New York/ Connecticut

Another whirlwind trip in the books this weekend, and another successful demo of The Mule. I flew in to Connecticut on Thursday morning. I had to get up at 3:30AM so I could make a 6:00AM flight to Chicago. I finally got to my office at 2:00 and spent the afternoon catching up on various business and house keeping tasks with my co-workers.

Friday morning my boss and I went to Queens (what a great part of NYC) to do a product demo for the New York City Transit Authority. The call was very successful all the way through. The only hitch came at the end of the meeting when we went to meet the plant chief. He comes out to greet us and he has a gun on his belt. (I have now made the decision that I will start carrying a gun to work every day as well.) I am not sure if this is part of his everyday routine or if he only arms himself when going into meetings with sales people. His big concern about the project is that his people will start to complain that they cant do there job without a Mule, and they will stop doing work until there is a Mule available to them. (He is right in assuming this. It is my experience with union shops that if you bring in one unit you will need to bring in 10 more.) They decided to order there first couple of units next week and “introduce it as a test program.”

After my call on Friday I traveled to Moosup, CT to visit The Joe’s at Soper’s house. We basically laid low but it was good to see my boys again. Saturday I went back to New Haven to participate in a ritualistic male pre-nuptial ceremony for Matt “The Mayor” Hill (Sorry no details available).

Today is Sunday and I am at the airport. I finally return home to see Kim and the boys. Kim has graciously taken one for the team by looking after the boys all weekend. I am looking forward to getting home to see the family. The good news is that I am in TN all next week.