You have to know your clientele when you are trying to set a new record for selling peanuts.
I got hawked when Darcy “the Hawker” Fairbourn sold me two of the 1,488 record-setting peanut bags which helped raise more than $4,000 for Okotoks KidSport during the Dawgs’ game on June 30.
I ordered one bag of peanuts, which Darcy dutifully threw back at me just as I was sitting outside the grandstands along the first-base line.
I then stuffed in a $10 bill in the tennis ball and threw it back to Darcy. Rather than throw me the $5 back, he threw me back another bag of peanuts.
What was I going to do? I would have sounded like a summer-time Scrooge if I was going to take $5 away from a worthwhile charity like KidSport.
After the game, Hawker tried to give me the $5. Apparently, I was an easy mark.
“I wasn’t so aggressive at giving the change back,” Hawker said with a laugh. “I know where to pick my spots.”
I took it as a compliment. Besides Hawker also sells beer at times where I have my season tickets with the Calgary Stampeders.
He’s not about to blow a potential windfall over five bucks.
As it turns out, I had to let him keep the $5. Not just because I am a generous guy who wants to support Hawker and KidSport, but also because I wasn’t able to produce the bag of peanuts.
I ate my entire bag like I was a squirrel with the munchies, but I couldn’t eat the next one.
So, I tossed it in the Dawgs’ dugout. It was like I had thrown them in the elephant pen at the zoo. I couldn’t believe how quickly they went.
Jumbo would starve to death if he was forced to fight off this pack of Dawgs. It was typical of the Dawgs.
They are always putting their money where their mouth is when it comes to helping the Okotoks community.
