It’s that time of year again…
All the little thieves are in full force in my neighborhood. So I thought I would bring an email out from the archives. And now since I have a little boy I don’t need any emails about “when you have a kid…etc” you’ll think differently. Because I doubt it and I won’t respond.
Here it is:
I was robbed by a boy scout last night.
He stole $15 from me and then left a bag of crappy popcorn behind.
It went down like this.
It was about 7:30 pm.
I was reading on the couch minding my own business when the doorbell rings.
I can see through the glass that there are two little runts out there looking for a sucker.
I open the door and see two little boy scouts, one father, and a red flyer wagon full of goods to sell.
Of course at this point I know I’m totally going to get taken.
But what are you going to do?
So the older boy (maybe 8)
Looks up and says, “Would you like to buy some popcorn”
I look down and said, “No, and then shut the door.”
lol… Just kidding.
That’s what I wanted to say, because the truth is I don’t even like popcorn.
So I say, “Well what do you have?”
He then hands me a brochure of the most expensive popcorn I had ever seen in my life!!
$15 was the lowest priced bag!
So I pick out a bag, go back in to the house, get a check and hand it over.
The father proceeds to grab my bag out of the red flyer wagon, hand it to me and then start their trek down the sidewalk to the next sucker.
Now here’s the deal.
I went back inside and started to think about what just happened and why I was disappointed.
And I figured it out.
All I want in these situations (that happen constantly in our neighborhood)
Is for the kid to have prepared for the sale.
Have a few GOOD reasons why I should buy the product.
Because nobody wants to pay for overpriced popcorn.
Then the kid would actually learn something.
What he’s learning now is that if he takes around a wagon full of stuff, shows up, wears some cute little uniform, asks anybody who answers the door if they want this thing or whatever..
…then they will most likely get the sale.
Well, thats not real life.
You have to have a reason.
ANY REASON would be great.
For instance, He could say.
“Hello neighbor, I am raising money for my boy scout pack by selling this popcorn. It’s overpriced and frankly not that good. But it is a tax deduction (reason 1), it will help us serve in our community by funding uniform purchases (reason 2) and if you buy two packages tonight I will sweep your garage out (reason 3).
I would have bought three if just one kid is prepared for a sale like this. That kid would learn a hell of a lot and probably be a millionaire by the time he was 25.
So parents, prepare your kids for a sales presentation.
Make them stand out from all the other uniformed thieves out there trekking around neighborhoods robbing people. 😉
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