I Survived the Landscape Industry Trade Show

Written by Henry Siegel


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1:30pm: Wandering aimlessly, adrift in a crowd flowing down a sea of color, suit and ties, pretty girls, and hawking salesmen. Where's Pete??!!

2:00pm: Found him. Some kind of Wheel of Fortune game. A pretty girl on either arm. Pens in both hands. We escape inrepparttar nick of time. I think someone is chasing us throughrepparttar 117371 crowd, but I'm afraid to look back.

2:30pm: My arms feel like lead. I notice large bulging bags attached to both hands. Bags filled with sample products, PVC glue, sprinklers, miniature lawn mowers, brochures, pens, badges, lei's, and business cards. Pete has bags in either hand also. Filled with contracts, promissory notes, credit applications, and delivery dates.

3:17pm: My putting is off. I take four strokes to sink a par three hole. Where am I? Oh, another contest.

4:25pm: I am nodding my head in agreement. An engine roars to life. I nod again. My hands are firmly stuffed in my pockets. Someone is tugging on my arm. My hands are slipping. A pen is wavering in front of my face. PETE! PETE!! Pete is pulling me away. What's this? Pete is pulling ME away? A salesman inrepparttar 117372 background is raving and waving a credit report at Pete. Pete is hustling me towardrepparttar 117373 door.

4:45pm: We are nearingrepparttar 117374 exit. Behind me I hear many people shouting Pete's name. Sounds like a stampede. I don't look back. No pillar's of salt for me.

4:55pm: We passrepparttar 117375 Information booth onrepparttar 117376 way out. I notice repparttar 117377 "Just Looking" buttons being offered. Why now? I think I missedrepparttar 117378 most important booth.

5:00pm: We reachrepparttar 117379 truck. With great effort we load our bags intorepparttar 117380 back. It's now full. Pete mentions that this wasrepparttar 117381 best landscaping trade show that we have ever attended. Landscaping? We're plumbers!

THE OUTCOME

Joe Friday finishesrepparttar 117382 landscaping trade school he signed up for and receives his license. His new truck and equipment arrives. He sells his plumbing business. A year later he is rich.

Pete Gannon changes his name, social security number, and driver's license. He gets a job at a bank as a loan representative.

NOTES:

The names have been changed to protectrepparttar 117383 innocent.

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Aboutrepparttar 117384 Author:

Henry Siegel is a Contributing Writer for ProGardenBiz Magazine, an online magazine for professional gardeners and landscape contractors. Visit ProGardenBiz to find out how you can get a free subscription, start-up guidance, business ideas and inspiration at http://www.progardenbiz.com.

Henry Siegel is a Contributing Writer for ProGardenBiz Magazine, an online magazine for professional gardeners and landscape contractors. Visit ProGardenBiz to find out how you can get a free subscription, start-up guidance, business ideas and inspiration at http://www.progardenbiz.com.


A Colorful and Exciting Source of Wholesale Goodies

Written by Stephen Bucaro


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