I received comments from several of you about a column I wrote last week referring to me as a child going to work with my dad and drinking coffee from his Thermos while riding down gravel roads in his dump truck. This story apparently connected with many of you, and I appreciate your feedback.
Pat Pithan, the director of sales and consulting at MMIT Business Solutions Group in Urbandale, pointed out that we “must have grown up in a similar way in small town Iowa.” He said his father left for work every morning with the same kind of Thermos and his black lunch “pail” after, of course, giving his mother a big kiss on the cheek.
“His lunch pail was modified with bailing wire used for the handle,” Pat shared. “He certainly didn’t replace that pail when the handle wore out, as he just put some bailing wire in its place.”
Pat said he would ride with father from time to time on snowy winter nights in his Woodbury County Ford truck as he plowed and sanded the roads. And that “pail” has some added meaning.
“I proudly display his pail in my office, and it reminds me every day of hard work,” Pat said. “My team is also very familiar with it, as we do our incentive gift card drawing from the George Pithan lunch pail.”
What a great idea and a heartfelt symbol of what work ethic and family ties are all about.
Thank you for sharing this, Pat.
Have a fabulous Friday, and thanks for reading.
Shane Goodman
President and Publisher
Big Green Umbrella Media
shane@dmcityview.com
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