Still on the subject of movies, it occurred to me this morning I should have added another of my favorite movie scenes to yesterday’s post.

I love the acting in this scene, it is so rock-solid; the charged atmosphere and feeling it generates is really something. And it hits close to home to me, because during my fortunately-brief (and ill-advised) attempt to sell insurance when I first moved out to AZ, we listened to this kind of thing every Monday morning at 9 AM. It wasn’t near as harsh, but the sentiment was there. Me? I was like the Ed Harris character in the scene, except I had good leads and gave them to a woman co-worker who I knew was far better at her craft than I was and had a child to support.

I still remember the whiteboard you couldn’t help but see every day you came to work. It said…

TIMID SALESPEOPLE HAVE THIN KIDS

Believe it or not, I’ve yet to see the entire movie – that’s on my “bucket list”. I don’t even know if the movie is good or not, but I just love the acting and the tension in this scene. Alec Baldwin has never been better.

The phrase “A-B-C. Always. Be. Closing.” actually came up on a couple of occasions during our Goodboys weekend in Vegas, but the better part of discretion prevents me to say exactly what context that phrase involved. Hope y’all understand…but it was priceless, and watching this scene makes me laugh just remembering how it came up. Good times.