The Anger of the Box

Last week we left off with: "I could not resist. I had to go push that button again. But of course I had to share it with my best friend. I ran to Jim's house and told him I was going to push the button again!" ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- And now continuing: We returned. We walked slowly up the stairs. I was breathing heavy, I did not want to make the box angry again, but I really wanted to push that button. So did Jim. My finger stretched out. I felt the round hard plastic button. And I pushed it. "What do you want?" the box asked. "Sir, do you want this week's Grit newspaper?" I asked the box. "No! I told you last week that I did not want it! My sign says no solicitors!" the box screamed. Amazing! The box had a memory! "Sorry sir!" I replied. Of course Jim wanted to push the button also. "What do you want now?" The box asked. "Do you want me to bring you Grit next week?" I queried. At this point I did not understand why anyone would NOT want Grit. It was a very good newspaper. "Please do not return!" The box said. But we had been able to push the button again, which made our day. Jim and I ran back to his house to celebrate with some Kool-Aid. I continued to order and sell the Grit newspaper for about 6 months. I rather enjoyed selling it, but my customers were not wanting to get every subscription, and I started to run short a few times trying to get all of the newspapers sold. My profits became quite slim on some deliveries, so I became discouraged and decided not to sell Grit anymore. Next I decided to sell greeting cards. You can read all the chapters of "How To Be an Entrepreneur" by going to http://salessuccessmagazin e.com. These stories are copyrighted by Timothy L. Drobnick Sr. 1995 thru 2005. Any person using this article must publish it without modification and include authors bio and links.