Today was -10 degrees. I'm reminded of a time several years ago when the weather was equally bad in Cincinnati. Early that morning, Brian's brother Matt was brushing his teeth and had one eye on the television and had been thinking that it would be a rough day to be outside when he noticed scrawling across the bottom of the page a series of businesses that were to be closed due to the weather.
Suddenly he saw the name of Brian's company (O'Brien-Sexton Associates) as one of the affected businesses! Brian had called the local radio and television stations and reported that his company would be closed. Not being bothered by the fact that he was the only employee of the company in Ohio, Kentucky, as well as Indiana, he also added that "the third shift will be required to report." His brother and some of Brian's customers saw this announcement and they just shook their heads and knew who had done the deed.
Brian told Matt that the station had asked how many employees OBS had (they had never heard of them) and Brian answered that there were "close to 100!"
I've sent my memory of this event to several people today and have heard back from locals as well as people in Chicago, Iowa, and even Hong Kong that they enjoyed the story immensely and each of them, without knowing of anyone else's responses, said that they miss him. As do we. As do we! God Brian, you could be funny!
Brian's dad
1.16.2009
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With the weather being so bad recently, I think of doing this daily. But alas, I think only Brian could get away with it without some sort of repercussion.
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