There’s a coat rack next to the refrigerator in my office. Yes, my current office has a fridge. It’s technically the lunch room as well, which I don’t mind because I love the people I work with. Anyway, back to the coat rack.
Lester Glenn Auto Group has been in this particular building since 1956, which was year one of the business. I wouldn’t be surprised by the following two possibilities:
1. The coat rack has been here since 1956
2. The coat rack has not been used since 1956
If the coat rack could talk, what would it tell us about the past 50+ years? Would it tell stories of salespeople who’ve come and gone? Of good times? Of hard times? Although this has little to do with Lester Glenn’s usual business, I’d like to honor the coat rack with the following poem. The spoken word was provided by Bill “T.S”. Mallek, a Lester Glenn employee/poet who shares my appreciation for the little things.
6 responses so far ↓
1 Rob Jarahian // May 6, 2010 at 4:16 pm
hahhahaha
2 Rob Jarahian // May 6, 2010 at 4:17 pm
for a minute ry i thought that was ur voice, nice work
3 Ryan Wetter // May 6, 2010 at 4:20 pm
4 Kelly // May 6, 2010 at 4:23 pm
Haahhaha! that was great, it makes me want to work at Lester Glenn!
5 Kuhn Rikon Hanging Rack with 5 hooks | Kitchen remodeling Solutions // May 6, 2010 at 4:39 pm
[...] Ode to the coat rack [...]
6 Laura Johnson // May 7, 2010 at 11:51 am
…..and if i bought you Rogaine
would you grow hair?
If you grew hair,
you would no longer be bare.
But where,
i wonder where,
would you grow,
said hair?
And if you did not like your hair,
I would buy you Nare…
Because I care.
Couldn’t help myself Ryan….you made my inner poet sing.
As usual, I love your work.
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