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Misadventures In Small Business
by Erin Clark
Funny anecdotes from years as small business manager and owner
Episodes
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Misadventures In Small Business #28 “You know who you remind me of?”
There are compliments and then there are COMPLIMENTS!
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Misadventures In Small Business #27: "Some Tooty-fruity Wants Your Booty!"
It's nice to have coworkers that know how to phrase things concisely and accurately! Funny story from 2003 involving a flesh-fencer from Bank of America and my coworker's reaction...
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Misadventures In Small Business #26: Roadkill Face-rapes My Neck At A Christmas Party
A tragedy occurred at a company Christmas party back in December 2001; here are the ugly details!
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Misadventures In Small Business #25: Kicking Bums Off Credit Union Property
Sometimes verbal communication needs to be loud, profane, and menacing for the listener to decide to obey simple commands. Funny story from fall 2014...
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Misadventures In Small Business #24: Side Gig As A Cum-buster
Side jobs used to be really hard to find, so don't judge; be thankful for the internet and smart phones! True Misadventure from 1992, I'm sad to confess.
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Misadventures In Small Business #23: Go Order The "Mamar la Varga" Sandwich
Sometimes you just need to honor a dare, even if you don't completely understand what it is! From 1998.
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Misadventures In Small Business #22: "Racing stripes or lumps?"
Some guys are lazy, have no perspective, or are just hygienically nasty! Here are a couple mini-stories from 1995... Go Local Arizona: www.GoLocalArizona.com
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Misadventures In Small Business #21: Man Requests Women's Tops At Nursing Home
Going back to about 1994 for a story about a swish and an older woman being creeped out by his flaming-ness. BTW check out www.GoLocalArizona.com for a non-woke way to either promote your Arizona based business or to find a local business for your next project!
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Misadventures In Small Business #20: Skimming A Few Gallons
Just in time for Christmas; a story about someone who alternated between being mean, miserly Scrooge and generous, repentant Scrooge during all the years I knew him. Fortunately friends and family only knew him as the good Patriarch.
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Misadventures In Small Business #19: The Chop Shop
When saving money costs you extra...
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Misadventures In Small Business #18: Razor Wire and 80 Pounds of Frozen Chicken
Sometimes useful things are left behind at vacant properties. Some of these come in handy on the site (razor wire) and some get taken home for personal use (80 pounds of frozen chicken).
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Misadventures In Small Business #17: The Scotsman Sells Shoes
Back to 2006 and some comical help at the shoe store...
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Misadventures In Small Business #16: The Grope-ist Challenges Me To A Duel
Have you ever "locked swords" with a grabby employee? I don't even recall whether this was 2012, 2013, or 2014 as I needed therapy afterwards!
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Misadventures In Small Business #15: "Callgirl?!? I don't know nothin' 'bout that now!"
Interacting with people from different backgrounds is enlightening, educational, and most importantly - funny as hell! Flashback to 1990 with a MUCH younger version of myself...
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Misadventures In Small Business #14: Dad Almost Deported From Canada
A flashback to the mid-80's with a funny experience my father went through...
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Misadventures In Small Business #13 Jack Cuts Open Arm
A really close call with a sharp fence from 2016...
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Misadventures In Small Business #12: Dr. Wankenstein
Did he or didn't he?!? Still a definitive "maybe"...
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Misadventures In Small Business #11: Tranny Flirts At Counter
Sometimes we assist customers that are a little "different"...
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Misadventures In Small Business #10: "Return To Sender"
Someone might leave something behind on your client's property. The polite, civilized thing to do is return it to them... Oh yeah, I didn't customize the display photo for this episode; you're welcome!
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Misadventures In Small Business #9: Methanol Poisoning
This is for real; be careful what you use on hard surfaces or your hands! https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200817/toxic-methanol-in-hand-sanitizers-poisonings-continue https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/06/toxic-methanol-that-causes-blindness-found-in-hand-sanitizers-fda-warns/
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Misadventures In Small Business #8: Pothead Patrol Driver
This is your brain on drugs! How do you check a property 3 times one night and miss the smashed in front door?!? A Misadventure from 2013...
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Misadventures In Small Business #7: Break-in At Vacant Restaurant
A cold night, a junkie, and a vacant building converge for a humorous Misadventure from January 2016...
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Misadventures In Small Business #6: Sharted In Patrol Car
So this Misadventure details a patrol driver having "an accident" while driving and then not telling his boss (me) that the driver's seat was not a good place to sit. We will travel back to Fall 2013 for this Misadventure...
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Misadventures In Small Business #5: Repo-man Comes For Guard's Car
Sometimes people bring their problems to work, what makes it far worse is when they work on a client's property and this happens. Today's episode is a Misadventure from 2011...
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Misadventures In Small Business #4: A Christmas Miracle?
Some headaches are universal no matter how large or small the business. Others are unique to either large or small business. Today's Misadventure is not something typically seen in small business, but is still worth sharing. Let's travel back to 2017 AND early 2018...
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Misadventures In Small Business #3: Meeting Ted Danson
Not all Misadventures In Small Business are negative. Here's a good one from 2017...
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Misadventures In Small Business #2: The Great Pumpkin
I'm sure that for every bad tenant there's a bad landlord somewhere, but today's story is about a very bad commercial tenant. This is a true story from 2014...
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Misadventures In Small Business #1: The Mad Shitter
Small business owners and managers spend a lot of time apologizing for and literally cleaning up after bad employees! This is a true story from 2011...
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Funny anecdotes from years as small business manager and owner
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