When my office moved from the elegant Class A+ Esquire Tower in Sacramento nearly two years ago, to the run down Elks Tower, which could be described as on a good day as a future potential residential hotel, complete with creepy crawlies, thread-bare carpet and urine stains in the elevator, I had the most doomish, gloomish thoughts regarding the future of the enterprise.
Not to worry—our buildout is almost complete and “spectacular” is the only way to describe the results. We will be truly standout in a lovingly restored historic building. Albeit a trifillion dollars and at least three unnecessary and unsightly wrinkles on my forehead later.
I never like getting used to new “people” though. Like new UPS, Fedex, and US Postal carriers—they are always really busy and don’t want to chat. I thought our postal carrier, Mr. Roy Tyree, was like that, but after a time, he warmed up nicely. He’s just a really nice man of few words who does a rockin’ job on his downtown route. But, because he doesn’t chat, I never knew much about him.
This morning, I didn’t have a chance to leisurely sip my Mt Dew and read the paper. So, I started thumbing through it tonight and wow, there he was; the main feature in The Sacramento Bee’s Metro section. It’s worth a read—he’s 73 years old and 25 years into his second career (the first being a full career in the US Air Force—alright!). Tomorrow, I have to ask him for his autograph.
It’s not true that nice guys finish last; nice guys are winners before the game even starts.
~ Addison Walker
Published on: Dec 22, 2006
Published on: Dec 22, 2006
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