With all eyes on the United Kingdom in anticipation of the royal wedding, I thought I would offer some London anecdotes.................I had a boss back in New Jersey - Charlie E. who was Exec. V.P. He drove a taxi cab in Philadelphia to pay his way thru Lehigh Univ. so he new my Pennsylvania sales area as well as I so I could/would never attempt to bluff him. He awoke at 0430 hours to make his daily morning phone call to London as they scurried around to prepare for it and if they ran the gauntlet successfully they could then plan their luncheon engagements. For his monthly visits he would take the redeye from JFK and after a restless flight he would grab a few winks at his hotel before visiting the West End office. When he arrived the staff thought he did not look well. He explained that when he awoke from his nap and looked in the mirror, one side of his face was discolored and he thought he had suffered a stroke. In reality he had slept on the chocolate candy the maid had laid on his pillow thereby discoloring his face.
On another occasion after a restless flight he hit the ground running and upon arriving at the London office he met the westbound sales manager at the door. Charlie said "Kid, are your ships full?" Our man replied "Pretty full,, Mister E." This was obviously not the right answer so the old man said "Is your bloody paycheck pretty full?" Ouch. He was tough but he was fair and left us too soon.
tjs
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