Ode to the coat rack

Chris Hardick — Thu, 06 May 2010 15:57:53 +0000

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.

Lester Who » T.S. Eliot

Ode to the coat rack