In the early 80's, living in Klamath Falls. Things were looking bleak in the late fall. I got a call from an acquaintance who asked if I wanted to join him at the Best Western motel meeting room for a talk about financial security. That's all he said, no details. I bit and showed up the next evening.
Sat down among about 30 other people. Lots of talk from a charismatic fellow about trips to Hawaii, drinks on the beach, fine restaurants etc. etc. No mention of Amway and I could not connect the dots at the time though I was slightly suspicious. The one thing that struck me during the talk was the many people I saw spraying their mouth with a small dispenser.....Amway breath spray.
After the talk, my acquaintance invited me to join him in the cafe. He introduced me to his Amway "handler", I got the spiel, and vividly recall the handler telling me - "you can do this by standing on my shoulders." Well, long story short, I bought into it (I was that out of sorts). Moved out of K-Falls to smaller town on the Oregon coast to spend the winter with friends. On the way, I stopped at a Sears store in Medford and bought a suit and tie as advised.
When I revealed "my plan" with optimism to my friends there was stone silence for half a minute....then an explosion of belly laughs for an extended time with both shedding tears of jocularity. I came to my senses the next day. Gave away or used the Amway crap I had paid for and took the suit to Goodwill.
Amway. Gad.
In the early 80's, living in Klamath Falls. Things were looking bleak in the late fall. I got a call from an acquaintance who asked if I wanted to join him at the Best Western motel meeting room for a talk about financial security. That's all he said, no details. I bit and showed up the next evening.
Sat down among about 30 other people. Lots of talk from a charismatic fellow about trips to Hawaii, drinks on the beach, fine restaurants etc. etc. No mention of Amway and I could not connect the dots at the time though I was slightly suspicious. The one thing that struck me during the talk was the many people I saw spraying their mouth with a small dispenser.....Amway breath spray.
After the talk, my acquaintance invited me to join him in the cafe. He introduced me to his Amway "handler", I got the spiel, and vividly recall the handler telling me - "you can do this by standing on my shoulders." Well, long story short, I bought into it (I was that out of sorts). Moved out of K-Falls to smaller town on the Oregon coast to spend the winter with friends. On the way, I stopped at a Sears store in Medford and bought a suit and tie as advised.
When I revealed "my plan" with optimism to my friends there was stone silence for half a minute....then an explosion of belly laughs for an extended time with both shedding tears of jocularity. I came to my senses the next day. Gave away or used the Amway crap I had paid for and took the suit to Goodwill.
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