When holding media events, one never knows who may show. So, as we prepped for our event and waited for dignitaries to arrive, I was more than excited to see what I had hoped would be a press prop/visual.
Our event was being held in a local grocery store near the beer cooler, thus, we had several customers frequenting our staging area. One customer, donning a royal blue track jacket and somewhat matching shorts, totally caught my eye. He also caught the eye of several of our dignitaries. In my heart of hearts, I was hoping he would position himself on the sidelines of our event, maybe near some of our poster boards, and be filmed for all to see. “The senator’s mouth dropped in awe,” one of the ad reps told me. This guy was definitely a jaw dropper. Sadly, he opted to grab his “ja-lap-ano” chips, $2 worth of pepperoni, Gummiworms and head out.
Why was he such a big deal? Because he looked just like Randy from Trailer Park Boys. Underneath that royal blue track jacket – which was wide open – was nothing but flesh and gut. Some might think this would take away from our event; I would disagree. His appearance near our posters would not only have made my day, it would have made it so memorable. I can hear it now, “Did you see Randy standing there next to the beer cooler? Survival of the fitness.” Ricky would definitely give us props for that.