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art of our company
Ken still maintains that copiers lost their
impersonator. He’s been playing in the local
sells printers and
reliability when they took away the handle at
bars for years and he regularly shouts out
copiers or, as they
the side which you had to turn round for a
company promotions during songs; “Lever
are known now,
copy and, when it comes to networking the
arch files, buy two get one free’ in the middle
‘multi-function
devices into a customer’s office, he just downs
of Love me Tender or ‘All our rulers are
devices’. They’re mad,
tools and calls one of the younger guys.
shatterproof ” during Jailhouse Rock. I don’t
convoluted machines which are far removed
Last week we had a call from a customer
think we’ve ever got any business because of
from the original photocopiers I remember;
saying that Ken had got down to fix a paper
it, but it’s Ken’s sort of social media, and he’ll
they scan, fax, text, change the TV channel
tray and had been lying there ever since -
continue to do it whether we try to educate
and make a cappuccino.
four hours of the customer getting no work
him or not.
They are great devices to have in any office
done in the office because the staff were
It’s amazing how personalities can secure
but we have an old engineer called Ken who
running around getting tea for Ken and
customer business. Most customers will stay
has been fixing machines for 50 years - 50 years
rubbing Vicks into his lower back.
loyal to us as long as we are loyal to them
of new ideas which have left Ken behind; every
We realise we have a problem, but the
and they at least know someone in the office.
time there is a new innovation in the field, Ken
customers love him and he’s famous in the
During these difficult times it’s important to
and his hairstyle get left behind even more.
area because he is also a part time Elvis
keep in touch with them somehow anyway.
JOKE OF THE MONTH Once upon a time there was a restaurant with a sign in the window which said: “Sandwiches, all types. If we can’t make your sandwich we will give you £100.00” An office products salesperson happened to be visiting the town and went into the restaurant to check out this claim. “I bet you can’t make me an elephant’s ear sandwich, “ he says “Let me check,” says the waiter, and he soon comes back with the manager of the restaurant “Are you the guy who asked for the elephant’s ear sandwich?” says the manager “Yes I am. Can you make one?” says the office products salesperson “No,” the manager says, “we can’t make you an elephant’s ear sandwich today - but we stand by our sign, here is your £100.00.” “Thanks,” says the office products salesperson. “I knew you wouldn’t have any elephant’s ears.” “No sir,” says the manager, “we’ve got the ears ok, we’ve just run out of them big buns we serve them in.”
[32] JUNE 2020 www.dealersupport.co.uk
