Podunk, US - While the news blares more economic turmoil in the background, Judy Spooch bustles around her trailer, assembling packets of meth. To watch her work, one wouldn’t know a recession was afoot.
“Business is great,” she says, pausing to puff on a cigarette, even though she is surrounded by chemicals that could explode any second. “I don’t pay no mind to the TV. Just like the noise. Except for when America’s Next Top Idiot is on. I like that. My cousin was on it.”
Judy doesn’t strike one as an independant business woman with a savvy touch for guiding her company through difficult times, but her business, if anything, is growing. She’s even considering expansion.
“I’d love to move production to Joe’s trailer. He’s closer to the woods,” she says.
Does she have any advice for GM?
“I don’t know a whole lot about making cars,” Spooch allows. “But here’s what works for me: The first couple packets is free. You got to win your customer over, ya know? Not everybody is willing to spend their milk money on a bunch of toxic shit that will leave them in a pile of rags with no teeth. But if it’s free?”
Of course, it doesn’t stay free.
“After a couple weeks, they’ll sell their shoes for a packet.”
Still, in spite of such fierce customer loyalty, Judy pays attention to details.
“If one customer likes more fertilizer, I try to give them that. It’s not like I’m the only trailer making meth.”
Should GM follow suit?
“Make meth? I hope not! But if you’re talking about listening to customers, it’s worth a try. Why not give ‘em a Toyota? Those are good. Then after you’ve got them all hooked on dependable transportation that lasts for hundreds of thousands of miles, string ‘em out on an Impala.”
Could that work?
“Well, it helps if they’re stoned,” allows Spooch. “Maybe GM should send them to me.”