Tenacity to the Audacity

Tonight while at the car wash trying to exchange paper currency for silver coins a man approaches.  At first I thought he was homeless and going to ask for some change given the opportune time, instead he asked if I had seen the movie "Babershop".  I respond with a yes and politely decline his offer of a bootlegged copy.  Of course most people would stop there but not this man who owned a fairly new E-class Benz.  Yes the sight was quite a contradiction.  Next he tried to sell a porno and tennis racquet, I declined both thinking in the back of my mind what is next.  It gets better because he gave a one time discount especially for me, all the merchandise at the low price of fifteen dollars. Lol!  Trying not to laugh and ask a couple of obvious questions surrounding his car I came to realize his tenacity and hustle was persistent.  After saying I had no interest in playing tennis he suggested I buy the tennis racquet as a gift for a friend or family member who could possibly teach me how to play the sport.  I don't agree with his merchandise but I have to give the man credit for having the balls regardless of his image to hustle for a few dollars.  By the way this was an older gentleman in his late forties or early fifties.  He even suggested I come back in a couple of weeks because he would have more of a variety of things.  One of the lessons I learned from this salesman was to never under estimate the opportunity for a sale and always be prepared to have more than one reason why your product will work best for a client or customer.  As a full time artist I am learning my marketing strategies from the advertising and branding gurus to the petty hustlers at car washes.  Knowledge and wisdon can come from the most unsavory and unlikely characters.