Tuesday, October 23, 2012

My (other) Best Friends

Today I celebrate my 64th birthday! But for the last 2 weeks I have been sent best wishes from some of my best friends.

    $20 gift certificate and a card from Brooks Brothers-  do they consider me a friend or a member of their family?

     A heartfelt birthday wish email from my dear friends at Jet Blue.

     Two messages from my financial advisor, an email, and a card with best wishes from a bull and a bear.

     Birthday greetings from my Lexus salesman and a gentle reminder, complete with business card, that there are great deals this time of year. Little does he know that I had been courting a Kia dealer. But in the end I stayed true to Lexus, was it his yearly remembrance of  my special day that paid off or was it that I am not ready to utter the words, "I drive a Kia."

And so at Zero Otto Nove Restaurant, volume up, cue Paul Anka and he inquires "Did you have a Happy Birthday, did you get the flowers I sent you?"

Perhaps moving forward in the social networking era,  he should amend the tune to ask, did you get the email, tweet or special 20% offer I sent you?

 and then waiters sing serenade you with a chorus of Hoppy Birfhday.... to me.

PS- blogger spell check does not recognize KIA but it does LEXUS. Omen?

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