When I was a teenager, all my friends got this nifty utility on their phones, it was called “call waiting”. After much negotiating, I talked my parents into spending the extra three bucks a month so that we could have it too. They told me that when another call came in, that the line would [...]
Author Archives: Mike McBee
“Go Ahead … I Don´t Care”
November 1, 1998 – 5:36 pm
These simple words have been foiling bullies for years. When teased, taunted, or threatened, your mother told you to pretend like it didn’t bother you. And to this day it stops aggression cold in its tracks — pure, crystalline and simple.
“Go Ahead…I don’t care.”
There is a misconception that the word “threat” is a bad word [...]
Mirror Mirror . . .
February 1, 1998 – 3:44 pm
When I was a little boy, my dad told me that he heard Spiderman was appearing downtown at the Mall. We jumped in the truck and raced to see him. What we saw was not the muscled super hero of comic book fame, but a paunchy old man in a sagging spandex jumpsuit. I’ll always [...]
Successful Buyers Don’t Fit A Mold
January 1, 1998 – 5:59 pm
One day after making a low offer on a property, the Realtor accused me of two things. He said that I was a fast talking salesman who liked to ’steal’ houses. I told him that I was sorry that I talked fast, but it’s hard to ’steal’ in slow motion.
People who are of a more [...]
Telephone Terrorism
July 1, 1997 – 5:10 pm
I was speaking with a doctor at a seminar recently, and he was wondering aloud why he was unable to find good deals. He was an educated man, hardworking and scrupulous. Why was he sequestered from the good buys?
I asked him the following question: Let’s pretend that you are a terrorist, and you’re hell-bent on [...]
