I HAVE SOME VIVID MEMORIES OF LEE AND MYSELF. HE WAS A STICKLER FOR BEING ON TIME. LIKE MY MOTO OF 10 MIN EARLY AND YOU ARE LATE SO WAS LEES
WE NEEDED TO BE AT A CUSTOMERS AT 7 IT WAS A 1,5 HOUR DRIVE SO HE SAID I WILL PICK UP UP AT 4..30 AND WE CAN EVEN STOP AT BOB EVEANS FOR A QUICK BITE TO EAT. WELL WE GOT THERE IN PLENTY OF TIME
ANOTHER ONE THAT I WILL NEEVER FORGET.
MANY YEARS AGO THERE WAS A SNOW STORM THE PARALIZED THE ENTIRE AREA.
LEE GOT A CALL FROM A CUSTOMER IN SALEM OHIO THAT SAID I WANT TO PLACE AN ORDER FOR A TRUMPF PLASMA CUTTING PUNCH PRESS.
WELL YOU GUESSED IT WE WERE IN LEES CAR DRIVING TO SALEM OHIOTO GET THE ORDER.....NOT A FUN TRIP
LEES COMPANY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ABOUT 60 PER CENT OF MY HOUSE HERE IN FLORIDA. HIS COMPANY SOLD MORE MACHINES THAN ANY OTHER OF MY DISTRIBUTORS
LEE COMPLAINED TO ME ONE DAY WHEN WE WERE TOGETHER HE SAID MY PEOPLE ONLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT TRUMPF MACHINES AND WE HAVE OTHER PRODUCTS WE NEED TO SELL
I TOLD HIM MY JOB WAS TO MAKE THEM VERY KNOWLEDGABLE ABOUT TRUMPF PRODUCYS THAT THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE IN FRONT OF A CUSTOMER
LEE AND I BECAME FRIEND AFTER I LEFT TRUMPF AND MOVED TO FLORIDA ONLY TO FIND OUT LEE AND FRAN HAD BOUGHT A CONDO ABOUT 20 MILES AWAY AS A WINTER RETREAT
MANY MEMORABLEMOMENTS
PAUL GARREPY