The Other Coast by Adrian Raeside for November 07, 2024

I think we have at least 5 battery powered and one corded vacuum cleaners. I miss the old 5 amp, 7 amp, 8 amp vacuums.

Door to door salesmen are a thing of the past.

Going down.

My father was a door-to-door salesman during the Depression and he did quite well. He and a partner had a scam going they would make a sale of a vacuum cleaner. Later the other one would return and offer the prospect a “new and improved model”. In addition, the prospect was offered a nice trade-in for the old model. They cleaned up.

Eh it all nice n clean in heavens. Send him down below for they may needs him.

Do they have electrical outlets in heaven?

Makes me think of the Twilight Zone episode “One for the Angels” whereby a sidewalk pitchman is given an opportunity to give a final sales pitch to the Angel of Death before he is taken away. A heartfelt episode to be sure.

Looks just like a certain guy who sells pillows.

Death of a Salesman?

Sir, they are expecting you down below.

Send him downstairs!

Seems like he should have been selling to Satan.

My first job after college…sold the Rainbow vacuum door to ’s the one that uses water as the filter

Bar the Gates!

Dust in Heaven? Electric outlets available? Is money used up there? Seems to me the first rule of the sales game is to know your market.

This smite end badly.

One thing I will always give my father credit for. In 1980 the engineering company he worked for folded (there was a big recession going on) and he couldn’t find a job. He resorted to selling vacuum cleaners door to door to keep us fed. He was not a perfect father, but he was dedicated.

Wrong door. Turn left and take the lift to the basement.

Pete will have to him he can’t take it with him.