some cute girl I met for the first time at work and she just, out of the blue, sends me a message on my doofusy profile. I'm usually sending the girls the messages and never getting a response back. This is the thing I thought would never happen in my dull life. She also said some positive comments regarding my profile as well, which I was surprised about too. Long story short, we have been chatting online back and forth for a couple days now and things have been going great so far. One thing I'm going to do is take it slow this time because this is one fantasy I want to last longer than a week!! I'm actually, after thinking a considerable amount, at the time of my life where I'd like to have an actual relationship with a girl and not the "one night stand" kind of things anymore. Even though we have not gone on a date or anything yet, she seems like a pretty cool girl so far, one of those rare girls with beauty and brains. ;-) I give her the credit for saying that one though because it fits her description perfectly. Oh, and I ended up making an ass outa me and not u because those two guys were not her boyfriends. That should be a lesson to all of you out there who still make assumptions without getting the facts first!!
A couple more things I need to focus on controlling is to not get all emotional like I did with the girls in the past, not to be too caring about her yet because she is not my girlfriend and it is too soon to tell whether she will be or not, and there are some more things but I do not know if those other things are actually good things or bad things which is why I will not post that stuff here. ;-) After all, I can't reveal all of my secrets because there will be too many guys trying to act like me and not like themselves!
So, that is a major update I figured I'd share with the 4 of you reading this. I hope everything goes well this time around and not blow up in my face like all of the other fantasies I had in my life so far; girls, job, car, etc. There has to be a time in my life where I can actually get something where it doesn't turn out to be a lemon or make me more broke than I already am, or someone who I can actually care for and not screw me out of $1000's of dollars or put a big ass knife in my chest after being with this person and sharing my heart and sole with this person, only after having everything I gave just thrown back at me like it's that last drop of orange juice in the container nobody drinks because it's left with that nasty bitter pulp! I could have had a better analogy but it's almost 4:30a now and I'm ready for bed.....
On that note, have a great night and I'll keep you guys (even though only 4 or 5 of you) updated!! Feel free to leave me any comments, complaints, or tips!
Later,
Justin
PS> It took 5 years for this fantasy to come true! The other one I had took a week so maybe this one will last longer. Time will tell...
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Friday, November 24, 2006
I guess I got F'ed up the A again!!!!
Yes, before I start, it has been a month since I updated this and I have not updated my site(s) at all yet as well so shut it! In the words of my momma, "It will get done when it gets done!" To this day, I still have not understood that whole catch-22 statement; I kind of understand what it means but it's one of those statements which honestly, well, has only one purpose and that purpose is to give a response back to the person who asked the question, which, leaves the person with no way to ask any more questions as far as a time frame goes because, although not exactly, it does answer the question as to when the said task at hand will get done and that is.... when it gets done!! Got it? Good!! Now, on to the reason why I am posting an update to my blog at 3:25AM...
As you all know (unless you were living in a cave for the past 50 years), today is Black (or Green) Friday. This is the day (in case you were living in a cave for the past 50 years) after Thanksgiving, when all of the retail stores open up at 5AM and have a selection of stuff for pretty cheap, usually instant rebates, some instant and mail-in. As for a person being in retail, this is a day all of us dread and wish it would just fly by, which it usually does. This is also the day where each store, such as Best Buy, has to make a budget which is $750,000+ in one day!! That is just staggering. This is also a day where a bunch of cheap asses wait in line way before the store opens to get one of those good deals in the paper. I, unfortunately, was (until now), one of those people. I think this was one of the most all time low things I have hit in my life to this day. Let me give you a rundown on the situation:
It was Wednesday night, the day before Thanksgiving when I (and 20+ other associates) was working until 2:30AM to get the store ready for this wonderful day. I saw the front page of the ad and saw a HP laptop on sale for $379 (model DV6103NR). Normally it is $749 so if you do the math, it' a savings of $370!! When you look at the specs of this laptop, you'll know it's a sweet deal. I still kick myself in the ass for spending $799 for a Gateway laptop with a celeron in it a year ago. I knew that would be a good laptop for my uncle because he needs one. Now onto the next day...
The next day, I showed him the ad and he was looking at some other stuff as well, such as a big plasma tv w/ over $1000 off the price and a few other things. The main things he wanted to get and what I wanted to get as well was on sale from 5AM-12PM. I decided to volunteer to wait in line before the store opens because it would be a fun experience for me, I don't go to bed until early in the morning anyway, and I just wanted to get my damn hands on those electronics so we all could be happy!!
