There’s an old saying that “it is after the storm that the roses bloom”; good, I should have a vase-full of big red ones real soon. An eventuality that has been looming for over a year is taking place. We were in serious financial straits last year so in order to stay afloat we cashed [...]
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Outta Work
On February 9, 2009, I became yet another casualty of the economic downturn. I’d sold Hondas at the same store for 13 years and on that morning I found myself standing in front of my chicken-shit sales manager and the guy he had to ask for help doing the hatchet job. Frankly, it’s not like [...]