10-4.......

ok, so i successfully managed to operate my spouse's business for 6 hours........without major problems.....we actually sold 2 bikes........pre-adolescents celebrating birthdays are not a hard sell.......i must admit that my 12-year old.....who spends everyday after school at the shop......is a talented salesperson........she steered an imposing woman driving a latemodel mercedes and sporting a 6+ carat diamond away from the less-suitable insoles that this customer came in to buy.....i was impressed.........both with her terrier-like determination to stick with what was right rather than what the customer wanted to buy wrongly.......so much for the customer is always right.....when it comes to feet.....the customer who found out she was wrong once she gets home will be back the next business day....better to sell what is best the first time.........i did have a glimpse of the l.o. walking with her dad down mainstreet...perchance to work?.......though i deal with the public in my m-f career.......i am basically unsuited for sales........where the customer is in the driver's seat........and i found it difficult to be nice for 6 straight hours...but then, gentle readers.....you aleady knew that.............