It really is a small world. I’m not talking about the ride at Disneyland. I’m talking about the planet earth. I tell my friends it is hard to misbehave because you will get caught by someone you know on the spot. Last week while in the air on the way to Phoenix, I got up to relieve myself. On the return trip to my seat, I noticed a man smiling at me. He wore a Sox baseball cap. I looked him in the eye. Where do I know this guy from went through my mind? Then the light went on. It was my neighbor Tom. When I look out my front window, I look into his living room.
It turns out that Tom was on his way to Glendale, AZ. The Chicago White Sox are completing their new spring training facility there. He works for them in marketing . On the return trip, Tracy and I were killing time in the terminal. She spotted a man and told me he reminded her of a client. This week, Tracy reported that it was her client. He came into the office during the week, and said, “didn’t I see you in the Phoenix airport last week?”
Another time I was at a trade show in Duesseldorf, Germany. A friend who had left our company a year earlier, for greener pastures, came and stood next to me as I was examining a molding machine. I didn’t pay attention to him. He spoke to me. I recognized his voice, but didn’t connect because we had worked together on molding machines at Panduit. When I finally looked up and saw who it was, I jumped with surprise. I can go on and tell a few more stories of meeting people I know in places all over the world.
Small world?
Yes.
All I can recommend to you is this: behave wherever you are.
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