Tuesday, August 5, 2008

It's the rap phenomenon, dun dun na

People treat me like the fucking Harvard Business Review, always telling me their ridiculous venture ideas. I have a sneaking suspicion it's because I take everything too seriously. I actually had this conversation today-

"Hey Salty, check out my new business idea. My dad's going to help me out with it. I have first rights on a four-bedroom trailer in a park right next to campus. I'll be living there, so I can regulate and make sure everything's under control. Think about the returns I can make on such a cheap investment. What you say?"

"Are you kidding me? You are going to live as the landlord- aka enemy- with two to three unknown persons of the type that would be interested in renting a single room in a trailer? You'd cringe every time they dropped a spaghetti fork. Have you seen trailer parks, anyway? You say you're a deep sleeper now, but what about when the cops come around at 4 in the morning because someone is pulling out someone else's weave? Who would live there?"

"So you want in or what?"