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Everybody’s a nice guy until …

by Michael Stramba on October 15th, 2007

.. they have a problem”

That phrase was uttered to me many years ago, by the head pro at the club I was working at.

Even though the club was private, they did have a limited number of “outside/company” tournaments each year, to generate revenue.

I was working in the pro-shop during one of those tournaments, when one of the players walked into the shop to check in and he requested a golf cart.

I asked him if he had reserved a cart beforehand, and he replied no. Well carts in a company tournament get reserved faster than … (insert your favorite metaphor here), so I politely informed him that all the carts had been reserved, and I would put him on the waiting list in case one became available.

His reaction was to start yelling at me, all kinds of things that I don’t remember now, but I still remember one thing he said as he stormed off to the locker room, “You couldn’t make office boy at my company”. I guess it was inconcievable for him not to get his own way in any situation, and he had reacted like any other two year old kid would.

I wandered outside and found my boss and related to him what had happened, and he said, “Yup, Mike, everyone’s a nice guy until they have a problem”.

I replied, “..and he said that I couldn’t make office boy at his company”.

Wouldn’t you know it, that just as was uttering the last syllable of those words, that Mr. Can’tGetACart,  walks around the corner, just in time to hear me repeat his words.

If I recall, he didn’t say anything, just gave me a “look”, and as he walked away, I said “That’s they guy”.

I wonder if he was ever able to find more “office boys” for his company.

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