It was Jerry Jaeger’s first day on the job as a 22-year-old managing director of two motels and things weren’t going well. Not at all.

For starters, Jaeger had asked for a wake-up call to be ready to roll. The call never came. When he confronted the front desk clerk at the North Shore, her reply was, “I just didn’t get to it.”

Fuming, Jaeger was tempted to fire her on the spot, but reconsidered. It was, after all, his first day.

Jaeger moved on to his office when a hulking figure in bib overalls appeared in the doorway. He introduced himself as Henry Wenig, the egg guy, and insisted he be paid $17.46 or no eggs would be delivered.

Jaeger asked the same front desk clerk whom he’d just admonished to pay Wenig. She opened the till and said there wasn’t enough cash.

Changes were clearly needed, and big changes would be coming relatively quickly/Ric Clarke, Coeur d'Alene Press. More here.

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