The First of either a ton of postings or not a lot at all

My name is Danny Friedman and I've been in some form of sales since I was 16 years old. I started out selling shoes after school for Florsheim(no longer in business). The year was 1980 and I was 16 but looked 11. I wore a bad knit tie, khaki pants and blue blazer. Why anyone bought shoes from me is beyond me. I was outgoing and had the gift of gab( 2 attributes that will help any sales person but no one would ever be successful in sales with just those traits). My first sales manager was a 30's something creepy guy sporting a really cheap suit and cheaper looking 1970's porn star mustache. Mr. Slime( I privately referred to him as) did teach me some basic selling skills such as top down selling and adding on to sales. I also learned to bullshit people by telling them classic prose such as "The I know you wear a size 9 but this leather on this size 8 will stretch" I did find out that I loved the competitive nature of selling. It was a game and I loved all kinds of games and sports. It what was to become a career of no job security, abuse of an ignorant magnitude and the best thing I ever decided to do.