Be Careful
Kelie, our phenomenal Director of Talent (you can hire her too), relayed this story on X nee Twitter recently:
At Main Street Summit one of the golf cart drivers (Mizzou student) called me over asking how to start a golf cart. I suggested he turn the key. There was no “starting noise” so we were both stumped. I called Tim Hanson over for his advice. “Have you tried pushing the pedal?” he asked.
And that worked! The cart moved forward, Kelie slapped her forehead, and the student apologized for never having played golf.
Responding on X nee Twitter, Sarah, who managing edits this rigmarole, said “This is the most Tim Hanson interaction I’ve ever heard.”
And then Nate, a longtime reader of this rigmarole and friend of the firm, replied “Y’all better be careful or you’ll end up in his newsletter…”
And here we are.
But let me be clear: I was not being judgmental! If one hasn’t played much golf, then it’s understandable that one might not know that gas golf carts don’t audibly idle because when a golf cart is being used to play golf it’s important that it be quiet when not in use since the golfers are presumably golfing.
That said, did I find it pretty funny that all the kid had to do to make the golf cart go was push the pedal? Sure.
Which brings me to a broader point that I hope has come across ever since Sarah began managing editing this rigmarole. Namely, that absurd things happen and people often act incomprehensibly, so you have a sense of humor about that if you are going to constructively deal with all of the inanity in the world.
But! (And this is the key piece.) In all cases, and I still work on this since we are all works in progress, it’s better to laugh with it rather than at it because we’ve all either been there or will be there in time and eventually. So know that everything I say here comes from a place of joy if only because it has to…even if all he had to do was push the pedal.
Have a great weekend.
– Tim