The Infamous Hillside Pen

Warning, this is long-winded and boring, continue reading at your own risk. I have been telling the stories of the Hillside pen for years. We started giving away a pen at the Cecil County Fair about 10 years ago, simply because it was the cheapest give-away pen at the time. The following year we still had the same pen. Several people stopped by our booth to get another because they liked the pen they got from Hillside last year. Seemed odd to me, but OK, thanks for stopping by and saying hello. Here it is 10 years later and dozens of people come by our booth each year at the Fair to re-up on their Hillside pens. Many customers come to our office and ask for our pens. I hear story after story of how this is the “best writing pen” people have ever encountered. It felt like a practical joke on me, but with no possible punchline. Regardless, for some reason, people really love the pens we give away.

Today I was told a story about a hospital visit. During that visit, an observation was made that the nurse was using a broken Hillside pen. When asked about the pen, the nurse admitted to getting the pen from the Cecil County Fair, and it was her favorite pen. Unfortunately, the pen was in a bit of disarray. These friends of mine happened to be sitting on a nice personal supply of Hillside pens and kindly replaced the nurse’s broken pen with a brand new one.

Thank you to everyone that continues to validate that Hillside has great pen picking ability.

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