Harper Lake

Harper Lake

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Grandpa and the Jones Vacuum Cleaning Company

I told y'all about how my grandpa were a real good salesman. Well, that led him to a job selling vacuum cleaners. A fellow name of Jones set up this company in Birmingham right after the TVA project gave electric current to peoples all over that part of the country. Grandpa applied and got the Southwest Mississippi territory. A fellow come over from headquarters and went around with grandpa to peoples'  houses to show him how to sell. I reckon y'all can imagine this didn't set well with grandpa what thought of his self as a man what could apply his will on others. When it all come to a head were when this fellow walked into a man's house and with all his family gathered around and commenced to spreading dirt all over the floor from a little bag he carried with him. He told the man the Jones Vacuum would clean up the mess in a few minutes. The old fellow said he reckon it would if they only had electricity. The man from Birmingham said he were sorry, but the home owner said sorry were not good enough. Grandpa gave a wink to the man and him and his boss went about sweeping up the mess. Next time I'll talk about how grandpa come to be number one in sales for the company.

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