Trailer Park Casanova
09-28-2003, 03:53 AM
We were in the Bashas grocery in downtown Parker. One of the employees that was an engine told me the Bluewater Casino was "the engines way of getting even with the whiteman." I told him; "They'll never get even with the white man."
The dumpy conditions at that Bashas, bad attitude (like grocery shopping at the DMV) and no boat parking has sent us to shop at the Parker Safeway.
We have a ritual. I drop off the girls to go into the Safeway to pick up groceries, then I head the truck and boat in to gas up, then back to the Safeway. I hang out in the Safeway parking lot until the girls are done grocery shopping.
I noticed last time there that the adjacent 49'r pizza was still vacant.
I remembered one time when I was waiting for the girls in the parking lot. The owner of the 49'r pizza came out and was demanding everyone parked near his business with a boat to move or be towed away.
This was like telling kids laffing at Disneyland to shut up, because Parker is a tough town to run a Pizza business. Making enemies with the boating public ain't a good idea.
An obnoxious, arrogant hard-on this guy. I thought that he's shooting off a toe everytime he comes out and gets on someones case. I refused to move and told him to call the cops if he wanted to.
I figured right and PR wise, he eventually shot off all his toes, then his foot,, and his Pizza business folded.
There were 4 car parts stores in my neighborhood when I was growing up. One store was packed with customers all the time, the other 3 car parts stores went in and out of business with new owners all the time.
The one successfull car parts store was always helpfull to his customers and did little favors,, and had a loyal following. Little things like press the bearing out of brake drum for you, or take the time to track down a difficult part.
The other car parts stores didn't dare.
I tried to follow that successful path with my Air Conditioning business,, and it's worked for me. I've picked up some loyal customers over the years.
One of my customers lives on Newport Beach Calif.
His home has bowling lanes, an inside/open to the outside courtyard with what looks like a Starbucks,, unbelievably huge, cool home on the most expensive beachfront in the world. Everytime he has a party I'm asked to stand by (with a bowling alley mechanic) in case anything mechanical or electrical goes wrong. Wealth beyond your wildest imagination. I got this customer from a good attitude and little favors.
They pay me a lot on the spot,, then another big check, a tip, comes in the mail a week later.
When we were washing our new boat this summer, the decals started coming off.
The service writer at the boat dealer just blew us off and said tough luck. Another Hard On attitude to deal with.
I figured nahh,,, this boat dealer isn't sucessfull from an attitude like that,, and I went to the owner.
I have a "loose your head and your ass will soon follow rule". I kept cool.
The boat dealer owner said to me; "Oh yea,, we're aware of that problem. We'll order you all new "drip molded Plastic" decals (nice) and put them on for you free. He pointed to a boat on the showroom floor that had them and it looked so cool,, so rich. What a difference.
Little favors go a long way.
[ September 28, 2003, 05:23 AM: Message edited by: Trailer Park Casanova ]
The dumpy conditions at that Bashas, bad attitude (like grocery shopping at the DMV) and no boat parking has sent us to shop at the Parker Safeway.
We have a ritual. I drop off the girls to go into the Safeway to pick up groceries, then I head the truck and boat in to gas up, then back to the Safeway. I hang out in the Safeway parking lot until the girls are done grocery shopping.
I noticed last time there that the adjacent 49'r pizza was still vacant.
I remembered one time when I was waiting for the girls in the parking lot. The owner of the 49'r pizza came out and was demanding everyone parked near his business with a boat to move or be towed away.
This was like telling kids laffing at Disneyland to shut up, because Parker is a tough town to run a Pizza business. Making enemies with the boating public ain't a good idea.
An obnoxious, arrogant hard-on this guy. I thought that he's shooting off a toe everytime he comes out and gets on someones case. I refused to move and told him to call the cops if he wanted to.
I figured right and PR wise, he eventually shot off all his toes, then his foot,, and his Pizza business folded.
There were 4 car parts stores in my neighborhood when I was growing up. One store was packed with customers all the time, the other 3 car parts stores went in and out of business with new owners all the time.
The one successfull car parts store was always helpfull to his customers and did little favors,, and had a loyal following. Little things like press the bearing out of brake drum for you, or take the time to track down a difficult part.
The other car parts stores didn't dare.
I tried to follow that successful path with my Air Conditioning business,, and it's worked for me. I've picked up some loyal customers over the years.
One of my customers lives on Newport Beach Calif.
His home has bowling lanes, an inside/open to the outside courtyard with what looks like a Starbucks,, unbelievably huge, cool home on the most expensive beachfront in the world. Everytime he has a party I'm asked to stand by (with a bowling alley mechanic) in case anything mechanical or electrical goes wrong. Wealth beyond your wildest imagination. I got this customer from a good attitude and little favors.
They pay me a lot on the spot,, then another big check, a tip, comes in the mail a week later.
When we were washing our new boat this summer, the decals started coming off.
The service writer at the boat dealer just blew us off and said tough luck. Another Hard On attitude to deal with.
I figured nahh,,, this boat dealer isn't sucessfull from an attitude like that,, and I went to the owner.
I have a "loose your head and your ass will soon follow rule". I kept cool.
The boat dealer owner said to me; "Oh yea,, we're aware of that problem. We'll order you all new "drip molded Plastic" decals (nice) and put them on for you free. He pointed to a boat on the showroom floor that had them and it looked so cool,, so rich. What a difference.
Little favors go a long way.
[ September 28, 2003, 05:23 AM: Message edited by: Trailer Park Casanova ]