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Hey you, Its September 9th 2013, as you may remember from my previous posts...I've changed careers completely. I went from Chef to Car Salesman and its been...different in an enjoyable way. Like being a Chef, learning to be a Salesman is on the job learning...you must observe how your colleagues chat to the customers, how they nudge products, how to construct a suitable deal, how to suggest a car to what the customer said and much more! Also, the flat that I bought a short while ago has now been rented out! Should be getting in my first rent cheque at the end of this month! WOO!!!!!! Can't wait! Life has thrown me a bone, shame I have nobody to share it with...DAMN IT!!!

Ballocking from the manager...

It was Sunday 1st September... Work usually starts at 12pm on Sunday but because it was the first day of the new reg plates for cars, everyone came into work early. As my colleagues were very busy with delivering cars to their clients on a tight schedule...I was left to do odds and ends such as greeting customers and taking them out for test drives. A couple came into the showroom and wanted to test drive a Seat Ibiza....my mentor told me to grab the company's trade plates and the keys for the requested car. So off I went to grab both items...I've been here for just over a month and know pretty much where things are or where they should be...however...I not able to find the trade plates... What happened earlier was another colleague of mine had done a test drive with a customer and left the trade plates in that car...long story short, he didn't put the keys back onto the board where they're usually kept, I couldn't find them, my manager gave me a ballocking for n...