He hired me as a secretary, |
He wanted most to be remembered as a down-to-earth man, who just treated every customer fairly, ... I think he really enjoyed the business, and I think he missed his customers, but he enjoyed retirement, too. |
His dad died when my dad was in his second year on a football scholarship at the University of Wisconsin, |
I really wanted to go abroad to South Korea, the country of my heritage, in order to increase my fluency in the language and really become immersed in the culture, ... This experience would be perfect, I thought to myself, and I applied. |
I think he wanted to continue in football, maybe even try for a professional career, ... He was on a UW team with Elroy Hirsch. |
I walked up to the customer, and said, 'I think I know what she wants,' ... They bought the rug and he never said another word about me not selling. He was born in America, but was an Armenian man from a different era. He adapted and accepted the idea of a daughter in a non-secretarial position, and he complimented me to everyone. |
It was all the shade I had, and now it's gone. I can't believe it fell. |
That was pre-Sept. 11; that was another era. |