Employee of the Month
Krikor Daglian
February 20, 2001
Little did I know, when my mom gave me a scarf from our closet last week, that I would become a wearer of the most popular scarf design in NYC. Somewhere in my education, I totally missed out on the Burberry scarf phenomenon. For those who dont know, Burberry is a British company known for a distinct plaid pattern black and white stripes over a dark tan background. I guess you just have to know it, but if you take a random sampling of scarves in this city, I guarantee that the largest number of them will be the Burberry design. In a week, Ive walked past 17 people with the same exact scarf as mine around their neck (yes, I have kept track). I guess it just goes to show that sometimes something can be really prevalent once you start looking for it.
Heres a question: Have you ever been served by the employee of the month at a supermarket? At our local Food Emporium, conveniently only steps from my door (although, it would be nice if a cheaper supermarket was there), they have six or seven plaques commemorating the employees of the month. Never in my shopping experience there have I had the pleasure of being served by one of these award-winning employees. Whats the deal? Is that award an automatic ticket to upper management? Do these all-stars move on to bigger and better things with fatter contracts somewhere else? I cant figure it out
As bitterly fought out as presidential elections can be, it seems that once a man becomes president, he seems to join a club of sorts, one which gives him a lot more sympathy for his predecessors, and impels him to stick up for them. This is my explanation for Bushs lack of support for an investigation into former President Clintons controversial pardon of Marc Rich, and his comments about the Clintons lifting stuff from Airforce One:
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush indicated Tuesday he has little enthusiasm for congressional investigations of President Clinton's final acts in office, including pardons he granted. I think it's time to move on,'' Bush told reporters while flying back from Norfolk, VA. But he acknowledged that Congress is going to do what it's going to do.'' Bush also attempted to defuse another controversy surrounding the ex-president. All the allegations that they took stuff on Air Force One are simply not true,'' Bush said. He referred to published accounts suggesting that members of Clinton's party stripped the plane of glasses and other souvenirs as it took the former president to New York from Washington on the day he left office.
Id like to think that all the ex-presidents can get together and have a grand old time together, secure in the knowledge that theyre in an elite club. I mean, Clinton got chummy (for a while at least) with Nixon, and Bush Sr. and Clinton always seem cordial and friendly when they meet at White House Functions. I doubt Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush and Clinton also fight super villains, like in that Saturday Night Live sketch, "The X-Presidents", but that would fit my theory like a glove.
Im tempted to discuss Clintons decision to put his office at 125th Street, but what more is there to say than "Hes a-movin on up"
