We’ve got off loading from the 18 wheeler down to a science. Ants could learn from us—we pass the pumpkins from one to another rather than each person getting a pumpkin then carrying it to the far end of the patch, then back to the truck.
LeRoy is the mastermind behind the patch, just like the last 9 years. We’re organized. I and many others fall for the same recruiting pitch LeRoy uses on us every year: “We need strong backs and weak minds.”
On our first day selling this year, I saw a minivan pull up and a kid, about 12, gets out to come help. We tell him how the patch works, these are 50 cents, these 75 cents, all those $1, and how to match up the size people pick with the examples we’ve marked with the prices. Within minutes he, his name is Tyler, is out working the customers better than anyone I’d ever seen. I’m thinking this kid is cool!
Tyler pulls the wagon helping the folks with their pumpkins. He then goes over to the pricing pumpkins and calls out the prices to one of us at the money desk. Then he pulls the wagon to the customer’s car and loads the pumpkins in the car. Once I see the customer give Tyler some money, a tip for loading the pumpkins. He immediately comes back to the table and gives the money to our donation column. He does this at least one more time, if not more. Now I’m thinking this kid is really cool!
I’ve got to tell Billy and Tracie what a really cool son they have.
Charlie Spriggs
3 comments:
This is great stuff. I'm sure everyone will find it very interesting.
Thanks, Charlie - We think Tyler is pretty special, too! He really enjoyed helping out at the patch.
Tracie
Thanks, Charlie - We think Tyler's pretty special, too. He really enjoyed helping out at the pumpkin patch. It put a smile on his face, too!
Tracie
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