The time ticked away and I decided I wanted to get there by 3AM, two hours before the store opened. At around 2AM, I was looking at the clock in my room and started to get this nervous, gut feeling, a feeling like I get sometimes when I pour more than one of that Fire sauce on a taco from Taco Bell, but not quite. It kind of gave me a picture in my head with the store and some kind of image as to how crowded it was at already, or at least going to be very soon. It was a little more than two hours before the store opened but I knew, for some reason, I had to get my ass in gear soon.
At 2:15AM, I decided to get a move on it so I gathered what I needed and got in my car and started on this journey; a journey with an unsure outcome. A journey with dedication, a focus, a meaning, and a wanting to succeed in. I was on my way, driving in semi-empty roads, to go to Best Buy (the store I still work at and would have to be back at 5PM) and stand in line with the rest of the crowd, which, should, I thought, be small at this early of a time.
At approximately 2:30AM, I was turning into the road to go into the parking lot. I took a glance through my darkly tinted passenger window and noticed a few cars already parked in the lot. I then made a right turn to pull into the store and, to my astonishing amazement, I already, 2 1/2 hours before the store even opened, saw a line. Actually, this was not a normal line like any line of people; it was a line of hordes of people with heavy coats, chairs, sleeping bags, pissed off looks on their faces, and very impatient people. I took a slow ride in KITT and looked to my left through my darkly tinted driver side glass at all the people, who stared back at me (or not believing their eyes they saw KITT from the TV show but that is beside the point!) until I was at the end of the store, "Linens and Things" (way past Best Buy). I turned into the parking lot, took a deep breath, looked around, and just could not believe what was going on around me. I, honestly, started to get a little freaked out now. Seriously, how important in a persons life is it to spend a whole Thanksgiving waiting outside for some electronic device, such as a TV, PC, MP3 player, or whatever it is? Just to get it for cheap? Do they not have a job where they can afford these items? If that is the case, shouldn't that money be used towards something else in life, like, oh, I don't know, food, gas, clothes, and other necessities?? If money is not the issue, why, in a persons right mind would they wait way before a store opened? I thought waiting a little more than two hours was long enough but to get there at that time with a line already a few hundred yards long, and over 200 people filled? Come on now, that's just some crazy shit!! So, to cut that part short because there is really nothing more to add to that, I just drove right where I came in, and watched as a Martin County Sheriff car drove in next. lol!! But honestly, how important in a persons life is it to get an electronic? Don't get me wrong now; I'm an electronic freak myself but there is no way I'm waiting in line over five hours for something. It's just a waste of valuable time life, which can never be replaced or bought, unlike those pesky electronic gizmo's.
On the way home, in the quite roads, I decided to top off my gas again because I didn't remember when the last time I filled it up was. Looking at the price on the sign, which has been going up again these past few months, I let my car have it; a whole 4 gallons, totaling around $10.00! I guess that was all it needed and all I needed to burn off on the way home, which will be explained now.
It was now 3AM and I'm just sitting at the stop light on the PSL Blvd/Gatlin intersection when a Mustang came up to the left lane next to me. I started to get another gut feeling again, although a little smaller than the other one with the Fire sauce. I noticed he was revving up his motor and stepping up a bit. I knew what he wanted from me and KITT. I stepped up as well and focussed on the light. He was stepping up a little more, as did I. The light turned green and I gracefully put my foot on the gas and he did the same. He started to get ahead a little so, I did what KITT would normally do at this time, I floored the shit outa the pedal and took da fuck off down PSL Blvd and the Mustang was shifting gears trying to catch up but........ it was too late; his ass was way behind! I honestly did not think I would have made it passed him without KITT doing the shifting game he always pulls on me at times, where I usually have to take my foot off the gas in order for it to not conk out but this time... this time... KITT was all power, baby and that, my friend, was actually a great way to end that worthless, yet adventurous journey!
Until next time,
Justin
As you all know (unless you were living in a cave for the past 50 years), today is Black (or Green) Friday. This is the day (in case you were living in a cave for the past 50 years) after Thanksgiving, when all of the retail stores open up at 5AM and have a selection of stuff for pretty cheap, usually instant rebates, some instant and mail-in. As for a person being in retail, this is a day all of us dread and wish it would just fly by, which it usually does. This is also the day where each store, such as Best Buy, has to make a budget which is $750,000+ in one day!! That is just staggering. This is also a day where a bunch of cheap asses wait in line way before the store opens to get one of those good deals in the paper. I, unfortunately, was (until now), one of those people. I think this was one of the most all time low things I have hit in my life to this day. Let me give you a rundown on the situation:
It was Wednesday night, the day before Thanksgiving when I (and 20+ other associates) was working until 2:30AM to get the store ready for this wonderful day. I saw the front page of the ad and saw a HP laptop on sale for $379 (model DV6103NR). Normally it is $749 so if you do the math, it' a savings of $370!! When you look at the specs of this laptop, you'll know it's a sweet deal. I still kick myself in the ass for spending $799 for a Gateway laptop with a celeron in it a year ago. I knew that would be a good laptop for my uncle because he needs one. Now onto the next day...
