The Traveling Saleswoman

I hardly needed to bring my kit to last night’s party - the hostess already had so many of our products in her house, I could have done my presentation with just what she had lying around! Most of the guests were past attendees as well, so I had to work hard to keep their interest and present things in a new and fresh way. I don’t mind this - it keeps me on my toes. But I had to laugh when I was presenting the specials and people kept saying, “Already got that. Got that last year. Have that one too.” I got a booking for later this month, and I think some of the same people will be coming to that, so I need to change out several items and freshen up my display before then to give them something different to look at.

But even at a good show like this, there are always one or two things that make me roll my eyes. On this occasion, it was the lack of any handtowels in the bathroom, and the fact that the hostess’ not-even-two year old was still awake at 9.30pm when I left….