by lythamblue » Mon Aug 24, 2009 10:29 pm
I was at the Club on business a few months back and was chatting in main reception with someone from the Club that I was due to have a meeting with when Mike Summerbee walked down the stairs and came over to the person I was chatting to.
He was the most friendly person you could ever wish to meet and you could sense the warmth that everyone at the Club felt for him. For example, one of the ladies on reception had been doing some baking at home ..... and had brought some in for him.
I then almost ignored the bloke I was meeting (a fairly influential person at the club, especially where my business is concerned) and spent the next 15 mins shooting the breeze with Buzzer about all sorts of stuff.
I remember asking him how he felt with players like Robinho coming into the Club? He smiled and said they are wonderful to watch .... but WE won some trophies though didn't we??!! A damn good point I thought.
Anyway, you could see how everyone at the Club thought the world of him and he was treated like everyones favourite grandad. Although you knew that that was not because he was a brilliant networker ..... it was just because he was so genuinely NICE!
A great move by the Club to pick up on his general aura around the place, and to take full advantage of it.
Relax ... It's only a message board in hyperspace!!