'Stache Fever

So the last few months have been kinda rough on my team at work. My manager, Dan, has not had any luck motivating us with random contests. When he came back to work after Thanksgiving he had begun growing a mustache. He told us he was growing it for charity. Supposedly there is a charity called "Mustaches for Kids." I guess the idea is that you get your friends to sponsor your mustache. Anyway, he is using his mustache as the contest for the month. Here was the deal he unilaterally made. Every day that someone on the team sells a mobile phone, the mustache stays. If we miss a day he will either shave or we contribute $10 to his charity. So far we have only missed one day, so there is only $10 going to the charity that we all doubt really exists. But here is the thing, I can not take him seriously with that hair on his upper lip. He looks ridiculous. He looks like someone trapped by Chris Hansen. I really wanted him to shave it because I thought he was doing it to torture me. As it turns out, he is torturing himself even more! Last week, I sold a mobile phone the day before a really big appointment for him and he was apparently really looking forward to shaving. He actually cursed out loud when he found out that I had sold something. Me and my teammates make mustache jokes all the time now. It just never gets old.

Dan the man with his 'stache. My favorite picture of Dan's stache is in my previous post at the holiday party.

Without Dan knowing, Paula Jean wanted us all to wear fake 'staches in one of our meetings. But we procrastinated too long and Dan ended up buying us some himself. I put mine on and was walking down the hall and passed the recruiter with a new candidate she had just interviewed. She acted kinda awkward when she saw me. Not sure why. I think I look pretty much the same as always.

I can't believe how hot we are.


But it really doesn't get better than this.

Last week I actually used the "Stache Close" to get a deal. In sales there are only about six different types of closes, but the "Stache Close" beats them all! My customer was trying to put me off, telling me he thought he would rather wait until Monday to buy the phone from me. He asked if it really mattered to me if he bought it the same day. I explained the rules of the 'stache. Showed him the picture of Dan, and he bought the phone.

Even Larry has decided to join the ranks of the 'stached. But he grew his own....