I am writing this from Atlanta. I’m stuck in airport purgatory. Looking down the barrel of 36 more hours at Hotel Hartsfield-Jackson. Luckily I’m in a good airport. ATL is ranked #7 as the Best North American airport to sleep in. In case you are wondering, Vancouver and Toronto take home gold and silver respectively. I narrowly escaped Philadelphia this afternoon. Good thing, they don’t even make the list.
Photo Credit: Gigi Peterkin
Yesterday I had a chance to speak at Villanova University for MENG. Villanova holds a special place in my heart. It’s where I went to graduate school. It’s a fantastic community and I enjoyed coming back. One of the attendees was good friend Barry Curewitz. Barry had sent me an e-mail a couple of weeks earlier about a thoughtful little extra. Since we are in the midst of the Southern Storm of the Decade, I thought it was fitting to share:
Stan,
Still searching for examples of Lagniappe?
I’ve got one.
I have the USA Today delivered to my house. When it’s wet outside they double bag the newspaper. OK, nothing unusual.
But, when there’s a lot of snow out, they put the paper in a RED bag so it is easy to locate.
I think of that as Lagniappe.
- Barry Curewitz
