Check Other.
Randy and I got into an interesting conversation on our last road trip. About growing up in our generation and especially from the Quinlan family. He pointed out that Tony is one of the most reasonable Quinlan’s yet, he still checks “other” when his boss wants to know where he was going on a workday. His choices were:
1) Sick
2)Doctors appointment
Tony who has lots of reasons to miss work two years ago with very sick, brothers.
But he just checked “ other”
That is one of the Quinlan thread that connects us all together. We were raised with Hope and Bill where our notes sent to our teachers in school said stuff like:
1) She was needed at home
2) He had to sharpen an axe
3) Because I said so
So now later in life, Tony who is an actual teacher “ checks other”
It is funny how we go through life and no matter what we felt as a kid, and how embarrassed we were with the notes we carried to school. We repeat:
Later Tony got upset with is boss, he never told the Principle why he was upset, he just grew a beard.
It is the Quinlan way to not be beholden to the “ Authorities at large” It makes me smile .
