Great Ideas for Success in Hard Economic Times

Great Ideas for Success in Hard Economic Times
Ideas from the Manatee Chamber of Commerce and its members on how to succeed in a challenging economy

Thursday, July 2, 2009
Lessons of the Hot Dog Vendor
During these days of continually being bombarded by doom and gloom about the economy, it might be a good time to re-visit the story of the Hot Dog Vendor...

A Man lived by the side of the road...and sold hot dogs.

He was hard of hearing, so he had no radio.

He had trouble with his eyes, so he had no newspaper. But he sold good hot dogs.

He put up a sign on the highway, telling how good they were. He stood by the side of the road and cried, "Buy a hot dog, mister!" And people bought.

He increased his meat and bun order, and he bought a bigger stove to take care of his trade. He got his son home from college to help him. But then something happened. His son said, "Father, haven't you been listening to the radio? There's a big Depression on. The international situation is terrible, and the domestic situation is even worse."

Whereupon the father thought, "Well, my son has gone to college. He listens to the radio and reads the newspaper, so he ought to know." So, the father cut down on the bun order, took down his advertising sign, and no longer bothered to stand on the highway to sell hot dogs.

His hot dog sales fell almost overnight. "You were right, son", the father said to the boy. "We are certainly in the middle of a Great Depression."

Moral of the story --

Stop reading the newspaper, turn off the news on the radio and television, and KEEP SELLING!

Roger Reynolds, President / CEOABCO Payroll Services
Posted by About Us at 7:08 AM