I'm going to cash in what's left in my Health Savings Account on the way to work. If it's over $150 I'm going to feel like the luckiest boy in the world.
I'm resigning with $961 in my account, $720 of that going to rent, and $90 in my pocket. Cutting it close would be better than this, I'm coming up short.
10:00 am:
Had some sweet text exchanges with Peggy and one quick proposal on a car from a guy in service. All but out out of my mind some short sermon upon leaving. Mike will be here if I leave at 6:00, but I am trying to motivate myself to get one or two sales in so I'll make it until my first paycheck. The rain is still coming down but that's supposed to clear in an hour and that could mean that I could get the ups after everybody else is busy, and that could mean a couple ups because the rain means squeezing more sales into a tighter window of opportunity.
Not only have I alienated myself physically from the show floor the last two days by moving to the empty office where the service manager used to be, I also feel outside of the inner circle. That's a nice way to say I'm feeling ostracized. If I don't say hi to associates as we pass there is no exchange of a greeting. Or is that me being self-conscious? One thing I am absolutely going to do is cut myself slack when I get self-conscious.
1:00 pm:
Half way through my last day. I went back to my office on the show floor and saw customers perusing the cars with nobody helping them but turned around and came back here to service. Okay, so I'm going to play this the way they told me to do it a couple weeks ago. They'll come and get me when nobody else is available. Last week when I heard the receptionist announce, "Available sales to the show floor... Available sales to the show floor." I stepped outside my office, caught the nice sales manager's eye (Idaliz) and she'd give me the thumbs up. She doesn't work here anymore so I'm back to Gary, who avoids confrontation, and Mike, who I so want to leave with a little lesson in life.
I'm not saying I'm not going to address my short term memory problem, but what good would that do for me to share that? In one of my rehearsed lectures I tell him that I lost my short term memory suddenly a couple years ago but I never lost all my cognitive thinking and knew each and every time he laughed about my little gaffs to Gary right in front of me. Idaliz, bless her heart, out up with and covered for me when I forgot stuff and I always forgot stuff. Maybe I'll go over to the Mercedes building and tell her goodbye and thank her for not disreecting me because I had problems with the details. Yeah, why not leave and make somebody feel good? I wanted to tell Michael he the was the biggest disappointment the whole time I was here. Why do that?
That's what I love about blogging, I think things through. There won't be any sincere, "keep in touch" nonsense, I'm not a phony. Yeah, if it works out, I'm going to sink Idaliz for working with me and not making me feel stupid. No, thanks a negative. I'm just going to say I'll miss her most of all. Maybe I'll do that in a final email, I'm better when I write.
2:43 pm:
Just got a bizarre call from a customer I sold a car to a few months back. She had the remote start included in her loan but when she called to get an appoint,want to finally have it installed she was told the price went up $100. I went to the sales office and Gary and Mike were both in there. I told the the scenario, told Mike I said he'd call her, and he said to call her back and assure her it's not going to cost anything further.
I love this kind of crap because this company is handling millions of dollars in cars and service and hundreds of thousands in parts and to have this fuck-up by one the person who runs the parts department? I'm down to my final minutes. If I leave at 3:00 I'm out $21. Or I could get an up and make a sale and that could be $200? Damn.
The End Game:
I took my last up at 3:00 and leaned on them hard but didn't close the deal, meaning what Iade for my last day was about $30 net.
After all the angst I created over what I was going to say, I walked into the office and Mike and Gary and two other reps were in the sales office.
"So, I didn't get that one," I told Mike.
"Yeah, but you'll make $25 more on the next deal at least," he said. If we being a credit card if the customer in with an offer we get $25 on that or the next sale.
"About that," I said. I had my name badge and dealer plate in my hand and had my desk cleared out first thing that morning. "I resign."
"Really?" Mike said. I reached my hand out and he said setting along theirs of pleasure working with me.
I shook Gary's hand and he said, in a compassionate time, "did you need time to clean out your desk?"
"No, I cleaned that out months ago," I said. They all laughed so I delivered the whopper. "And I've been cleaning out your broom I set for weeks." I meant the supply closer but they knew what I meant, all laughed uproariously, and I was out of there!
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