Nope, it is not May 22, National Vanilla Pudding Day yet. However, does this man look like he needs his pudding! Yes he does. One thing I have learned over the years working here at MENC (now this is an “insider” secret) is sugar makes everyone happy and makes the world a better place to live in. You know, if you are having a really bad bad day and you need some cheering up and there is absolutely no one around to give you a hug – you just grab one of those little M & Ms and crunch down on it and, believe me, you will feel better. Why do you think candy is put out at meetings? Have no candy – then run and buy a bag and see how well your meeting runs! I think Mr. Trump and the Apprenti should listen to me and put out a bowl of chocolate at the “board room” firings. Hello. Might be better than what happened this past season.
Now, one thing our Dr. M has to do is go to a lot of meetings. Last week following all of his meetings Sunday evening, Monday, and Tuesday till noon with representatives from different organizations along with our three national officers, he had to jet off to Milwaukee for more meetings. So from the office to the airport he goes. It went like this: May 15, Day 1: off to airport get on plane – pilot said it is broken. Get off plane. 2nd plane brought in – get on plane, pilot says storms in Chicago. Wait hour on plane. Pilot says storms are over but traffic bad into Chicago -- it will be a two hour delay. Get off plane. At that point he asks for his luggage to be taken off plane. They told him “OK.” They say have a cup of coffee it will be an hour. No problem. He gets coffee, goes to baggage claim. No luggage. They tell him plane took off with his luggage on board. He goes home.
Day 2: He calls and they say “What bag? We can’t find it but when we do we will put it on a
plane back to Dulles. It will be here at 1:45pm.” 2:00pm they can’t locate bag. They say it will be back in this area at 7:30pm. Web site says bag not located. 11:00pm they call and say “bag is here and you can pick it up.” He asks where “here” is? They say, “Milwaukee.” Anyway, eventually the bag made it back. So, can you see why he needs pudding? After you give him a little pudding see how his whole demeanor changes. This is one happy guy who has been at MENC almost as long as me – ALMOST – he came here in August of 1983. I hope as we inch closer and closer to National Vanilla Pudding Day tomorrow, you will also share with us a cup of vanilla pudding.
Around the water cooler: For those concerned about ARN and her job. Yes, she is still here and hiding in her office. You know the boss is the boss and, as with so many bosses, he is busy tending to the worries of the world and the "bigger picture" – there is just like too much information around for him to take it all in. That is why he has us, his loyal employees, and so, bottom line, we just don’t tell him she is still here doing her job! What happens here, stays here! Wink wink. So if you run into Dr. Pudding – don’t disclose what is in this blog message! I have unplugged his computer. You know, like I said, we just don’t tell him everything – I’m sure Mr. Trump doesn’t know everything either! And tomorrow is national pudding day!
Now, one thing our Dr. M has to do is go to a lot of meetings. Last week following all of his meetings Sunday evening, Monday, and Tuesday till noon with representatives from different organizations along with our three national officers, he had to jet off to Milwaukee for more meetings. So from the office to the airport he goes. It went like this: May 15, Day 1: off to airport get on plane – pilot said it is broken. Get off plane. 2nd plane brought in – get on plane, pilot says storms in Chicago. Wait hour on plane. Pilot says storms are over but traffic bad into Chicago -- it will be a two hour delay. Get off plane. At that point he asks for his luggage to be taken off plane. They told him “OK.” They say have a cup of coffee it will be an hour. No problem. He gets coffee, goes to baggage claim. No luggage. They tell him plane took off with his luggage on board. He goes home.
Day 2: He calls and they say “What bag? We can’t find it but when we do we will put it on a
plane back to Dulles. It will be here at 1:45pm.” 2:00pm they can’t locate bag. They say it will be back in this area at 7:30pm. Web site says bag not located. 11:00pm they call and say “bag is here and you can pick it up.” He asks where “here” is? They say, “Milwaukee.” Anyway, eventually the bag made it back. So, can you see why he needs pudding? After you give him a little pudding see how his whole demeanor changes. This is one happy guy who has been at MENC almost as long as me – ALMOST – he came here in August of 1983. I hope as we inch closer and closer to National Vanilla Pudding Day tomorrow, you will also share with us a cup of vanilla pudding.Around the water cooler: For those concerned about ARN and her job. Yes, she is still here and hiding in her office. You know the boss is the boss and, as with so many bosses, he is busy tending to the worries of the world and the "bigger picture" – there is just like too much information around for him to take it all in. That is why he has us, his loyal employees, and so, bottom line, we just don’t tell him she is still here doing her job! What happens here, stays here! Wink wink. So if you run into Dr. Pudding – don’t disclose what is in this blog message! I have unplugged his computer. You know, like I said, we just don’t tell him everything – I’m sure Mr. Trump doesn’t know everything either! And tomorrow is national pudding day!
