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- .client.

~” and he departed.

ae “mentioned the retard at a party
a the: other night. ° : .

| aT PICTURE OF THE EVERR!

Second Section

Wednesday, September 26, 1973

scott col:
Petty Theft

When they told me the facts of
life I felt like Little Red Riding
Hood when she mistook the wolf
for grandmaw.

Real-estate salesmen, it seems,
have been: employing. precisely
the same tactics all-over our neck
‘of the woods. It had happened to
two. other people at the party.
-.They knew of dozens more. _

“The idea is to get a listing,”
explained a knowledgeable
friend.

“Once ‘they know there’s the
remotest chance of you selling,
you're on their list, whether you
know it or not.”

“The rich, all-cash. client
doesn’t exist.

“Your boy will be back when he
has any. old prospect who might
be interested in your dump.”’

“Very effective and nothing
illegal ‘about it,”. another con-
tributed. ,

‘After all, who’s to say that the
mythical client doesn’t exist? -
Could you prove it?”

= “No. |

_ “He makes a mighty big boot
for what the salesman. call:

‘getting a-foot in the door.’.”

“A Jot of the real estate firms
use it:with new additions to their
staff,” added the knowledgeable
one. :
“Getting listings i is their way of
“serving an. apprenticeship::..°
“ "Teaches them “salesmain-
ship. .

r honestly don't ‘know which
disturbs me more: the fact that a:

decent-looking young man could
tell a’ bald, bare-faced lie so.

‘boldly, or. that my | friends at the
party should so casually accept

St. “Andrew S. Anglican Church

Do business ethics really mean
much any more?

Are they, like the corrupt
wielders of power we've seen in
the _. Watergate _— hearings,
essentially dishonest?

They’re questions that have
been puzzling me since my ex-
perience with the real-estate
man.

He was such a nice, clean-cut
looking guy.

I guess I shouldn't trust
facades.

Anyway, he came to the door
and he said: ‘I’m sure you don’t
want to sell this place, but I’ve a
proposition | I'm certain will in-
terest you.”

He looked me square in the eye.
I asked him in, but, first, he
walked around the house.

“It’s just exactly. what .my
client. wants,” he said.

‘“‘He’s a very rich man. It will
be an all-cash deal.” .

He: named a. figure. so
preposterously high that it had to
be considered, however reluctant
we'd be to leave the.old place.”
- The real-estate man said I need
give no commitment. He’d get in
touch with. his rich, all-cash

the fact that deceit is simply a
working tool in the trade of
selling.

. L wonder. if perhaps we aren't
so deeply imbedded these days in
fraudulent advertising, gimmick
merchandising, give-away deals
and trickery that we've come to
accept the fact that integrity is
for the birds.

Are we getting — or have we
arrived — at.a way of life in
which business morality is
determined by the question: “Is
it legal?’’ rather than the
question: ‘‘Is it honest?”’

So my friends laughed at. me
because I got a little intense
about this.

It’s true. I’m dying for the guy
to come back so that I can order
him off my property.

I hope I have the chance some
day to steer a client or two away
from his firm.

It isn’t. simply -that. it’s -/a

humiliating ‘experience to trust
someone who is taking advantage
of your _Naivete or. your
ignorance. It goes deeper than
that; ;
"Even. a_ small, insignificant
‘incident. like this drains away
some: of ‘your: faith:in human
‘nature and. leaves you the Poorer
for it: :

The: reprisal would’ be small
‘comfort .. for «the. pain. of. that:
unhappy discovery of finding yet ;
another dishonest man.
. Aman: came'..to. my.° door, -
uninvited, and .carried away a‘:
little piece of something I want to
believe, 2.00%:

- That makes him ; a thief.

-TWO FAMILIAR SIDNEY FACES (from two different _
generations) were among the competitors Sunday af- -
ternoon in the Victoria Motorcycle Club’s annual Mount
‘Douglas Hill Climb. Gordie Blow.— who spends: his
weekdays. operating the: Island Furniture Mart’s
‘warehouse store — won the novice event (bottom right .~ .
photo) ; while Review advertising manager Ben Hircock ° .~
(top right) placed third in both the club competition and |
the Vancouver Island: open event.: ‘Forty- five-year-old |
Hircock has been competing in both events for more
than 20 years, and has won both of them at one time or. |
another. No youngster himself, Review. motorsport
editor Joshua Perlmutter became so excited at the
prospect.of Hircock:: hurtling up the mountain on his
750cc Norton. that. he could’ barely, hold ‘his. camera.
‘Steady (above). es

Yd hear- from him shortly. ‘We
lit cigarettes, had a pleasent chat

_- “A very nice fellow,” I told. my
wife.
Well ‘have to ‘do a ‘lot of
‘serious thinking about this.’
‘You're. ahead of. me? You' re

Well, they laughed, too, when I

“(Review Photos by Perlmutter) : :

“fornia
registration: ‘in: programs may
also. be™ ‘obtained . from: the
municipal hall::
A registration: session. will ‘take
‘place Monday, Oct.'1, from] -3
‘p.m, at--the- recreation office,”
located over. the. public**works
building at’ Saanichton (next to
the fire: hall). Mees a Vato

A ‘course: in: ‘ceramics ; will be-
eee at. the beginning © of
“November, and: will run. on:
“Tuseday. evenings: ee aa

~KANDID KAMERA STUDIO

4403 Broad St. Victoria
Phone 383-9721.
No. appointment necessary |

“While. these pre- -schoolers are
being © “occupied creatively;
“mother can join the ladies’ keep-
“fit program, . : which will’ take:
i place at the same time, but on
‘Wednesday, mornings only. °

co rs

- Although it seems. some time
away, it is suggested those: in-
terested sign up now, as. this class
“will probably. fill up rapidly.

‘Those. who feel inclined to
‘i become ‘happy hookers. of. rugs.
~ may take advantage of instructor
‘being made available” for.
_ Tuesday.- or. “Wednesday ‘mor:
“ings. ar rr

~The instructor, Mrs. Mawhood,,

It is hoped ‘the’ phone ‘will: be
installed in the recreation office:
within the next. week; meanwhile
the staff.is attempting to. cope
with the ‘situation: by. alternate
means. For further information
on the program, please leave

~The Yukon Territory | is named”
-after’ the. ‘Indian ‘name. for..the.
river “Yukon”, This Indianname .
means: ‘greatest river’ as does .
the Eskimo name ‘Kweek Pak’.

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