KC's Visit

So, today the esteemed Kenneth Clark of Mentor, Ohio visited me at the factory. Barbara, the receptionist, paged Mr. Feuer, telling him, "Ira, there's a man who says he's here to check up on Jonathan."  I left Mr. Feuer's office and as I was walking out, I saw Mr. Clark. We greeted each other, and then Mr. Clark had a conversation with Mr. Feuer about his children, whom Mr. Clark had taught years earlier. I then took Mr. Clark to my office. It is not really my office, it is the office of the designer, who is in China, visiting the factories there along with Mr. Feuer's partner, Mr. Abrams. So, I get to have his office while he is gone. I show Mr. Clark the shipment of toys I have been tracking. It is headed from here to Dillsboro, in southeastern Indiana, for a Homecoming festival. It is being shipped on UPS, and went through Mansfield and Richfield on its way to Cincinnati, where UPS has a major distribution center. It is currently waiting in Cincinnati, waiting to be trucked across the border into Indiana. I then show Mr. Clark the order form for this shipment, where the order was originally taken. Then, the packing list which shows what is being shipped. Next I show him the synthesis of a chihuahua stuffed animal, from the original concept, to a prototype, and then the picture of it in the catalog. It was originally named Cheech, but that was too suggestive. So it was renamed Chico. Then I took Mr. Clark on a tour of the showroom where he marveled at the vast array of stuffed toys. Marlee, the Rastafarian penguin caught his eye, and I showed him Chico, the chihuahua in real life. Next, I showed him how a toy gets stuffed, though a  hole near the leg usually. Mr. Clark then left satisfied, with a few "samples" for his kids.