Jessica's 27th Birthday!
Jessica is a practical joker. Jessica is part of the RickRoll trend, where she sends URL links during Power Point presentations, only to have someone unsuspectingly click on the link and have Rick Astley pop up and croon away to "Never Gonna Give You Up".
Her sister, Vanessa, saw the perfect opportunity to "get even" and do a live "Rick Roll" for Jessica's Birthday this week, ON the job, and in front of EVERYONE she's "Rolled".
GOTCHA!
For the very first Live Rick Roll that started the trend, click here: Real Life Rick Roll
Kerry
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Sunday, February 20, 2011
'Gram of the Week (1/3/11-1/9/11)
Nice way to start off the New Year. I remembered telling someone once that this job affords me an opportunity to glimpse into the worlds of many different cultures that exist in the Metro New York area, that outsiders rarely get to see. One such "world" is the Hasidic community; a strictly orthodox Jewish sect that live in the environs of various Brooklyn neighborhoods ( Williamsburg, Crown Heights, Borough Park, Flatbush, etc), as well as certain areas of Rockland County ( Monsey).
Over the years, I have developed a good reputation with this community, since I now know, understand, and respect their specific needs: only males can sing, you can never touch the women, the men and women sit separated by a partition, etc)
This particular delivery took me three hours northwest to the foot of the Catskills, to the Lake House Hotel, where Tatty and Mammy Jackobwitz of Williamsburg, had gathered their large kinderlekh to ring in the New Year.
Normally, that is beyond my delivery area, but one of their children is a good customer of mine; using me frequently for Birthdays and Sheva Brochos ( the weeklong celebrations after a wedding). Timing is everything. It was a Sunday evening, usually not a busy time, so I schlepped the three hours up to the Catskills to thank Tatty and Mammy for throwing this big bash, mentioning all the things for which the children are grateful.
This group, more than any other, tend to always order a singing clown. That requires a bit of time and make-up application. So there I was, in the Men's room of the Lake House Hotel, which does not possess a mirror! The woman who ordered the telegram, told me just to go into the Women's room if I needed to use a mirror.
Right! Just what the orthodox community needs; having one of the unprepared female guests, walk into the Ladies Room to use the facilities, only to find some goyim ( non-Jewish person) in there applying make-up. My whole life flashed before me: "But officer, I had to put my make-up on!"
I decided to tough it out and used the reflection off of the paper towel dispenser in the Men's Room.
The delivery went very well. I guess the make-up looked OK (I had no way of knowing!). Before heading back home, I had to take the make-up off (which is a heckuva lot easier than putting on!). Like the Pied Piper of Hamlin, all the grandkids ( approx 12 of them) followed me right into the Men's Room to watch me; boys AND girls! AND THEY WOULDN'T LEAVE! And I had to use the bathroom, but they didn't care. They just laughed and hooped and hollered.
I guess one of the adults heard the commotion, because once he stuck his head in the bathroom door and yelled out something in Yiddish, they scattered, allowing me to complete my business and drive the three hours-plus back home!
Kerry
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Over the years, I have developed a good reputation with this community, since I now know, understand, and respect their specific needs: only males can sing, you can never touch the women, the men and women sit separated by a partition, etc)
This particular delivery took me three hours northwest to the foot of the Catskills, to the Lake House Hotel, where Tatty and Mammy Jackobwitz of Williamsburg, had gathered their large kinderlekh to ring in the New Year.
Normally, that is beyond my delivery area, but one of their children is a good customer of mine; using me frequently for Birthdays and Sheva Brochos ( the weeklong celebrations after a wedding). Timing is everything. It was a Sunday evening, usually not a busy time, so I schlepped the three hours up to the Catskills to thank Tatty and Mammy for throwing this big bash, mentioning all the things for which the children are grateful.
This group, more than any other, tend to always order a singing clown. That requires a bit of time and make-up application. So there I was, in the Men's room of the Lake House Hotel, which does not possess a mirror! The woman who ordered the telegram, told me just to go into the Women's room if I needed to use a mirror.
Right! Just what the orthodox community needs; having one of the unprepared female guests, walk into the Ladies Room to use the facilities, only to find some goyim ( non-Jewish person) in there applying make-up. My whole life flashed before me: "But officer, I had to put my make-up on!"
I decided to tough it out and used the reflection off of the paper towel dispenser in the Men's Room.
The delivery went very well. I guess the make-up looked OK (I had no way of knowing!). Before heading back home, I had to take the make-up off (which is a heckuva lot easier than putting on!). Like the Pied Piper of Hamlin, all the grandkids ( approx 12 of them) followed me right into the Men's Room to watch me; boys AND girls! AND THEY WOULDN'T LEAVE! And I had to use the bathroom, but they didn't care. They just laughed and hooped and hollered.
I guess one of the adults heard the commotion, because once he stuck his head in the bathroom door and yelled out something in Yiddish, they scattered, allowing me to complete my business and drive the three hours-plus back home!
Kerry
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Valentine's Day -- 2011
We're baaaaaaaaack!
....and with a vengeance, it seems. It was a very successful Valentine's Day for 2011; doubled the amount of deliveries from last year! Last year, Valentine's Day was on a Sunday and right before the President's Day, which fell on February 15th last year, so the pickings were slim.
Rick Rolls were big this year. Many people opted out from the usual personalization of our telegrams to instead have a messenger clad in red heart or a gorilla/heart sing the immortal words of Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up". Really quite appropriate for Valentine's Day ( if you ask me!)
Thanks to all my messengers, thanks to my customers, and thanks for the relatively "balmy" weather.
Kerry
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....and with a vengeance, it seems. It was a very successful Valentine's Day for 2011; doubled the amount of deliveries from last year! Last year, Valentine's Day was on a Sunday and right before the President's Day, which fell on February 15th last year, so the pickings were slim.
Rick Rolls were big this year. Many people opted out from the usual personalization of our telegrams to instead have a messenger clad in red heart or a gorilla/heart sing the immortal words of Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up". Really quite appropriate for Valentine's Day ( if you ask me!)
Thanks to all my messengers, thanks to my customers, and thanks for the relatively "balmy" weather.
Kerry
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Singing Telegrams vs. The Economy
I've always considered my business a bellwether of the economy. Over the 30 years I've been in business, the tenor of the economic times was mirrored in the amount of deliveries I did. And it usually was a leading indicator. When times were tight, singing telegrams trickled to a precious few and when things were robust, the phones wouldn't stop ringing.
The "worm has turned". The economy is on an upswing. After two years of being relatively slow in comparison to previous years, orders have picked up considerably.
Kerry
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The "worm has turned". The economy is on an upswing. After two years of being relatively slow in comparison to previous years, orders have picked up considerably.
Kerry
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Well that was a long coffee break!
(so full of energy with big plans, take a "coffee break", and BOOM! -- Two years go by without a peep)
Time to get back to posting. So much to recount of the daily tuneful songs delivered and making lives a little happier.
I think if I ever had to declare what my mission statement is, that would be it:
Contributing to world peace through song; one telegram at a time!
Watch for " 'Gram of the Week"
Kerry
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Saturday, April 4, 2009
From Yelp.com
Hey, I'm finding this stuff all over the 'net now.
(for some reason they have my address wrong. That's the way it comes up on a search. Floral Park? I don't think so. Weird.)
Kerry
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Culled from the 'net
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