They asked for advice on the best way to get to Rossyln since they usually didn't take that way and I got scared for like a brief second.
I thought they had Canadian accents before I realized they were most likely from the Midwest. Super friendly car. Every time the driver thought something was cool he'd say, "Awwwwriiiiiight!"
If any of you have seen American Movie (the documentary), I highly suggest it, and the guys reminded me of these two guys.
So anyways the conversation turn towards going to Richmond for the guy in the backseat to sell shirts, since he has a shirt business. I found out that these guys buy polo shirts bulk from Asia and sell them at flea markets. The driver suggested the backseat passenger go to the Nascar race in Richmond, VA to sell the shirts. "Awwwrighhht!" They said they would put numbers on them and put fake signatures on them to sell. Haha.
This was probably my most entertaining ride. I swore they were Canadian for like five minutes, but they never said EH. Apparently one of their friends got stuck with seven containers of bulk polo shirts that were worth $1M. So I'm guessing he spent between $300k to $500k to buy these items from Asia. These guys seriously took out loans to buy these shirts in bulk to sell at flea markets. The one guy commented how he'd rather not sell the shirts at cost to get rid of them, he'd rather "slow sell" them because he'd be more patient and would make more money that way. I admired their entrepreneurship drive and wondered how many boxes were piled up in their garage/basement.
Then the conversation turned towards buying and selling cds at record stores. Again, flashback to 1995. The driver buys cds on Craigslist for a buck, burns them on his computer and resells them to the recordstore for $2 or $3.
Now that is a smart guy. Anyways I get off at my stop, and say goodbye to the most entertaining ride thus far.
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