What do you hear outside RFN? - Page 3

jimhelm · 05-21-2011, 12:17 PM

I'm in an office with no windows and only the one door. It opens onto the West side of the Showroom, away from the entrance. Sometimes when it rains I can hear the drops hitting the roof above me, but unless a particularly loud Harley rolls by, or a Helicopter, I don't hear much from outside.

I DO get a good sense of the flow of business from the noise in the showroom, however. It seems like a daily occurrence that someone will set off an alarm in one of the cars. That lasts 60 seconds or until someone can get the key out of the key safe and turn it off. Today is Saturday, and right about now, it's pretty quiet out there. This is because the pizza just arrived, and all of the salesmen have stepped away from their customers 'for just a moment while they check on something.'

From 1:30 until about 7PM, there will be a buzz of voices like being in a crowded Mall or at a party. It's interesting how that buzz will generate deals. People become swept up in the activity, seeing other people negotiating animatedly, and hands being shook, the Gong being struck, hearing the sales managers thanking people for their business, and handing them the keys..... It is a fact that business breeds business.

We need to sell 20 cars today to hit the bonus, and with the gorgeous weather, the recently upgraded incentives, and 32 appointments plus walk in business, I am hopeful that we'll hit it. Last week's number was 17 and we just made it.

so... I hear money outside my door.

Nirvana · 05-21-2011, 12:23 PM

Our bull Mr B who sounds like a dinosaur on the Jurasic park movie. Must have a cow coming in heat. His calls in the dark make the hair stand up on the back of your neck.

monster · 05-21-2011, 12:26 PM

fucking chicadees have woken back up again. Minus one. Demeter heeded the call to arms

monster · 05-21-2011, 12:27 PM

Aside from the chicadees, I hear a lawn mower and Hector's RC heli.

limey · 05-21-2011, 12:35 PM

Drizzle.

monster · 05-21-2011, 12:44 PM

We've had enough rain to last a lifetime this week. Today is sunny and dry and 24 degrees Cand we are about to bike to Thor's soccer game

hurrah for Michigan Spring, even if it does only last two days. It's needs to get even hotter, though -pools open next weekend!

Sundae · 05-21-2011, 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

Autumn barks occasionally at a wandering squirrel...
Winter covers itself in a blanket of snow...
Spring opens it's shell, revealing a pearl....
Summer nurtures grass, which I must mow...

Autumn barks occasionally at a wandering squirrel...
Winter paints a tracery, bare and chaste...
Spring knows she's muddy, but fecund and virile...
Summer dries out the bonfire to burn the waste...

Gravdigr · 05-21-2011, 03:20 PM

Chickadee, blue jay, someone's screaming sprog in the distance.

toranokaze · 05-21-2011, 04:14 PM

I hear the cardinal in the garden

wolf · 05-21-2011, 05:07 PM

Birds chirping, engine noises, sirens.

DanaC · 05-21-2011, 06:39 PM

It's eerily quiet outside. Almost total silence.

monster · 05-21-2011, 06:53 PM

Another mower, more birds, more cars, no raptures... or raptors....

Pete Zicato · 05-21-2011, 11:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanaC

It's eerily quiet outside. Almost total silence.

Nonsense. You're just deaf from the previous night's party.

Around here we have noise laws. Things have to settle down by 10pm weeknights and midnight on the weekends.

casimendocina · 05-22-2011, 12:19 AM

It is absolutely pissing down.

DucksNuts · 05-22-2011, 03:52 AM

Pissing rain here too.

I hear the kids upstairs jumping around, it drives me freaking nuts!! I hate jumping inside.

05-21-2011, 12:17 PM	#31
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	I'm in an office with no windows and only the one door. It opens onto the West side of the Showroom, away from the entrance. Sometimes when it rains I can hear the drops hitting the roof above me, but unless a particularly loud Harley rolls by, or a Helicopter, I don't hear much from outside. I DO get a good sense of the flow of business from the noise in the showroom, however. It seems like a daily occurrence that someone will set off an alarm in one of the cars. That lasts 60 seconds or until someone can get the key out of the key safe and turn it off. Today is Saturday, and right about now, it's pretty quiet out there. This is because the pizza just arrived, and all of the salesmen have stepped away from their customers 'for just a moment while they check on something.' From 1:30 until about 7PM, there will be a buzz of voices like being in a crowded Mall or at a party. It's interesting how that buzz will generate deals. People become swept up in the activity, seeing other people negotiating animatedly, and hands being shook, the Gong being struck, hearing the sales managers thanking people for their business, and handing them the keys..... It is a fact that business breeds business. We need to sell 20 cars today to hit the bonus, and with the gorgeous weather, the recently upgraded incentives, and 32 appointments plus walk in business, I am hopeful that we'll hit it. Last week's number was 17 and we just made it. so... I hear money outside my door. __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

05-21-2011, 12:23 PM	#32
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	Our bull Mr B who sounds like a dinosaur on the Jurasic park movie. Must have a cow coming in heat. His calls in the dark make the hair stand up on the back of your neck. __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

05-21-2011, 12:26 PM	#33
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	fucking chicadees have woken back up again. Minus one. Demeter heeded the call to arms __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-21-2011, 12:27 PM	#34
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Aside from the chicadees, I hear a lawn mower and Hector's RC heli. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-21-2011, 12:35 PM	#35
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Drizzle. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

05-21-2011, 12:44 PM	#36
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	We've had enough rain to last a lifetime this week. Today is sunny and dry and 24 degrees Cand we are about to bike to Thor's soccer game hurrah for Michigan Spring, even if it does only last two days. It's needs to get even hotter, though -pools open next weekend! __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-21-2011, 03:20 PM	#38
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Chickadee, blue jay, someone's screaming sprog in the distance. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

05-21-2011, 04:14 PM	#39
toranokaze I'm still a jerk Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Little Mexico Posts: 1,817	I hear the cardinal in the garden __________________ "Without deviation from the norm progress is not possible." - Frank Zappa It is the ignorance of ignorance that lead to the death of knowledge The Virgin Mary does not weep for her son, for he is in paradise. She weeps for the world , for we are in suffering.

05-21-2011, 05:07 PM	#40
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Birds chirping, engine noises, sirens. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-21-2011, 06:53 PM	#42
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Another mower, more birds, more cars, no raptures... or raptors.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-22-2011, 12:19 AM	#44
casimendocina Professor Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,622	It is absolutely pissing down.

05-22-2011, 03:52 AM	#45
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	Pissing rain here too. I hear the kids upstairs jumping around, it drives me freaking nuts!! I hate jumping inside.

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