robinson46176 wroteDue to a problem our oldest daughter had we spent 17 years in doctor and hospital waiting rooms. Some hospitals had stuff like popular mechanics etc. In one yuppie plastic surgeon's waiting room (out north of Indy $$$$) there was nothing but a couple of sports mags and a herd of yuppie wall street stuff. It was all new stuff so I guess he thought all of his clients were yuppies too. Actually thinking back it was probably the office staff buying the mags and several of them were obvious and pretentious snobs. Thankfully very very few are like that. I took a hand full of woodworking mags in there and left them. The next week they had them all bagged up and waiting for me. The office girls actually acted offended that I had left those things there. That was many years ago. Today I try to point out to office girls that even many top executives and professionals like to relax with woodworking and not everybody wants to read nothing but wall street stuff and sports. Some listen and some don't (shrug)...
If any of you have an office environment with a waiting room do you have woodworking mags there? :)
Most of that wall street stuff is out of date before it hits the printers but a good woodworking mag that is 20 years old is still valid. :D
I am on our local clinic board and we have hunting mags, NRA stuff, kids mags, all kinds of mags in the office. Like most of us I suspect, I don't get rid of wood working stuff often, but I did put a few of my older WOOD magazines in the waiting room a year or so ago. They disappeared! That said, to return a gift like that is not very cool. I spent my whole life earning my living with "my head rather than my hands", but I never lost the respect for those who can and do work with their hands. After 4 years of this hobby I have gained a lot more! I will say this, based on the work I seen, the help I gotten, and the fun I have had, from you and the forum, those young people are much the poorer for rejecting your offer. Just a thought here, I have to think a plastic surgeon is enough of an artist to appreciate the work you do, maybe its just the office ladies. But as a gesture of support, I'll put a few more of my "treasured" magazines in the lobby. ( I'll copy the best articles first!:D )
