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Old October 6, 2025, 04:14 AM
Glenn Glenn is offline
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Default How I Got Thrown Out of *ToastMasters* for Giving Away Lotto Tickets

Thanks Millard,

My former Partner, Judy Kendal, Mother of the FuzzBuster Radar Detector
told me, "Glenn Life is short. When you find yourself surrounded by Stick in the
Mud NON-Entrepreneurs Do Something RADICAL that fellow Entrepreneurs will
LUV but everybody else will HATE.

"That Way You Might Find a Hidden Entrepreneur and you will never see the others again - anyway. A quick way to Save your Valuable time."

SO....

A Friend of a Friend INVITES Me to his TOASTMASTERS Speaking Club Meeting.

YIKES #1 - Meetings are held in an Elementary School. Remember the smell of Child dust? And those tiny little wrap around desk chairs.

YIKES #2 - I chat with the 19 people in the room. Everybody has a boring JOB.
No small Biz owners.

YIKES #3 - The Leader is Anal Retentive Perfectionist. Rule Follower. The Toastmasters manual said, "Todays speeches should be Based on a Major News Event.

Everybody who speke ahead of me - Talked current events. Which is 99% Negative.

For MY 2 Minutes I said, "I don't wanna Talk about Bad News. Instead I'm going to Share a Fantastic Way to make money while you eat lunch.

"Here You. Hand out Lotto tickets to all 19 of you in the Audience.

"What you do is Buy 20 Instant Scratch Off Lotto tickets. Ask Permission to Tip
the Waitress and Cooks BEFORE you order lunch.

"1 for the Waiter. 5 or 6 for the Cooks in the Kitchen.

What Will Happen is this...

First - Nobody ever Tips the Cooks. So You Might get More food.

2nd - If you eat at the SAME Restaurant over and over the Golden Rule of Reciprocity Piles up.

3rd - This makes you money when you Invite a Biz Prospect to Eat Lunch with You.

All the Smiling waiters.
YELLING cooks when they Win.
Faster service.
Extra Food.
Free Food.
Visits by the Manager or owner
SMILES and Hand waves by nearby Diners.

Makes anyone you INVITE to lunch ASK to Join you again.
And Bring their Friends.

TIMES UP!

And The Anal Retentive Leader Escorted me to the Back of the room. Said I broker the RULES. I was a Bad influence. ASKED me to leave.

WHEW!

What a Relief.

I skipped the rest of the Depressing Speeaces.

Thanks,
Glenn
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