It began as the GODFATHER OF MATH, evolved into the GOODFATHER OF MATH. Now this. Go figure...

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The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes = G. CARLIN...Stain glass, engraved glass, frosted glass
–give me plain glass = JOHN FOWLES ... Music is the mathematics of the gods=PYTHAGORAS ... Nothing is more fluid than language = R. L. SWIHART
I cannot live without the oxygen of laughter = DAWN POWELL ... !!! ... But laughter cannot survive without the hydrogen of gravitas = PAUL OLIVERIO
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Saturday, July 23, 2022

Resolving My Tax Nightmare ... Memories Of Kathy Chase

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When Washington Mutual
(commonly known as WaMu)
went defunct in  2008
—as did 2008 other banks—
the branch in Belmont Shore
re-branded as 
and one of its tellers
was named Kathy
 
To say she was beloved
by her colleagues
is gross understatement:
 
Middle-aged Kathy
began working for CHASE
as a teenager
and she knew everything
anyone needed to know
about the bank's operations
 
Every fellow employee
—including the bank officers—
would seek her advise
at one time or another
 
YET
the most stunning thing
about Kathy was her aura
of friendliness
and accessibility
by everyone
who banked there
***
 
The reason this page is entitled
Memories Of Kathy Chase
is because
the first employee
I encountered 
on the day
I resolved 
my property tax nightmare
was someone I will call
"Kathy's cousin"
 
BUT
unlike Caucasion 
middle-aged Kathy,
her "cousin"
was a thirty-something
Black man
who helped me
far beyond the call of duty
 
What specifically about him
  reminded me of Kathy was
how many of his fellow
tax-office employees
sought his help
 
But 
they ALL did so
while this young man
was dealing face-to-face
with ME
 
His 5-star level
of institutional knowledge,
and patience and 
need to keep 
his co-workers satisfied
 marveled the hell out of 
Mr. Oliverio
***
 
Upon arriving home
and hearing
the yada-yada-yada
version of ending
  my tax nightmare,
my better half said
"Why didn't you get his name?"
 
Of course, I had known 
the given name
of this gentleman
during the course
of our 1-hour
interaction
but 
—to be Biblically blunt—
I ask this question:
 
How many people
ended up asking the Apostles
about their leader
Is his name Yahweh,
Billy, Nicki, or Jessie?
 
In closing all I would say
 to "Kathy's cousin" is
my gratitude to you
cannot be measured
and 
my only wish is that
every financial institution
should employ
one of your "cousins."
***
 
© PAUL OLIVERIO © 
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