Wed 10

A unique, or may be it's not so unique, thing happened to me today. I took my wife's car in for an oil change and when I got inside I put my boot camp card down on the counter. I knew they would ask for the license plate number and I couldn't remember it so my wife wrote the number on the back of the card for me.

The attendant saw the card and immediately exclaimed in an excited voice, "What's that?" I leaned in closer to the counter and explained that I had been selected to be in this boot camp and that I had agreed to help ten people in the next 60 days and that as part of the boot camp I was working to raise money for the homeless.He thought that was great and wanted to know more and specifically if I would help him. I told him I could let him have the card so he could check out our web site but only if he gave me his name, phone and email so I could check back to see what he thought and answer any questions he might have after he checked out the web site.He eagerly gave the information and I let him have the card.Of course I paid for the oil change with my American Express gift card and casually mentioned that every time I use this gift card I get a commission on that too. I let him know that there is a possibility that he might be able to get one of these "commission bearing" gift cards.

I mention all of this because I got the oil changed on my car a week earlier at a different location. I was all excited about just joining the boot camp and wanted to tell every one I saw. explained everything to the attendant while waiting for the oil to be changed. After explaining about the boot camp I asked the attendant if he would like to check out the web site and my blog which explains my daily progress. He said "No" he didn't have a computer. I suggested he could use one at the library. He said he didn't like computers and he did not want to check out our site. This is why I felt today's experience was unique at least compared to last week.

Life just gets better and better,

Tom