Kevin-
Great story! Buying so many parts, I've gotten to know my UPS man too. He
always takes time to check out the progress on my trucks, and waves at me
when he sees me in town. They are indeed great folks, and obviously are
dedicated to their jobs. Thanks for sharing your story. I'll print it out
and show it to my UPS guy. I know he'll appreciate it.
Smokey Culver
'50 3600 5-window (mine)
'58 Apache (hers)
League City, Texas
-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin D. Pennell <oletwuk@fastrus.com>
To: Oletrucks <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 11:19 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] Off-Subject. Unsung Heroes.
>Hi all,
>
>Just got in after another day at the salt mine, and read the posts
regarding
>shipping. I and just about everyone I know utilizes UPS, and tonight
things
>happened that made me step back and think. I figure I'll share.
>
>I work as the parts man/service writer/mechanic at a small motorcycle shop
>specializing in Harley Davidsons, and I see my UPS man "Jim" daily. He's a
>ball of energy, and always has a kind word and a smile while he's bustling
>in and out bringing my customers bundles of joy and happiness. He also
>brings me parts for my '59 Chevy and makes an effort to find out if I'm at
>the shop or at home when he's got an extra special package for me. Really
a
>nice guy! I think maybe most of us know someone like "Jim".
>
>It's been relatively warm in the southeast this week, and Jim made his
>normal rounds about 11:00 this morning. All was well, though the heat
index
>was pushing the 100 mark. Jim bustled around and was his jovial self, and
>went on his merry way. This evening about 6:30 Jim's truck pulled into the
>lot. It was very strange, as Jim rarely misses a package on the morning
>run, and I wasn't expecting anything else. Jim kind of staggered into the
>shop, and then collapsed. He appeared to be having a heart attack. 911
>responded quickly, and whisked him off to the nearest hospital. While
>helping put him on the stretcher, I asked his phone number so that I could
>call his wife, and with great difficulty he gave me a number. I dialed it
>and to my shock and surprise, I got the UPS office. He's having a heart
>attack and what was foremost on his mind? His Job! His Duty! His
>responsibilities to the Boss! While relaying information on what had just
>occurred, I realized that after all this time, I didn't even know his last
>name... (So where do I rate on a scale of 1-10 in "Humanity"???)
>
>The hospital says that he's stable and suffering from heat stroke and a
mild
>heart attack. I'll visit first thing in the morning. The moral here is
>obvious I think, and you can bet I'll seriously work on improving my grade
>in "Humanity". Shame it takes something like this to wake you up.
>Introduce yourself proper to these behind the scenes folks that make life
>better for us all. It just may be too late when you finally think about
it.
>
>Kevin P.
>'59 Apache 38/NAPCO
>
>
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>
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