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A Great Man Passes and a Large Company Does Something Great
Today was not my best day. Unfortunately I had to spend it at the services and burial of a great man that few knew. In reality I know his wife better than I knew him. I was once a salesman then a manager at Sleepys. For those of you not in a state north of Virginia on the east coast (and only on the eastern side of some of these states) Sleepys is the largest singly owned mattress chain. When I started at Sleepys Harold Lorber and his wife Willie were already there. After a short while I was asked to take Willie’s store as the manager, these were at the time generally one person stores, displacing her and she was asked to float between stores. Harold showed one of his best traits... Read More


