Chapter 6: Summarizer Kaylee Cardinal

During chapter six, Ned set out to find a job. He began looking for entry level jobs that didn’t require any experience. Nathan came upon an ad in the newspaper for Red Bull, and she figured this would be perfect. She scheduled interviews and came upon the first time where Ned actually felt like he was walking taller. When Ned put on his suit and tie, he felt much more entitled to respect than he ever had in his slob clothes that he wore bowling with the guys. Nathan also felt much more comfortable dressed in a suit because she didn’t have to worry about any chest or shoulder worries that she had. Nathan took up many interviews regarding this job, and overall was offered every job that was applied for. When Ned took the Red Bull job, he thought it was going to be somewhat simple. The task was to go door-to-door, all day every day, and make the same pitch trying to sell things. These things consisted of entertainment books, phone service books, and VIP cards. However, Ned ended up having more trouble than he expected.
During Ned’s second interview, he met a man named Ivan. Ivan was a very good salesman who could pretty much sell to anyone. He made up a lot of stories and stated he had slept with seventy-four women and had an IQ of 180. However, Vincent said that because he was “full of shit”, it is what made him such a great salesman. Ivan brought Ned around and introduced him to everyone at work and he got many welcoming handshakes from his fellow coworkers.
On the first day, Ned met with every one for the usual morning meeting that the Red Bull company had. Dano, the gatekeeper and BMOC at Clutch Advertising, spoke a very inspirational speech and then informed everyone that there was going to be an incentive for whoever sold the most books. They were put in teams of three and the first team back at the end of the day got an added bonus of three hundred dollars. Ned was paired with Ivan and Tiffany (the eighteen-year-old pregnant girl). The three set out immediately, and Ivan had this brilliant plan to use Tiffany to their advantage. They were going to seek out all male businesses and have Tiffany strut her stuff. However, when this plan failed they had to do it the old-fashioned way going door-to door.
At first Ned was excited to give his first sales pitch in a neighborhood. But he soon found out it was not as easy as he thought. Rejection came back into his life on this day and he felt like he did when he couldn’t get a date. Ned felt like he was never going to make a sale. But Ivan made sure this didn’t happen. He told Ned he needed to grow a pair and act like a man and he’d be fine. Ned was being way too flirty and nice and Ivan told him he needed to show his manhood. And that was all it took. Ned kept trying and by the end of the day, he was the one in control.