Google ‘furniture’ for fun reading
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Ray Allegrezza -- Furniture Today, February 22, 2005
 Ray Allegrezza,Editori in Chief |
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Ray Allegrezza, Editori in Chief |
If you ever get bored and want some interesting industry-related reading, go to Google and type in “furniture.” Trust me, you’ll be enlightened, entertained and edified. The other day I found a story about a recently elected official whose desire for new office furniture almost got him thrown out of office. Brent Rinehart, a newly elected commissioner in Oklahoma, wanted to upgrade the office he had inherited from his predecessor. The fact he spent more than $9,000 to replace what many of his constituents felt was perfectly good furniture put him immediately on the hot seat. It got even hotter when a reporter from the local TV station got wind of it and asked Rinehart to explain his purchases. Rinehart told the reporter the old furniture was “firewood” and not fit for use. Being a good reporter, the journalist found the furniture locked in a room at a storage facility and asked viewers to compare the old and new furniture. Many viewers deemed the old furniture to be far from firewood, saying much if it was comparable to the new stuff, but Rinehart stood his ground, describing it as “unfit for business.” And he didn’t stop there. Since he likes to be a professional at everything he does, Rinehart said he intends to buy more furniture: “When people come to my office, I expect it to look professional.” Brent, if that’s your story, stick to it, brother. The next story was about a scam in Zimbabwe. A former Grain Marketing Board executive, Martin Muchero, and local businessman Lastworth Kadirire were fined $50,000 each for attempting to defraud the GMB of $115,000 through a furniture-purchase scam. They had claimed that furniture worth $415, 000 had been bought for the GMB boardroom, when in fact the amount included money for the purchase of Muchero’s personal furniture. Could there be some weird link between furniture and subterfuge? I scrolled down and quite possibly found the answer. Did you know that Al Capone’s business card listed him as a used furniture dealer?
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Google 'furniture' for fun reading
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