"Jackson," I said to my two-and-a-half year old son, "Who do you want to answer the phone at 3 am?"
"Daddy," he squealed enthusiastically.
Whether it was me he would like to answer the phone in the middle of the night (or morning for that matter), or whether he was simply responding to my presence as daddy I can't tell you.
I then turned to my son Lucas and asked him the same question.
Having just turned one-year-old I figured he'd be a reasonable resource. "Lucas, who should answer the phone at 3 in the morning."He went the direction I figured he might when he lifted his hand to his ear and uttered his first and favorite word, "Hola."
So perhaps he was suggesting that he should answer the phone.
Maybe not such a bad option given the impish nature of the ad that has brought the red phone to the forefront of the American political consciousness.
It was just a few weeks back when an ominous stentorian voice crooned something to the effect that the safety of our children rested on the right person picking up the ringing red phone at the White House at three in the morning.
I thought to myself on the first viewing what a creepy ad.
My second thought was why would Hillary would be up and fully dressed in her Bea Arthur best at 3 am.
Still lacking a viable answer to this plausible question and wondering how she developed her sense of style I am sadly left to ponder why such a sophomoric ad apparently resonated with voters.
My b+llsh+t meter starts to go off anytime somebody starts preaching to me about how wise or smart or experienced they are. We see it in politics. And we see it in real estate where some purveyors seem rooted in the idea that style trumps substance.
Whatever the case may be I can only tend my own garden. And so when my phone rings, I answer it. When I get an email, I respond to it. When I chart a course of action with my buying or selling clients I pursue it zealously and professionally until we achieve the goal we set out to achieve.
I understand why some folks feel the need to lift the megaphone to their lips and loudly pronounce their presence and superiority. Heck, I'd like to take this opportunity to tell you about my extremely high IQ and my top performer status in the Chicago real estate market. But I feel even more strongly that what I do, how I do it and what my past clients say about me tells the more accurate story.
On the other hand, I'm not in the least reticent about telling you just how amazing my boys are...
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