A farewell to bow ties. It’s been about 30 years now since that night I came home from an appraisal seminar and declared to my bride that I was going to become the most prolific subject matter expert witness in the Green Industry in the nation. That was also over 1,200 legal assessments ago, 50% […]
Category: Stories of Life
Professional Favors: To Do or Not to Do
March 15, 2022What about those professional favors? Do you see the value in those? I enjoy reading posts from a few select authors on LinkedIn. One of those authors is Lisa Stambaugh, a content writer, who has a legion of informed and intelligent posters. She is like Susan Rooks, the Grammar Goddess, in that both remind me […]
Is Customer Service Dead? Not in This Small Town!
October 31, 2019Is customer service dead? Not in Old Town, Florida! Population of about 6,000. Located about two hours south of the Georgia/Florida state line. As you approach the only intersection in this small town, turn right and proceed 11 miles for the best hamburger in town. Turn left and approximately two football fields down the road […]
Homeless and Hungry. Lessons First Learned. And the Government Can’t Feed Me
November 12, 2018As both fists of my father’s hands hit the dining table, drinks from the three couples’ gilded glasses spilt onto the fine linen tablecloth below. “You did what?” While his crescendo may not have matched that of Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music, it nonetheless made a riveting impression on those in attendance. Good […]
CAMs – Beware Mount Mulch-More
October 23, 2018If you are a Community Association Manager (CAM) or someone charged with the responsibility of managing landscapes, you have a rough and rugged road upon which to travel. And tradition informs us that many have lost their way; few have become independently wealthy and most dread the subject of landscape maintenance. This is especially true […]
A FAREWELL TO MAGGIE: FAT CATS AND BUSBOY BUCKETS
October 1, 2018When the phone rings after midnight, it is typically bad news. This phone call was no exception. I was driving with a million other people along an interstate trying to beat hurricane Florence to the punch and return home prior to her landfall. Had I heard that Maggie died? My senses were immediately […]
Ethics, “White Lies,” and a Red Dress
August 5, 2018My bride and I are ethicists. Our upbringing in formative years and our professions hold us tightly to the matter of ethics. It’s an extremely boring subject, especially if one sits in an auditorium for a one-hour presentation and resultant CEUs.
Age Discrimination in the Marketplace
July 17, 2018I am the luckiest man in the marketplace. The older I get, the more I am perceived as being better at my niche in the marketplace, better than somebody younger than I. I have noted much discussion and many articles regarding age discrimination in the workplace. While paraphrasing, it seems the mantra of the older applicant or job […]