[cabmandone]

LOL! Last time I did that was about 30 years ago! I've been bored off my ass with nothing to sell so I thought I'd take a swing at a sales position opening with a local Deere dealer.

I stopped in to inquire about the opening I had seen online. The guy I needed to talk to was at lunch so I left my name and number. The guy calls me and says "go ahead and fill out an application online". I told him "my application isn't going to be very impressive. I've been unemployed for 25 years". The guy laughed and I explained that I've been self employed since about 1995. I told him I've been selling used construction equipment fulltime since 2008 and that the pandemic has pretty much killed my ability to buy equipment to sell. He understood and asked that I fill out an application listing self employed as my work experience. I made up a quick resume listing my sales experience just to give him a better picture of my body of work.

I called a dealer a few weeks ago inquiring about a sales position. The guy said "we don't have enough equipment to keep our current sales staff busy. We couldn't possibly take on another salaried salesperson" To which I said "Who said salary? I looking for straight commission. I don't need a regular weekly or bi weekly paycheck. I need something to do. I need something to sell. I don't need you to have current inventory. I need to have the ability to sell a new piece even if it'll take the customer waiting three or four months to get it." Maybe that sounds over confident but I know what I can do as long as I believe in the product I'm selling.

My biggest issue is, I'm not sure I'm ready to work for someone else again. I don't "need" the money but I do need something to do. Making deals happen is what motivates me to get out of bed in the morning. Maybe that will be enough to motivate me to go to work for someone else. But damn it'll be tough as I've enjoyed so much freedom over the years. I'm hoping it'll be an outside sales position that doesn't require me to go into the office.