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Me: You should be!
Me: And I don’t want to take all the credit, but you’re undefeated since boarding your dogs with me.
Christian: Good point. I think it’s fair to give you maybe 5% of the credit for our two wins.
Braden: The other 95% of the credit goes to me. Did you see that sick ass one-handed catch I made today?
Me: I did! That was so cool!
Christian: Notice how he conveniently ignores who threw the pass to him.
Braden: Bro, you overthrew me! I wouldn’t have had to make that panty-dropping catch if you hit me between the numbers!
Christian: You were in double coverage. Overthrowing you was the only way to make sure I wasn’t intercepted.
Braden: Hell yeah. They’re always double-teaming me because they know I’m the real threat out there. And I STILL make dope ass plays.
Me: I’m far from an expert, but I think you’re both very good at playing football. I hope you guys are celebrating tonight.
Braden: SPEAKING OF CELEBRATING. Are you still coming to that charity event with us tomorrow?
Me: I don’t know. I have a new employee starting tomorrow, and I’m not sure I should leave her alone for long.
Braden: But there’s tons of free food and booze! Don’t you want free food and booze?
Christian: It’s only a few hours. Three, max.
Braden: And it’ll be great networking for your business! You can pass out your card to everyone there. Chrissy and I will talk you up to everyone. Like wingmen, but for dog boarding.
Braden: But also, there’s food and booze, of the FREE variety. Which is the best kind.
Me: LOL
Christian: We don’t want to pressure you into something you’re not comfortable with. If you can’t go, no big deal.
I was already on the fence about it, but the point about networking for my business was tempting. A five minute conversation at a hockey game had resulted in alotof customers this week. How much business could I generate during a three-hour event?
Me: Will the food be served in tiny, bite-sized portions?
Christian: The food will be excruciatingly small. You’ll eat ten mini cheeseburgers and still be starving.
Braden: I usually slip a twenty to one of the waiters to make sure they keep the trays coming.
Me: Smart.
Christian: When you’ve gone to as many of these events as we have, you pick up some survival skills.
Braden: But the alcohol will be served in regular, adult-sized glasses.
Me: Okay, you’ve convinced me. But if the helper I’ve hired turns out to be incompetent, I might have to bail.
It’s just for business, I told myself.Nothing else. They’re just two customers of mine.
Two swoony, chiseled,famouscustomers.
My new hire was a college girl named Suzie who only had morning classes, which allowed her to work afternoons and evenings most days. She had experience at two other dog boarding places, and even worked at a dog grooming shop during the summer when she was a teenager. As soon as I let her into the main field area, I saw that she was the perfect employee. All the dogs came running up to her, and she was calm and affectionate, hugging and petting everyone while laughing happily.
“This is the way I want to die,” she told me. “Smothered under a pile of dogs!”
