Edition
205 Monday September 30th 2013
Hi, the last of the
birthdays during the Joneses birthday season is fittingly my Fathers on the 28th.
These birthdays are always special as Dad reckons he was born at midnight so
the celebration should be a two day affair over the 28/29 September!! This
weekends event was certainly special and different as our family assembled in
his hospital room complete with cards, presents, cupcakes, chocolate cake and
bubbles (compliments of his biggest and most loyal supporter my beautiful Mum).
Crikey I don’t know how much of it we were legally allowed to have in there but
it didn’t matter to us as the most important thing to us was Dad!
It was a bit surreal as Mum gave the first public speech I
have ever heard her do and the rest of us mixed and mingled with Dad in no
doubt this was indeed ‘his’ special day which was cool.
It is times like this that I regret not having made a bigger
effort to be closer to my brother and sister or that I havent visited Mum and
Dad more often. It is also times like this that I realise saying family is
important to me is one thing, doing something about it is another thing
altogether !! I guess I am lucky that I still have a family and an opportunity
to do something about that regret.
Dad is booked to become a member of the open heart ‘zipper
club’ on Wednesday so very cool for his family to be together prior to this
life enhancing surgery,wow isnt life a wild roller coaster ride!
Speaking of roller coasters what an amazing few weeks it has
been following Team NZ’s fortunes in San Francisco! I don’t know about you but
it all got too much for me and I had to stop watching and just got text updates
from Christine. I couldn’t bear it and was left totally gutted and flat at the
end of what had been an amazing journey for the counntry and especially the
team in San Fran. I know everyone will have their own opinions and heaps of
them but for what it is worth I am proud of the team, I think it was money well
spent and I would do it all over again in a heart beat,so its out there.
Yay the All Blacks, Yay daylight saving and Yay another
exciting week ahead, have a good one! Cheers Jonesey!
Harry
and the Hendersons feel very strongly that they should always go
with us in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at
nothing right in our ears !!!!!
I saw an
amazing thing last week……a local road is getting a much overdue conversion from
gravel to tar seal. There are workmen, diggers, rollers, tip trucks and graders
everywhere. The weather has been all over the show and all the gear is covered
in dirt but I saw a truck driver out cleaning the body and cab of his truck
with a rag while he waited to be loaded. I couldn’t help myself and asked him
why he was doing that? He asked me ‘what I did for a crust?’ I told him I was a
‘professional sales person’ (I like saying that!) to which he said “do you
clean your car ?” I said yes and he said then I clean my truck for the same
reason! I am proud of what I do and the state of my truck reflects who I am and
how I feel about that and what I do……I thought OMG how true is that !!!
I clean
my car regularly because I want to set a good example to my staff, I want my
customers to think I am proud of my company and what I do so the appearance of
my car is an important part of maintaining that image. I feel privileged to
have a company car (even if it has a Gorilla on the side of it) and I think it
is important I treat it like I would if I owned it. Funny thing is I feel
better about myself and my company and
its services when I am in a clean car!!
I didn’t
stop there I cleaned my shoes, ironed my shirts and even purchased a couple of
new ones because I was so impressed with what I saw the truck driver doing.
Pride in
appearance and pride in vehicle cleanliness both reflect to others what type of
person we are and what is important to us.I believe this sends an important
message to people about us and our companies before we utter a word or provide
any service or product.
Thanks
to Doug my new friend the truckie for a timely reminder about the importance of
‘pride’ J
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