13: The Mini Car Revolution

I promised in my previous podcast that I would cover the MINI car revolution in this episode and I will, but first I need to do a touch more fleshing out of my journey back into the trade.

After the briefest of all breaks after settling the sale of the pub, I found myself in the used car department at Whitehorse Motors in Nunawading.

Once was a client but now, an employee selling a car brand I had come to admire and actually like. 

There’s nothing like selling a product that you truly believe in.

It was a Saturday morning, and I was settling in, setting up my desk, collecting pens, pencils, staplers and sales agreements order pads and all the shit needed to sign up a customer, when I was handed a beautifully produced roster.

Was it a roster of days off or the hours we were to work at the yard?

No.

It was the roster of who went up the street at 10AM and collect (and paid for) the party pies each Saturday for the sales teams morning coffee break.

Last on, first on the list, I later found out from the used car manager Dick Sampson. Dick was a very funny guy. He came to Australia from Dutch Indonesia after the “troubles” when the Dutch left the region. He spoke with a strong Dutch accent, but I believe he never lived in Holland. 

I can stand corrected if that’s not so.

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