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Nelson Binch
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...well, you know the rest!
Last fall, I was walking around in a Super Wal-Mart (killing time on a Sunday off) and out from the
back roll their very first Schwinn bikes.
I knew they were coming, but these 'looked' better than I expected they would. All the usual bells
and whistles you'd expect from a $350 LBS quality bike, mostly around $250. I didn't take too long
looking at them, but I turned to my wife and said "This is the end."
So true, so true.
By the end of November, the owner of my bike shop decided he didn't want to weather another bad turn
in the economy and sold the building, dissolving the business. We worked together through December
selling off the last of the stock, mostly on eBay.
I went to work at a furniture store and let me tell you, that was an unmitigated disaster.
So, after noodling about for a few weeks, living on savings and my wife's paychecks, I hit the job
trail for the first time in 10 years. The second place I applied jumped all over me.
Yes --- Wal-Mart
It started out as a temporary position, working on a reset crew as my local store was being
remodeled. Today I picked up my final paycheck and met with the manager about a full time position.
He already had my original application out. His first question "When you worked for Spokes & Pedals,
did you assemble bikes?"
Well, that was the first thing I did there.
Now, I know these bikes I'll be putting together now are **** (utter ****) but I noted one thing -
Wal-Mart is going to pay me almost twice what I was making at Spokes & Pedals.
Maybe I was barking up the wrong tree the whole time
---
__o _`\(,_ Cycling is life, (_)/ (_) all the rest, just details. Nelson Binch =^o.o^=
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Last fall, I was walking around in a Super Wal-Mart (killing time on a Sunday off) and out from the
back roll their very first Schwinn bikes.
I knew they were coming, but these 'looked' better than I expected they would. All the usual bells
and whistles you'd expect from a $350 LBS quality bike, mostly around $250. I didn't take too long
looking at them, but I turned to my wife and said "This is the end."
So true, so true.
By the end of November, the owner of my bike shop decided he didn't want to weather another bad turn
in the economy and sold the building, dissolving the business. We worked together through December
selling off the last of the stock, mostly on eBay.
I went to work at a furniture store and let me tell you, that was an unmitigated disaster.
So, after noodling about for a few weeks, living on savings and my wife's paychecks, I hit the job
trail for the first time in 10 years. The second place I applied jumped all over me.
Yes --- Wal-Mart
It started out as a temporary position, working on a reset crew as my local store was being
remodeled. Today I picked up my final paycheck and met with the manager about a full time position.
He already had my original application out. His first question "When you worked for Spokes & Pedals,
did you assemble bikes?"
Well, that was the first thing I did there.
Now, I know these bikes I'll be putting together now are **** (utter ****) but I noted one thing -
Wal-Mart is going to pay me almost twice what I was making at Spokes & Pedals.
Maybe I was barking up the wrong tree the whole time
---
__o _`\(,_ Cycling is life, (_)/ (_) all the rest, just details. Nelson Binch =^o.o^=
http://intergalax.com
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.461 / Virus Database: 260 -
Release Date: 3/10/2003