With handshakes barred and an economy in trouble, a car salesman tries to seal the deal

With handshakes barred and an economy in trouble, a car salesman tries to seal the deal

GLEN MILLS, Pa. — Mike McVeigh had been selling cars for 16 years — honing skills that he feared were already a lost art — when the virus hit. He was 46 and out of a job. His boss at David Dodge furloughed the sales staff after all nonessential businesses in Pennsylvania closed in late March. McVeigh left the dealership that night, stopping at a Wawa to collect his thoughts and call another salesman, Brad Ross.Support our journalism. Subscribe today.arrow-right“We talked about what we could do just to keep our heads above water,” McVeigh said. “Between us we got eight kids, families to support.”A month later, he was called back to work. But everything had changed. A once-booming economy was in tatters. Everyone wore masks. The showroom was closed to