It's been an odd Christmas.
My great uncle passed away last week. He had been sick for a while and it wasn't entirely a surprise, but that doesn't make it easier. We will miss him. All the more because he lived in Texas, it was just not possible to get there. My mother however did get there, by way of Missouri where she picked up her parents. They got on a flight, and apparently an 80 year old couple is a "potential concern" to the TSA. I'm not sure why, but they were frisked on the way back.
I hear grandma kept up quite a lively conversation with the TSA agent the entire time, and grandpa let his runny nose drip on the back of the agent's head during his experience.
Oddly enough, it's about what i would expect from them both.
Merry Christmas
-Dave
Psalm 90:10
We live for seventy years or so (with luck we might make it to eighty), and what do we have to show for it? Trouble.
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Good People
I've said it before, but I work with good people.
Tonight was our company Christmas party, and it wasn't a big fancy deal, but it was an opportunity to get to know people i might not otherwise come across between 5 PM and 5 AM. Stories were told, and laughter was had, but there was one story I wanted to retell.
A while back, one of our employees was working in a different building than usual, and received notice of a family emergency. He was trying to get in contact with his normal supervisor, but being new, he didn't have the right number and ended up calling the office of our CEO and company founder. The CEO happened to be working late, answered the phone, and stopped what he was doing to try and help. He came out into the shop to find me to communicate. He had to look for me until he found me elbows deep in one of our machines trying to get it running. Only to find out that it wasn't my guy. It was the other Dave's guy, from the building across the street. I offered to go over with a message, but he wouldn't have it. He said, "No, no, keep working on that line." Without another word, or even a grimace he walked outside and across the street through the cold to take care of it. He didn't even stop for a jacket.
I have worked in a lot of different jobs including churches, major food chains, heavy industry and factory settings, and even a Fortune 100 company. And there aren't many senior executives who care about their employees down to the lowest level enough to put off the work that was already keeping them away from their family to help someone they had never met in a crisis. Many will say that they believe their people are that important, but few will back it up with their actions. He did with a smile what he could have delegated to me.
Like I said, good people.
-Dave
Galatians 5:22-23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control. Against such things there is no law.
Tonight was our company Christmas party, and it wasn't a big fancy deal, but it was an opportunity to get to know people i might not otherwise come across between 5 PM and 5 AM. Stories were told, and laughter was had, but there was one story I wanted to retell.
A while back, one of our employees was working in a different building than usual, and received notice of a family emergency. He was trying to get in contact with his normal supervisor, but being new, he didn't have the right number and ended up calling the office of our CEO and company founder. The CEO happened to be working late, answered the phone, and stopped what he was doing to try and help. He came out into the shop to find me to communicate. He had to look for me until he found me elbows deep in one of our machines trying to get it running. Only to find out that it wasn't my guy. It was the other Dave's guy, from the building across the street. I offered to go over with a message, but he wouldn't have it. He said, "No, no, keep working on that line." Without another word, or even a grimace he walked outside and across the street through the cold to take care of it. He didn't even stop for a jacket.
I have worked in a lot of different jobs including churches, major food chains, heavy industry and factory settings, and even a Fortune 100 company. And there aren't many senior executives who care about their employees down to the lowest level enough to put off the work that was already keeping them away from their family to help someone they had never met in a crisis. Many will say that they believe their people are that important, but few will back it up with their actions. He did with a smile what he could have delegated to me.
Like I said, good people.
-Dave
Galatians 5:22-23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control. Against such things there is no law.
Friday, December 3, 2010
Walker, Texas Cheeseball...
...you are so corny! My wife and I were watching some TV today, and we stumbled across a rerun. This time the recurring bad guy had kidnapped the girl (I think that was her primary function in the show) and sidekick and was, in typically impractical evil villain style, slowly filling the room they were in with water. All the while Walker raced to find them in time, dramatically. Apparently a room full of water and Walker thinking hard weren't enough for the producers to fill the whole episode with action. This meant the whole show was a series of flashbacks. One after another, after another. So many that it was like a "best of" review of the entire series, and honestly it wasn't that good.
We laughed like crazy. From disarming the the bomb at the last second, instead of taking the lanyard it was on off her neck and throwing it out the window, to outrunning the exploding phone booth, to wrestling with a bear and winning; it was hilarious.
It was great to just laugh together. I can't think of anyone I would have rather made fun of Chuck Norris with.
So let the Chuck Norris jokes roll and the laughter too because when you have someone this great to share life with, it's all good.
-Dave
Proverbs 5:18
...may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.
We laughed like crazy. From disarming the the bomb at the last second, instead of taking the lanyard it was on off her neck and throwing it out the window, to outrunning the exploding phone booth, to wrestling with a bear and winning; it was hilarious.
It was great to just laugh together. I can't think of anyone I would have rather made fun of Chuck Norris with.
So let the Chuck Norris jokes roll and the laughter too because when you have someone this great to share life with, it's all good.
-Dave
Proverbs 5:18
...may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.
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