The village idiot of 7-11

"711 don't pay much. With that said. Know one says you can't have a million dollars worth of fun."    Robert Joseph Astle

I'm starting to get the hang of quoting myself. I know it's not real cool, but I figure? It's the easiest way to get the message across? Today was an interesting day at 7-11. You had all the usual stuff (Slurpee's, cigarettes, beer, hot dogs, women everywhere). You know what made today at 7-11 a little different from the rest? I got some feedback on my blog from a few of the regulars.

One of the regulars at 7-11 is my friend Barry. Now Barry is an old-time Vegas guy, 'been around since the Strip was a dirt road' is how he describes himself. He's been reading my blog and today he told me "I like the fact that you and your ex get along. That's not always the case. My ex and I get along great as well." He then asked me how I would monetize some of the ideas I've been blogging about. I told him this:

"It starts with a few people. The first thing I would do is have a decent website put up. The site would be designed to support the Collective Buying Power process. Putting a site up would be the easy part. The make it or break it for CBP is organic growth and data base. I've got a solution for that as well. There are numerous amounts of people looking for something better in Las Vegas (Career wise) Anyways, I would approach a number of them about forming a Gorilla Marketing Team. Instead of trying to cover a bunch of territory (Las Vegas is a big town)..Our efforts would be focused on a certain slice, hyperlocal."

He looks at me and says. "It sounds like you've been thinking about this for quite some time (2 years, 5 months..But then again, whose counting:) I want to know more soon. Right now I want to go drink my New Castle." Maybe I'm reading into things a little more than I should? I just keep thinking about what my mother told me a long time ago. "Boy you ain't the brightest bulb, but at least your persistent. Who knows? Maybe one of these days, being the village idiot will pay off for you?"