Articles for Humor
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Jeremy Zimmerman - One sunny Saturday morning, a family of five strolled through our showroom doors. Mom and dad were looking for an inexpensive sedan for their daughter.
Sunday, October 01, 2006
Brian Nodine - Late one Friday afternoon – which also happened to be my birthday – my wife and daughter came to pick me up to go to eat when I got a frantic call. It was a customer who was on his way to Disney World for a family vacation.
Friday, September 01, 2006
Joe Carlson - Many years ago when I started in the car business, my first job was at a Buick dealership. One Saturday morning after the weekly sales meeting, all the salespeople including myself, were all sitting around drinking coffee...
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Vince Dudenhoeffer - In 1999, it seemed everyone had a horror story of what they thought was going to happen when December 31st ended and the new millennium began – or didn’t according to some.
Saturday, July 01, 2006
Brian Easterling - Many years ago, I owned a Chrysler dealership in Victoria, Texas. One day a salesman asked me to appraise a potential Buick trade-in. I usually followed a particular route when appraising cars which included driving about...
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Steve Cook - Many years ago, while working in the fleet department, I scheduled a courtesy delivery for a young lady who was going to pick up a new company car. Often, we would try to purchase the turn-in unit from the leasing company for our used car lot.
Monday, May 01, 2006
Brian Schwelling - About twelve years ago, I was working for my father in the family dealership in Warren, Ohio. It was my day off, and as usual, I was at the store. These were the days before BDC's and salespeople/management were charged with answering...
Saturday, April 01, 2006
Randy Flittner - A gentleman roughly 30 years old arrives on the lot one afternoon looking at SUV's. I waited on him only to find out his wife had already been in and looked at our inventory the day before with a salesman that has the day off.
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Reid Chapman - When I was working in Utah a wholesaler shared this story with me. A salesman at Rick Warner Auto Group in Salt Lake City spotted his next up, a gorgeous blonde bombshell, who was looking for a car.
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Steve Sweitzer - No one really knows how much fun goes on in our industry. Here are two original pranksters for the Prankster Hall of Fame.
Sunday, January 01, 2006
Tim Lee - When selling high line cars we occasionally get a customer with an “I’m better than u attitude”. One day I had such a customer. He and his wife came in a looked at the new Lincoln Town Cars.