<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 9/20/2005 9:05:12 AM Central Standard Time, dporritt@mail.smu.edu writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2> <DIV class=Section1> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">It has been said:  </SPAN></FONT><FONT face= =Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">“I'm = not saying that the pianos might be not be damaged, but in my opinion, that is not part of= your job description.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FO= NT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">My son-in-law told me that h= e once worked for a manager who expressed the idea that “we’re al= l here to get the job done.”  He then said “If you ever say ‘th= at’s not my job’ then it really won’t be your job!”  <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>= </P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FO= NT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">When bad things are happenin= g I think specific job descriptions become a moot point, and saving the assets= of our employers (or anyone else’s assets for that matter) becomes ev= eryone’s job.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FO= NT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">dp</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></= FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Dave</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'm all for doing what is necessary to get the job done. But what I mea= nt was that Avery should not have to "stand guard" over all the pianos, risking his life to make sure each and every one of them is saf= e from the storm. That, I believe, is not be part of his job description. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>