Yeah how do you like that big fat
10 yrs ago?
The
Finished the store and Jack Cohen
co-founder of Duane Reade [ as an aside he and his brother were instrumental in
getting the Sunday Blue-Laws overturned] had us go around-
Remove a fixture lens here, take out a
lamp there, don’t buff the floors, don’t protect the floors during gondola
installation…
When I asked him about it he told me that
people didn’t feel they were getting a deal if the store was too nice…
Jack had a few quirks.
1- While
all of his managers were little brown skinned men they were from different
countries- that way they didn’t trust each other enough to run a scam on
him.
2- He
always polished the counters and casework w/ baby oil- rather than use a whole
bottle they would take a squirt from every bottle on display and return them to
stock.
3- @
4- I’m
negotiating with him once and he stops the conversation to ask if I know that
he is a Jew? And I tell him some6thing like- yes I guess that I inferred that,
then he asks if I know that he is a Syrian Jew, and I say no and he asks if I
know what that means.
“What it means is; My people were haggling
rugs while your people were living in caves wearing furs. This is the
price I’ll give you. Now or later it’s up to you.”
J.A. Drew Diaz
EDGE
150 W 28th,
t.212.741.7348, f 212.741.7423, m
917.971.1577
edgedc.com
From: The
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Pamela S. Follett
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 7:44
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Subject: Re: [BP] ?Curved
revolving doors?
I must say that all I remember of
the