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That Hotel in New York
« on: Aug 10^th, 2003, 11:17pm »

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> One stormy night many years ago, an elderly man and his wife
> entered the lobby of a small hotel in Philadelphia.
> Trying to get out of the rain, the couple approached the front
> desk hoping to get some shelter for the night.
> "Could you possibly give us a room here?" the husband asked. The
> clerk, a friendly man with a winning smile,looked at the couple
> and explained that there were three conventions in town. "All of
> our rooms are taken," the clerk said. "But I can't send a nice couple
> like you out into the rain at one o'clock in the morning.
> Would you perhaps be willing to sleep in my room? It's not
> exactly a suite, but it will be good enough to make you folks
> comfortable for the night." When the couple declined, the young man
> pressed on. "Don't worry about me; I'll make out just fine," the clerk
> told them. So the couple agreed.
> As he paid his bill the next morning, the elderly man said to the
> clerk, "You are the kind of manager who should be the boss of the best
> hotel in the United States. Maybe someday I'll build one for you." The
> clerk looked at them and smiled. The three of them had a good laugh. As
> they drove away, the elderly couple agreed that the helpful clerk was
> indeed exceptional, as finding people who are both friendly and helpful
> isn't easy.
>
> Two years passed. The clerk had almost forgotten the incident when
> he received a letter from the old man. It recalled that stormy night
> and enclosed a round-trip ticket to New York, asking the young man to
> pay them a visit. The old man met him in New York, and led him to the
> corner of Fifth Avenue and 34th Street. He then pointed to a great new
> building there, a palace of reddish stone, with turrets and watchtowers
> thrusting up to the sky. "That," said the older man, "is the hotel I
>have
> just built for you to manage." "You must be joking," the young man said.
> "I can assure you I am not," said the older man, a sly smile playing
>around
> his mouth. The older man's name was William Waldorf Astor, and the
> magnificent
> structure was the original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The young clerk who
> became
> its first manager was George C. Boldt. This young clerk never foresaw
>the
> turn
> of events that would lead him to become the manager of one of the
>world's
> most
> glamorous hotels.
>
> The Bible says that we are not to turn our backs on those who are
> in need, for we might be entertaining Angels. Life is more accurately
> measured
> by the lives you touch than the things you acquire...
> Fine day ahead !!!...........................
>

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