Don Grose

Don Grose I love this..."Blog this" it says..so I did !
My son Tyler sent me an article at work the other day...Actually I was at home in Fall River, Nova Scotia, because while employed by CHUM Radio Halifax, I recently came to the conclusion that I could be far more effective working from home...and I am ...but I
digress....what he sent me was message that said:

When you're having one of those days at work - and we all have those days - take the time, on your way home
to stop at the pharmacy...buy a Johnson and Johnson
rectal thermometer. Take it home - close your drapes,
turn off the phone, so you're not disturbed - take a deep breath - and open the thermometer package.
Read carefully the literature in the package . In the small print it says that every rectal thermometer made by Johnson and Johnson is checked personally.
Ponder this for a moment - and celebrate the fact that
someone has a job that's more of a pain in the ass than
yours.
I immediately sent it out to my co-workers.
I have a great job ! Radio advertising sales is challenging enough to be interesting - allows for
enough creativity to be fullfilling and allows all kinds of freedom I've never experienced in any other
vocation. I can't imagine doing anything else over the
long term...
But I was thinking the other day - I took one of my guitars, my Gibson Gospel, into the Halifax Folklore
Centre to get repaired. I was quite concerned about it.
I think the gentleman's name was Tom...he took a look at it...told me it would be a week or ten days and that
he would do what he could. Six days later he called.
An instrument that I secretly feared I might never
ever play - was transformed into a gem. What wonderful rewarding, satisfying, work that must be - That's a skill of which I am envious...
Ad Tips don't run on weekends...Monday I'll be back with another....
Have a nice weekend.
Don