Personal Journey in the Car Business & Real Estate - TOP 5 Funniest Things!!!
Any business that deals directly with the public has the potential for some funny stories.
Any business that deals with public regarding the purchase of one's #1 and #2 HIGHEST INVESTMENT ITEMS in one's life has the potential for some classic and hilarious stories.
Car Biz Real Estate
#5 
A lot of the good stories happened on demonstration "demo" drives. One of my first years in sales at the dealership (other words when dad trusted me enough to work with customers) I had a cute family looking for a new Ford Aerostar (dates me a bit but that's alright). It was winter time and they wanted to test out the AWD system in the snow. We headed up to Mt. Spokane and as soon we were at least 15 minutes from civilization David (4 year old) said "mommy I gotta go poop. Now." Obviously, I was not an experienced dad and I looked at David's mommy and said what now. She said to pull over at next gas station. 5 minutes later after we had not seen any signs of civilization, David said "don't worry mommy, I am alright." I said "phew". 1 minute later Mommy said "David, what's that smell?" David said "I pooped." Mommy "you don't have diapers anymore." Needless to say, the detail department didn't like me when I returned and David's mommy didnt' buy the van.
#5 
One of my very first showings, I showed a very large, new construction, upscale home. 3 boys, their mom and their grandma were on the showing. As I was showing mommy the kitchen and feelin some pretty good buyer vibes, I heard some crying coming from an upstairs room. As we started up the stairs the new house smell left and a stench settled in (a very, very rough stench). Mommy said "Jack, what's... oh my gosh Jack you pooped all over the new carpet." Jack "mommy I didn't mean too, my tummy doesn't feel very good." Mommy looked at me and said can you grab Jack and run him to the truck. "Um, that's not part of my job description" but when Mommy is my wife I quickly grabbed Jack, got some his treats on me and then put him in the bed of my truck. My wife ended up at the house for the afternoon, cleaning, I ended up with a high pressure hose and sprayed down Jack in our front yard and we didn't buy the house.
#4
I was 15 years old and trying to show my stuff off in front of the sales staff as I was moving a car off our showroom floor. This Ford Escort was a manual transmission and the showroom had a slope. Not a good combo for someone under the legal driving age and never driven a clutch. Ooops, as the sweat started dripping down my brow, I popped the clutch and went directly through the showroom window. I was told that it sounded like a shotgun when the gas broke which didn't bother me as much as my wet pants.
#4
One of my first "buyers" that I worked with were looking for an upscale home. They were a mature couple that were engaged who knew exactly what they wanted. I met them at a beautiful home with one of the best curb appeals in Pullman. As soon as they got out of the car I heard "I love it, this is absolutely gorgeous." This was quickly followed by a dog's bark getting louder and louder. The woman quickly ran to her car, screaming, yelling and crying... opened the door, got in, quickly locked the door while her husband told me to get the dog out of here or they wouldn't look. Well, the dog went back to his owners after taking care of his business in the front yard of the home we were looking at. After calming her down, we toured the home, the guy was showing great signals until he hit the wood stairs slipped fell and hit his head. Didn't buy this house.
#3
17 years old and working in the service department as a "gopher". Our shop used to service all of the City of Spokane's police cars. My favorite co-worker of all time was my cousin. Putting us together spelled TROUBLE as "Watch out". It was 11:45AM, lunch bell was about ready to ring, we looked at each other and knew what the other was thinking. Yes, we took an express drive to Arby's with the lights on, siren blaring and smiles on our faces. Got our Roast Beef sandies, flirted with the order taker and then cruised back to the dealership. Yes, got a little you know what chewing but dang it was fun.
#3
A Saturday of WSU's infamous "MOM'S WEEKEND" I had showings of income properties. I was less than 6 months into the business and wasn't quite clear of how wild MW was. I was touring an awesome family that was looking for a home for their son (who lived in the honor's dorm). Our third home was the one that I thought would work for them. I had talked it up and built their expectations. We came in to the home and the first thing we saw was an bottle of Jose Cuervo. Next to it was a stack of clothes. The kitchen featured a nice stainless steel KEG. The 2nd bedroom had a nice Thong strung over the lamp. We turned around and went on to the next house without much dialogue.
#2
"Full Monty" car version. I had a client that knew what they wanted, Red Ford Explorer XLT, which was located up at our warehouse. As we were going through the warehouse, I heard some noise coming out of a conversion "Trick Van". I didn't like I was hearing so I went over to check out what was going on. I opened up the door to find a lot attendant doing some tricks with his girlfriend. After chewing him out, I turned around and ooops there were my clients. They did buy the Explorer.
#2
"Full Monty" house version. We were on tour. 3 agents and myself. The subject home was a college hill home (across the street from WSU). I opened up the lockbox and then opened up the front door. I immediately heard an "oh shoot" from a male's voice (sensored). After what felt like hours, I said were you aware of tour. He said no and just proceeded down the hall way providing quite a show and a horrible memory for me, 2 female agents and another male agent.
STAY TUNED FOR NUMBER ONE!!!
Here's to trying to make each and every day in either industry an enjoyable one and a memorable one (most importantly a profitable one.) Attitidude determines Altitude!!!
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