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In the early 90’s, a friend of mine
in the financial services industry
suggested that my wife and I invest
a couple thousand dollars from our
IRA retirement accounts in shares
of an “up and coming” New Jersey
based company. About ten years
ago, a local guy became the head
of the company. Our wives had met
some time ago but the chances
were low that our paths would ever
cross as we worked in very different
industries.
A few years ago, I was doing
some errands in Warren on a Sun-
day morning. Normally, I zip around
from one place to another, grab-
bing a cup of coffee, along the
way. On this particular day, I was
more hungry than usual so I decid-
ed to stop into a bagel shop in
town. I can count on one hand the
number of times I have patronized
this shop on a Sunday morning, as
it is packed with customers at that
time.
After waiting in line for about fif-
teen minutes, I ordered my “every-
thing” bagel, toasted with cheese.
About five minutes after that my
sandwich was ready. Usually I
would head back to my car to con-
tinue with my “to do” list. Howev-
er, I was hungry to begin with, and
after the total wait time of over
twenty minutes, my stomach was
having a rather loud conversation
with me.
The shop had very few tables
and chairs but there was one small
booth open. So I slid into that to
consume my sandwich. Someone
had left a newspaper on the table.
Since I had invested a relatively long
time in this stopover, I figured I
would browse the paper, taking my
time to eat in a civilized way rather
than simply inhaling the food.
I was scanning the headlines,
reading what I could, as I didn’t
have a pair of reading glasses with
me. I can’t remember which paper I
was reading but it was magazine-
like in size, so between bites I
flipped the pages. Eventually I got
to a small business section, with an
abbreviated listing of stock prices,
which did include public companies
headquartered in New Jersey.
Stock symbols and prices are
printed with increasingly smaller
point sizes in newspapers that still
publish them. I had to squint to
focus on them, using a finger as a
pointer to help me. I stopped on
the symbol for the company that
had been recommended to me so
long ago, just to see how it was
doing. I actually leaned over to
focus over the top of my finger.
Guess who walked in the door at
that moment?
Those of you familiar with this
column can anticipate the answer.
The head of the company walked in
with one of his children. He entered
the long line of customers. After I
finished my bagel, I introduced
myself and tried to explain that we
were destined to meet in this way.
AN APPETITE FOR A CONNECTION
By: Dan Rosenberg
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