I like watching the Food Network, especially re-runs of the show Iron Chef. The show features known chefs who are given a basket of different food items — many I have never even heard of — to create an appetizer, entrée and dessert. There are […]
You may have heard the statement: “Milk, it does a body good.” I was reminded of this after reading the article, “The Benefits of Giving” featured in the latest issue of Tow Times magazine. Giving back and supporting your community and industry charities does a towing company […]
I recently read a post by a girl who is the daughter from a small, family-owned towing business. She’s now in college, and she reflected on how being involved in a small family business was one of the greatest gifts she’d ever received. As a […]
We have five senses – sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch. I think we should add one more important sense to the list – common sense. While the first five senses apply to the organs in our body, common sense is a way of taking […]
A vehicle owner called the day after his vehicle was towed to our lot. I told him the usual items that would be needed for him to pick up his vehicle. After that conversation I chalked it up to one more owner not coming to […]
Whoever said you shouldn’t talk religion or politics is totally right. But these hot topics are brought up in many daily conversations. A customer came in and, as is sometimes the case, some political comment came up and we starting talking. I should know better than […]
I travel west on my way home, and have had the opportunity to see awesome, beautiful sunsets. Sometimes the sun is a gigantic, orange ball surrounded by vivid red, yellow, pink and purple. The scenes often help to remind me that even at the end […]
My husband, some friends and I were heading back to Wisconsin after a visit to the International Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum and Miller Industries. We picked up some history books from the museum and some equipment for one of our tow […]
I used to work at a local bank that was bought out by a larger bank. A couple of months after the transition there was a mandatory company-wide meeting with the new bank president and other executives. The president stood at a podium smiling and […]
When I’m dispatching and answering the phone I never know who I’ll be talking to, or what information or towing and recovery situation I’m going to get. Sometimes I feel like answering the phone like a 911 towing dispatcher and ask: “What’s your towing emergency?” […]
