Jun 7, 2009
Tales By Tom, the podcast on Thomas M. Cagley Sr.’s fiction
continues with the first part of a short story called "The
Medal"
The introduction:
My plan for after college was to teach. I’d majored in English and minored in Education…. but when it came time for my feet to hit the asphalt, I changed directions and went into department store retailing. With 7 moves over a period of 35 years, I went from an entry level position @ $50/wk to being a general merchandise manager in a store with 24 units --- at a lot more money.
As it turned out for me, I certainly am glad I made the switch way back when.
As a buyer, then divisional merchandise manager, then a general merchandise manager, I traveled a lot --- NYC, L.A., Dallas, Seattle, Atlanta, Miami and many more cities in between --- over 300 trips and 34 trips overseas.
Not a travelogue at all, the story that follows is about my first business trip overseas. To Rome. The first part that follows in less than a minute is about #1 a remarkable turn of events, #2, a very first of a kind, and #3, about the pope, NOT TO WORRY --- it has nothing to do with the DaVinci Codes or Angels and Demons.
The second part that you will hear in two weeks is about #1, an even more remarkable turn of events, #2 a very last of its kind and #3 another sort of father figure.
This is a story called The Medal.
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I encourage you to contact me as I read this and other stories by email at talesbytom@gmail.com or by voicemail at 1 206 339 5456.
All rights are reserved on the stories I publish here. Contact me if you’d like to use or republish anything included
The introduction:
My plan for after college was to teach. I’d majored in English and minored in Education…. but when it came time for my feet to hit the asphalt, I changed directions and went into department store retailing. With 7 moves over a period of 35 years, I went from an entry level position @ $50/wk to being a general merchandise manager in a store with 24 units --- at a lot more money.
As it turned out for me, I certainly am glad I made the switch way back when.
As a buyer, then divisional merchandise manager, then a general merchandise manager, I traveled a lot --- NYC, L.A., Dallas, Seattle, Atlanta, Miami and many more cities in between --- over 300 trips and 34 trips overseas.
Not a travelogue at all, the story that follows is about my first business trip overseas. To Rome. The first part that follows in less than a minute is about #1 a remarkable turn of events, #2, a very first of a kind, and #3, about the pope, NOT TO WORRY --- it has nothing to do with the DaVinci Codes or Angels and Demons.
The second part that you will hear in two weeks is about #1, an even more remarkable turn of events, #2 a very last of its kind and #3 another sort of father figure.
This is a story called The Medal.
If you are on Facebook come over and friend me at http://bit.ly/18j52E
I encourage you to contact me as I read this and other stories by email at talesbytom@gmail.com or by voicemail at 1 206 339 5456.
All rights are reserved on the stories I publish here. Contact me if you’d like to use or republish anything included