Nothing much has happened at the lot this last week. Salespeople are settling in for the long winter hibernation. Inventory is piling up as the public ignores all the shiny new models. I took two weeks off writing to recharge the creative battery.
But now I’m back dammit. And for the first order of business […]

Management at the Honda dealership was so stingy they bought thank you cards at a railroad salvage depot. Anything to save a few pennies, even if it meant profiteering from a train wreck. The cards were water stained and so moldy they stunk up the storage room. They were festooned with cheesy artwork […]

Such a mood I’m in today. Been living on five hours sleep a night for a week. That’s hard for a man of my advanced age. My brother and his wife are visiting from Indiana and we’re trying to see as much as possible in a few days. Last night we made the trek to […]

A number of industries have sprouted to accommodate the schedules of salespeople at car lots. We’re stuck there for ten to fifteen hours a day giving rise to all manner of enterprising souls. They’ve rushed in to fill the needs of the many indentured automotive sales professionals.
There are mobile barbers, tailors, shoe salesmen, fruit vendors, […]

Owen survived Mrs. Bilbrey’s onslaught. Today he’s stumbling around outside taking notes. Owen tries to make sense of the world by categorizing events. It’s not a diary or a journal. It’s a survival mechanism. He refers back to his notes several times a day. Once, years ago, he tried to explain his system for organizing […]