No joy can last for too long, remember. Today I got the sad message that Gilbert Wolf, the owner of MinDator, passed away. And that’s really, really sad. Although I never got a chance to know him very well, I still owe him ALOT for hiring me and running the company in such a nice way for the employees. He wasn’t all about making money, he made sure we enjoyed coming to work. That’s why he sprung for all the office parties, why he gave us all a 3 day trip to Greece. He was the kinda nice person who talked with everyone, from the sales people right down to the yugoslavs cleaning the office! And when the company was going down the drain and we merged with Pulsen, he made sure our employment contracts were carried on, instead of terminated and renewed in the new company. That little technicality has saved me from atleast two cutbacks and “streamlining” at Pulsen. I liked him. He liked us. And he will be missed.

And like a month ago when Anna Lindh died, I’m not even in the country to attend a memorial or anything. Although I’m terrible at those things, I’d still like the option of attending.