The next day, I showed him the ad and he was looking at some other stuff as well, such as a big plasma tv w/ over $1000 off the price and a few other things. The main things he wanted to get and what I wanted to get as well was on sale from 5AM-12PM. I decided to volunteer to wait in line before the store opens because it would be a fun experience for me, I don't go to bed until early in the morning anyway, and I just wanted to get my damn hands on those electronics so we all could be happy!!
The time ticked away and I decided I wanted to get there by 3AM, two hours before the store opened. At around 2AM, I was looking at the clock in my room and started to get this nervous, gut feeling, a feeling like I get sometimes when I pour more than one of that Fire sauce on a taco from Taco Bell, but not quite. It kind of gave me a picture in my head with the store and some kind of image as to how crowded it was at already, or at least going to be very soon. It was a little more than two hours before the store opened but I knew, for some reason, I had to get my ass in gear soon.
At 2:15AM, I decided to get a move on it so I gathered what I needed and got in my car and started on this journey; a journey with an unsure outcome. A journey with dedication, a focus, a meaning, and a wanting to succeed in. I was on my way, driving in semi-empty roads, to go to Best Buy (the store I still work at and would have to be back at 5PM) and stand in line with the rest of the crowd, which, should, I thought, be small at this early of a time.
At approximately 2:30AM, I was turning into the road to go into the parking lot. I took a glance through my darkly tinted passenger window and noticed a few cars already parked in the lot. I then made a right turn to pull into the store and, to my astonishing amazement, I already, 2 1/2 hours before the store even opened, saw a line. Actually, this was not a normal line like any line of people; it was a line of hordes of people with heavy coats, chairs, sleeping bags, pissed off looks on their faces, and very impatient people. I took a slow ride in KITT and looked to my left through my darkly tinted driver side glass at all the people, who stared back at me (or not believing their eyes they saw KITT from the TV show but that is beside the point!) until I was at the end of the store, "Linens and Things" (way past Best Buy). I turned into the parking lot, took a deep breath, looked around, and just could not believe what was going on around me. I, honestly, started to get a little freaked out now. Seriously, how important in a persons life is it to spend a whole Thanksgiving waiting outside for some electronic device, such as a TV, PC, MP3 player, or whatever it is? Just to get it for cheap? Do they not have a job where they can afford these items? If that is the case, shouldn't that money be used towards something else in life, like, oh, I don't know, food, gas, clothes, and other necessities?? If money is not the issue, why, in a persons right mind would they wait way before a store opened? I thought waiting a little more than two hours was long enough but to get there at that time with a line already a few hundred yards long, and over 200 people filled? Come on now, that's just some crazy shit!! So, to cut that part short because there is really nothing more to add to that, I just drove right where I came in, and watched as a Martin County Sheriff car drove in next. lol!! But honestly, how important in a persons life is it to get an electronic? Don't get me wrong now; I'm an electronic freak myself but there is no way I'm waiting in line over five hours for something. It's just a waste of valuable time life, which can never be replaced or bought, unlike those pesky electronic gizmo's.
On the way home, in the quite roads, I decided to top off my gas again because I didn't remember when the last time I filled it up was. Looking at the price on the sign, which has been going up again these past few months, I let my car have it; a whole 4 gallons, totaling around $10.00! I guess that was all it needed and all I needed to burn off on the way home, which will be explained now.
It was now 3AM and I'm just sitting at the stop light on the PSL Blvd/Gatlin intersection when a Mustang came up to the left lane next to me. I started to get another gut feeling again, although a little smaller than the other one with the Fire sauce. I noticed he was revving up his motor and stepping up a bit. I knew what he wanted from me and KITT. I stepped up as well and focussed on the light. He was stepping up a little more, as did I. The light turned green and I gracefully put my foot on the gas and he did the same. He started to get ahead a little so, I did what KITT would normally do at this time, I floored the shit outa the pedal and took da fuck off down PSL Blvd and the Mustang was shifting gears trying to catch up but........ it was too late; his ass was way behind! I honestly did not think I would have made it passed him without KITT doing the shifting game he always pulls on me at times, where I usually have to take my foot off the gas in order for it to not conk out but this time... this time... KITT was all power, baby and that, my friend, was actually a great way to end that worthless, yet adventurous journey!
Until next time,
Justin
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