But it's when I watch him at Lowes is when I feel that. Seriously. He gets all bossy and authoritative and has a tone. He is the boss of 150+ people. He has a walk. The Lowes walk. And he walks all day. Years ago, I bought him a pedometer because I didn't believe how much he walks in a day. I ate my words because he walks like 12 miles a day.
I love going into any random Lowes with him. We rarely shop at his store when we are together b/c his is 20mins. away. He just commands au-thor-it-tie. But the rare times we are at his store, I love watching him shake his employee's hands, calling them by their name and being postive. I enjoy the Lowes Christmas parties where I get to hear him address his employees as a whole and their families. He has a gift for public speaking. His voice is strong ~ which he uses to praise his employees and their hard work and then he uses his voice to bless the food.
Every morning at 7:00, all employees present gather at the front of the store for their morning meeting. And then at the end, they do the "Lowes cheer". Gimme a L, gimme a O....I don't know if this happens at Gregg's store here in the hood or not. But, back in Temple, it did b/c a neighbor walked in one morning and witnessed it.
This past Sunday, I had the "I'm with him" feeling about about him. We stopped at the Lowes by our church to pick up some mulch. He drove his truck to the side of the garden center and immediately got two employees loading bags of mulch into the truck. Just watching him all dart around and do his thing did it for me, yes it did. He told me when he got back in the truck that 3 customers stopped him and asked him if he worked there. I told him he must've been doing the Lowes walk.
Something about a man in his element...
or maybe it's the sex-ay Lowes vest!
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