Sit right down and have some delicious humble pie.

I am not someone who with holds his opinions. I have been known to make mistakes and do and say stupid things. In this blog I have cruxified people and businesses that have "done me wrong". In my eyes most of these people had it coming. Today one of them called me.

Its almost 9 am and I am reading through my emails and to do lists for over an hour when my phone rings. I thought I recognized the number as a number from work but it wasn't. On the other end of the phone was Andrew Ford of New Concept Mortgage. Last November I posted a blog post about Mr. Ford and failure to pay me for work I did. @#$% was my first reaction. I bet I am going to get an ear full. I did not. He told me that some one had told him about my post. I thought I was really going to get it now. Instead I was surprised with a very sincere apology. I was not expecting that. It had been 4 or 5 years since I had last spoken with Andrew. It had been so long that I couldn't remember how much money it was. He told me that he would send me a check. Now this isn't my first rodeo... I really didn't expect anything. I told him that I didn't remember the amount owed and we could just call it a learning experience. He assured me he would send a check. The thing that sticks out in my mind about this incident is this... He said, "How could he expect his kids to be honest if he wasn't honest."

A while later I was down in the lair... my office still pondering what happened when the door bell rings. Zack screams that there is someone at the door. Son of a.... How am I supposed to get any work done? I thought great another salesman trying to sell me something since today was the first sunny day since last August. No it is Andrew Ford in person with a cashiers check. Again he apologized. Thank You Andrew Ford... Not for the money but for helping me get over something that has been stuck in my mind for years.

I am sorry for badmouthing Andrew Ford and his company.

Labels: Andrew Ford, New Concept Mortgage