my very first day with the new boss
Michael Estabrook
I leave my
demo case in the trunk telling
him I don’t need it.
Turns out I do
need it, end-up drawing out
the product designs on an old
blackboard, thoroughly unimpressing
the customer.
Then I say, “Come on let’s go
pick-up an order,” and march
him into purchasing
without
an appointment only to have Hank
the senior buyer frown
at me and say, “Gee, you should’ve
called first Mike, sorry
but you’ve lost
the business to one of your
competitors.”
My boss hasn’t let me
forget that
day once in 14 years.
