It rained cats and dogs about halfway there, which was the very self-same place I interviewed for two different Geek Squad jobs I failed to secure, about a year ago. The new tires on the Jeep work very well in the rain, or at least a damned sight better than the almost bald 10-year-old tires that it had before.
I have to subtract my normal commute from the time I drove today, but anything over that regular commute is time I get paid for, making today an 8-hour day without half trying. And all I had to do, really, was sit and listen (and eat free pizza for lunch)! How can you go wrong?
Traffic was crappy on the way up (mostly because of rain) and extremely crappy on the way home (because rush hour) but what do I care? I was getting paid for it!
It was sales training, something that is brand new because Consultation Agents (like me) have not historically been trained in sales techniques. That surprises me; I had thought it a sine qua non, that sooner or later everyone in the damned store got sales training. Not so!
I think I learned a few things that might help me sell more, but my main focus is always on fixing the problem rather than selling stuff. That's a constitutional thing with me.
When I went inside the building, it was cloudy and rainy. The place has no windows, and I forgot all about the outside world while I was in the training session, and when I got out I was kind of surprised to remember that there was indeed a world out there, where the sun was shining and all sorts of other things were going on.
Man, can I focus, or what?
...but it was just about six o'clock when I got home (having left at 4:30) and I'm pretty beat.
