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A Typical Business Trip

April 8, 2021
As Don's Administrative assistant in the early '90s, I would handle things like correspondence, organizing marketing materials, processing expense reports, etc.,   Don was on a business trip to the West Coast when one day he called into the office midday for an update.  He had pulled off the highway to use a payphone to check in (no cell phones back then!)  The phone conversation was unremarkable, but after Don arrived home, I was processing his expense report, and notices that some of the receipts looked a little mangled.  I asked what happened?  He said that when he pulled of the highway to call the office, he rested his briefcase on top of his car.  As he took off and gained speed, he said he heard and felt a thud, gazed in his rearview mirror and thought he had hit a flock of seagulls because he saw what he thought was an enormous amount of white feathers scattering behind the moving car.  It was then that he realized his briefcase had opened, and all of his papers/expense receipts were now covering the highway.  The way he told the story was hilarious.  He was grateful that someone walking along the highway offered to help him gather his papers...which by the time they made it to my desk were covered in tire marks ;-)  
Don was the best storyteller and had a true joy for life. xo Shari

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