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NOT ALL WORK AND NO PLAY I also wanted to develop my social life in the community. On the weekends we would go to the beach with our new friends. I would pack lunches and take blankets to the beach every weekend. The washer and dryer were in the garage in the first house we rented at 46th Street and Sheridan, and I had plenty of laundry from the beach. That house was sold after we were in it for a year and we moved to a new house, next door to Mari- lyn and Bob Menchen, in Emerald Hills. There the washer and dryer were in the kitchen and I worried about having sand from the beach all over my kitchen. It turned out not to be a problem and it was a great convenience to be able to do laundry and cook dinner at the same time.
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Brooks again. Frank repeated his earli- er advice with an additional instruction for where in their corporate anatomy they should stick it. Again Herman reword- ed the message and again Mrs. Zax said, “Okay.” Sometimes what seems impos- sible is just a matter of finding the right approach. We never had to pay anything up front to the phone company. What a relief that was. FRIENDLY COMPETITION One of the side benefits of treating people nicely came about because Herman was always open and friendly with our competitors in the answering service busi- ness. Many of the old timers in the business were very successful and, at first, weren’t anxious to welcome newcomers. Eventual- ly they accepted us and the growth of our business was helped by those competitors who, for one reason or another, wanted out of the business; they would then often come to Herman as someone they were comfortable with to offer to sell to him.
Marylyn and Bob Menchin with Dorothy and Herman
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