Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Midwest Nice

I had two good experiences yesterday that surprised me. First, I was looking desperately for a room from which to make a phone call at the Gleacher Center. Even though it was the business school, and I was a guest at the facility, they really went out of their way to accommodate me. In fact, I was just getting settled in the conference room, when an IT guy walked in with a new (better) phone to see "how I was doing and if I needed anything." Then, when I was going home, I asked the information guy at the Metra which train I should take to Hyde Park. He looked at his screen and said "Track 2." I ran off to grab the next train. I was half-way down the steps when I felt a tap on my shoulder. Turns out, he gave me the wrong info, but instead of letting me go, he left his desk and chased me down onto the platform to help me.

Anyway, these two episodes stuck me as pretty cool - something I wasn't expecting.

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