I just wanted to confuse my little brothers even more. Happy Hanukkah!
Christmas is like watching The Dark Knight, and Hanukkah is like watching eight episodes of Batman: The Animated Series.
They’re both great!
Best of Neldeezy: My First Post, When My Office Roof Caved In
Below is my first ever post and it’s about the time my roof caved in and the catalyst for starting this blog. Since then I’ve opened up two new locations and have become a lot more humble. The end of the year is time for introspection and the below passage makes me realize I’ve grown so much. Thank you for following and supporting:
“Felt like it rained till the roof caved in” - Kanye West (Two Words)
In my limited amount of “fun time” last week, I had to enjoy one of my office roofs caving in and ruining what would have been a nice Monday afternoon.
(above picture is of one of my employees laying across some wooden planks and tarp that used to be the roof of my office)
Buying tarps, climbing on top of the roof of a building, laying said tarps across and weighing it down with granite samples is not taught in any business college. Maybe for extra credit.
On this faithful day, I had hired a new sales manager, and while showing him where his new office would be, a drop ceiling tile bloated and fell from above, barely hitting him but pouring rain water and dirt all over his clothes.
This, of course, is not the normal first impression I like to give, but things happen. Being the faux-tough CEO figure that I like to pretend I am, I made no big deal and explained that due to the rain, we’d have to “tough it out.” A few minutes later, most of the wooden planks of my roof caved in over my desk and most everything in my office was ruined, nearly killing me and destroying thousands of dollars in office equipment and totally taking away from my Facebook/Twitter time.
At this point, you have to be asking, “what kind of office is just going to have a roof collapse out of nowhere?”
(unfortunately, this is a “post-cleanup” picture)
It’s not as bad as it sounds. I had my construction crew building a new roof for my office buildings in Miami and the roof was basically a shell at this point (wood planks and I thought a tarp).
With the speed of expansion and due to me wanting our Sarasota locations up and running by February 1st, I made the executive decision (and the wrong one) to have my crew work the weekend in Sarasota putting the finishing touches on the new Sarasota location so that it can meet the opening date deadline.
I’m not sure if I just figured that I’m invincible, or if I was just trying to be as aggressive as possible or if I’m just sort of dumb and don’t realize the possible consequences of my actions, but I left my own office vulnerable and will be personally paying for it dearly.
I’ve chalked this disaster as a learning experience, and a serious one, but I don’t particularly regret sending of the construction crew to take care of Sarasota. I figure if you’re going to make a mistake, it’s better to do it aggressively and then pay the consquences. I’m not sure any of the experts would agree with me, but fuck them anyway.
(the fearless leader balancing between two wooden planks and almost falling multiple times because he’s a dumbass)
