This reminded me of another unique incident I expereinced. In the late 70's, I worked in the HR department of Brookstone Co when they were just beginning to open stores. I spent a week in Philadelphia interviewing prospective employees in a hotel conference room all day and into the evening for the store to be opened in the Center City part of Philly. I got to the hotel Sunday night around 7 PM, and decided to get some kind of TV magazine, since I was going to be there all week and wouldn't have any energy in the evenings to do much. Went to the front desk, asked for a TV listing of some kind, and was told the "black man standing over there just got the last one." OK, no big deal, but before I could leave, the " black man" and his 3 buddies came over to me, and he said that they were only going to be at the hotel for 2 nights and would be pretty busy, and they had seen all they needed to in the TV listing, so he gave it to me. Well, I thought that was a pretty nice gesture. I remember thinking he looked familiar, but couldn't place him. Got up to my room, turned on the TV, and an ad came on for a big Soul show the next night, starring Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. Yup, it was Smokey himself who gave me the last TV magazine! And I wasn't even sharp to ask him to autograph it for me!
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