Muchas Gracias Cornell,
Almost all of my F-r-e-e Ezine List are Shy and Introverted.
And I think you will agree this Was an AWKWARD Situation.
And really almost impossible to solve
using normal arguments or saying "Pretty Please" or using Threats.
BECAUSE of my Ezine I've gotten into the habit of Setting up Situations where
TOTAL STRANGERS have to do most of the talking.
Often They Talk first.
For Example - a Recent Triumph...
My Dad is 94 so I just moved out to the farm to take care of things.
Like our 5 acres of grass. Trees falling down. Gardens. Deer, GroundHogs,
Foxes and raccoons. LOTS of VARMINTS.
Dad remembers when our country road was DIRT. And
it was built with "Breakers" or big bumps in the road going at 45degree
angle to shunt the water off so it didn't dig big ruts in the dirt road.
The Country Road Experts ELIMINATED the breakers.
So now a football stretch of our little road runs water down into our lawn
and thru the bottom garden. We now have a 3 foot deep ditch in the garden.
And No way to stop tons of water from washing it deeper.
UNTIL RECENTLY.
I spotted a road crew resurfacing our old road.
Got a case of bottle water with my company contact info on it
out of the Fridge.
Put 15 pint bottles in a bucket.
Carried it down the road in the 90degree heat.
Handed water out to all the SWEATING Workers.
All I did was wave a Bottle of water and say, "THANKS."
"Thank You."
"Gracias."
You know what they told me? -- "NOBODY else along the road has given us Anything."
I waved thru the window at Their Supervisor who is sitting in the shade
in a big truck winds his window down. (I'll bet HE is popular.)
He says, "Thanks I already have plenty of water."
I said, "But is it ICE COLD right out of the Fridge?"
He capitulated. Held out his hand.
AND I HANDED Him a QUART Bottle of water.
THEN Told him how the road with no Breakers was Undercutting the asphalt
and running down thru our garden.
He Tried to Delay.
Stayed in the truck.
But I waited for him to walk down the road to look. And AMBUSHED HIM
to make sure he could SEE he would have to do EXTRA WORK if he
did't change the Pitch and Tilt of the road.
I was disappointed at first.
Couldn't SEE any difference.
But later that week I got caught in the rain
while trimming along the road with the Scythe.
SON
OF
A
GUN.
The water was running off little by little along a 30 yard stretch. The road
where the gully was forming (Previously) was DRY as a bone.
15.00 of bottled water.
Might have helped that I was Credentialed thru the roof
because he had NEVER seen any company owner with his
name on bottled water.
(Any small bottled water company will do this for you if you pre-order a few cases.)
Thanks,
Glenn Osborn
P.S. - You Might Enjoy an mp3 Interview with a Ezine reader
who has Doubled his income from home
by turning a 3-D Hobby into a business.
AND is about to Double His Fees (AND HIS INCOME AGAIN) using a ONE PAGE SYSTEM I adapt for all my clients.
P.P.S. - HE TOO Is Shy and Introverted.
So this Single Page does ALL of the talking FOR HIM.
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