I
hope I am not becoming one of those parents that whine all the time
about how their children never visit them or pay them enough
attention. I am actually really pretty lucky that way. Shelley calls
me probably once or twice a month when she's on the road between
workstations and we get to speak for quite a while which is really
kind of cool and then Mark Anthony, while he does not come on a
regular basis becomes regularly if that makes sense and he always
comes if I need direct assistance for immediate assistance. The fact
is he's busy and I know that sounds very “cat in the cradle like”
but it's true because regular job then he's got his burgeoning little
music business which is cool too. However, if two weeks or so goes by
that I don't see him then I notice I call him using is something that
needs done around my apartment. Yesterday it was to straighten up my
CPU which the furnace guys nearly tipped over when they came to
replace my filters earlier in the month. I had other things possibly
which could of used attention right now but I'm okay.
I
have to say two of my kids are entrepreneurs or at least showed signs
of entrepreneurship I think mostly of a way to make cash are
spendable income. Mark Anthony was in band during school/high school
and of course sold candy bars in such and of course his parents who
are likely targets. Later on after high school graduation Mark became
involved with the Cutco Group, kind of a high-end door-to-door sales
program. Cutco, is a high-end cutlery operation. I think if they were
famous for anything it would be the Cutco knives and the Cutco
guarantee that being when she bought these (in my definition very
expensive) utensils they would be sharpened and replaced for the life
of that artifact no questions asked. That means if I found the Cutco
utensil at a thrift store I could send that utensil `Cutco Central
and they would replace it no questions asked. I've never done that
but I thought about it quite a bit lately just for something to do.
As a budding salesperson you want to support your child in their
efforts and so you feel like you must purchase something from their
stock of items.
So
on the given evening Mark came over, dressed in his salesman outfit,
and gave us the presentation which is pretty good. He practiced and
it sounded fairly professional for a first time presentation. He then
quoted the price for the least expensive items (which I of course was
going to purchase) and found the price over $100! It was almost $200
for four steak knives and I think a spatula and a larger knife paring
knife or some sort! I was shocked Dianne was not and we purchased the
items and I am not sure what ever happened to those knives.
Mark
Anthony has asked about those knives every once in a while and seems
shocked But I no longer know what happened to those cutting devices.
I don't have them and I don't know if Dianne has them. We can get new
knives to replace them but we've never done that. I can't think Mark
is offended that we didn't treat his knives better. That is why I was
kind surprised yesterday when Mark Anthony came over to give me a
hand with the CPU and pick up a few things on the floor that he
presented me with the famous Cutco shears. I didn't know what to say.
I couldn't figure out why he was giving me the scissors. But almost
felt like an ancient Asian sword master presenting someone with a
highly valued Samurai sword. Accepted the scissors, the felt heavy
and valuable and something not parted with easily. I don't know how
long Mark Anthony has had these and why he has chosen to bestow them
on me. Just out of curiosity I found that Cutco, of course, has its
own website now and I could see the cost for these kind of shears was
like $177! That's a lot of money for a pair scissors but I will
cherish these cutting devices and just maybe they'll return to Mark
at some point in time down the line… I am a proud owner…
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