[Zeke]

Speaking of going to a dealer, I have been in Circle Porsche in Long Beach quite a few times. A couple of times I was actually looking at cars so I have met 3-4 of the people that worked there in sales at that time.

Yeah, no questions, no qualifying, not even a lot of interest that a potential customer is in the showroom. Quite the opposite of working outside on the line. And this was a few years ago before Porsches became harder to buy new.

The irony is that I'm sure these folks were very good at sales having worked their way up to land a job at Porsche. And then they just totally relax and act like they don't care if you buy a car or not. If not you, the next guy or the next guy after him will. The ol' boy that was there forever spent more time with my wife and I telling us about how painful his back was. He was loaded on pills.

What a luxury job that seems to be. However, I'm dead sure they work hard in the background and not that many sales result from a walk-in. They know the percentages. And I'm sure they don't stop selling when the showroom shift is over. They are out and about in the community that has the wherewithal to buy Porsches.

Much different approach at the office, indeed. But even the successful Chevy salesperson does not limit their time to showroom/lot duty. We were told to join every organization we could and get your card out at the gym or dog park.

I'm not sure any hard work like this is stupid in any way whatsoever. Someone comes in and asks about mileage you don't start talking up the leather. Calling me stupid seems a little short sighted.