Hi, everyone! i just retired from teaching high school English after 31 years to sell MINIs. I'm buying one next week-They really are gloriously fun to drive!
I hope to learn about MINIs, and perhaps even answer a few questions...
Randy

 

Congratulations on your retirement, and on the new purchase! And best of luck with the new career!

I have a question for you already, and it's been bugging me for years.
Why is that young people these days don't understand how to use "your" and "you're" and "there" and "their" correctly?
And here's another one: why is it that even professional broadcasters these days can't seem to grasp the correct uses for "less" and "fewer"?? That one really gets me.

Thanks!

 

Happy retirement and good luck with your MINI sales gig, enjoy the car it's great toy.

 

Congratulations on making it 31 years in education and starting your new career.

 

It's funny you asked that..Saturday morning, at our sales meeting, "your Approved" was written on a poster by our finance director...i wondered if she was testing us...Nope, just using bad grammar.....So I do see a lot of that.....but what can you do?
My new MINI is in transit..a Chili Red hardtop...no extras....i'm very excited about getting one....I can't believe how much fun they are to drive...
Randy

 

Congrats, congrats, and good luck to you! I'm glad to read that I'm not the only person that gets irked by today's acceptable slaughter of the language. My favorite/funny one is when I hear people say, "He (or she) is one years old"...but when someone ends a sentence with "at" ie "Where's that at?" my 2nd grade teacher's voice rings in my 44 year old ears "between the A and the T".

 

WELCOME!! Wishing you all the best.

That made me laugh out loud.

 

Congrats on your retirement from teaching . I feel your pain ! These sweet kids now days come on man ! We are told no no fails . Pat the kid on the back and give high fives if they do any kind of work = Push them along NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND = What a joke !
Congrats on your getting out of School !
El Tiger

 

minisalesman,

Two questions:

1.) When you bought your mini did you get a discount?
2.) Are you working on a salary or on commission?

 

Why do you ask? Are you a MINi salesman too?

 

Welcome to our madness, minisalesman! Lots of info around here - after strolling around for awhile, I feel like I know a little more than my MINI tech when I head back to my dealer.