Closet Extremist

Tonight's Blog...

I'll leave it with an e-mail that my sister (She is the manager for the Service
Department in the company that I work with. She dispatches the "Service" guy's out to whatever installation that has a problem, and is really..I mean Realy, good at her job.) who said it all when she wrote:

Hey John, I just wanted to thank you for your blog tonight. Before going to C's ballgame (we won) I tried looking at the local stations to find out anything I could about what happened. State Elevator Inspector D D called me this morning and told me about the death and that there was an injured worker. He didn't have a name for the injured party but did tell me the relation between Sammy & R from N (The competing Company. Ed.) . He didn't tell me the elevator company the men were working for. I became a little concerned about an exemployee that now works for R. (I did find out tonight from his father in law that he was okay but still) I found the news very disturbing this morning and thought about it all day. It has only been a matter of weeks since the Chief of Elevator Inspectors passed away. I talked to him many times and was depressed by his death. During the holidays I thought of his family and coworkers very often. He seemed to be a very decent person and was always very helpful to me. I have no idea where things will go with the new one. I hear he is a lot more strict on codes and I don't mean the biggie safety ones I mean the silly ones. I guess we shall see. Thanks again for the blog, it helped me a lot. 13 men in a mine and it's all you hear for a week but something happening in the elevator industry and you hear very little. I guess it really is a good thing for our profession but you know what I mean. Hope you have a great night and weekend. Love ya,

Thanks Sis'. I catch your meaning.