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RECORD STORE TALES Part 175: Flyers
No, not the Philadelphia Flyers. I’ve never been the biggest Scott Hartnell fan despite the Sideshow Bob haircut.
Back in ’96, we decided to promote one of our new stores the old fashioned way: by running around parking lots sticking flyers on cars. Now, me personally, I don’t know anyone who enjoys finding those things on their windshield. I thought it was a waste of money, personally, but since they were going to pay me to do it, I volunteered. It was summer and it seemed a great way to spend a nice sunny Saturday.
T-Rev volunteered too. I packed a cooler full of pop, and we decided to hit up three of the local malls. We started first thing in the nice, cool morning but before too long it got really hot. Good thing we wore hats.
After only an hour, we discovered that we had to flyer the cars strategically. T-Rev was the first one to get yelled at.
“Hey! Get away from my car!”
T-Rev just handed him the flyer instead. The dude was not impressed. We came up with a set of rules. We wouldn’t flyer any cars that had obvious alarms. We wouldn’t flyer any nice expensive cars. And if we saw someone approaching, we wouldn’t flyer any cars in the area they seemed to be walking to.
“Mike, that’s a ‘Vette! Don’t put a flyer on that one!” That kind of thing.
It wasn’t a total loss. A couple people said they would come in to the store. Unfortunately by the end of it, dozens of flyers littered the parking lot, as people ripped them from their windshields. T-Rev and I still made a day’s wage working outside. Not a bad way to earn a day’s pay!
NEXT TIME ON RECORD STORE TALES:
Part 176: The story of the laziest man at the mall…
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ah, Mike…That was Awesome! i had almost forgotten about this day. More stories from the original “mall store” please !!!
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One more coming in a couple days’ time! Do you remember a gentleman at the mall named “Trevor the Security Guard”? Red hair…hung out in the store every day?
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yep! looked a bit like a chubby short-haired Sammy Hagar with bad teeth?
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Possibly. Anyway that’s the next story…expect revelations never before revealed to the world!
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I am glad this was a one-off. I hate it when people put their crap on my car.
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Whether it was us or somebody else, one thing always remains true. Park in a mall parking lot and chances are that you will eventually get a flyer!
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Yet another reason to not go to a shopping mall. As if I needed more.
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I have done similar jobs like that in my youth so I know what crap people can give you about it. BTW, I am a Philadelphia Flyers fan, though I don’t say it very loudly at the moment due to how they’re playing right now. Never knew Scott Hartnell had a Sideshow Bob hair cut. Never saw a picture of him without his helmet on.
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Hartwell used to have pretty awesome long Sideshow Bob hair. He cut it though, maybe this is why they are having issues these days!
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In that case, he should grow it back, maybe they’ll start winning again lol
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Sure, it worked for Samson, so why not?
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“Csah or credit?” What’s csah? LOL.
I love this blog, btw. Keep the stories coming.
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Oh I am SO pleased you asked! Details are here:
And here:
Enjoy!
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Thanks for the explanation. Pity about Blil misspelling the sing.
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AHAHA!
I lost my faith in singmakers of teh world that day.
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And thanks for the compliment, glad you are enjoying!
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