I was wondering why the owner kept hiring the assistant with similar background. And then I realized the owner is smart, he actually sourced the product from my home country and benefited from the cost , shipping and currency exchange rate advantage back to a time ago.
His product were mostly home and garden stuff, Home Hardware is his biggest client. The assistant's job is mostly to prepare the sample and presentation before his visit to client's purchasing center.
The fun part of this job is I learned some new words linked very much to our daily live here and I enjoyed the chatting with the owner. When he was not that busy, he shared his adventure and stories from the visits in my home country.
The part that I admired about him is he can make this job simply as an interest, he has enough money for the rest of his life and expect to doing like this forever.
Until now, I still remember his word and try to remind myself always. That is "You can make mistakes, everyone make mistakes, as long as it is not critical..."
I was lucky to attend the autumn product show at St. Jacob. We spent 2 days in the warehouse, put up the exhibition shelves and took the order from shop owners from other cities and towns. Whenever there were breaks, I would walked around in the big exhibition center. Talked with other business owners and made friends. The really funny part is at the end of the show, some shop owners would happy to exchange their stuff with you. I got my two green plants afterwards from the shop located near to us, the couple were very nice and gave them to me for free.
One of the plants still survive till now, it's about 8 years ago~
