Car Flags

Thursday, February 11, 2010

The CEO of the company where I work now is a former U. S. Marine and very patriotic. He has an American flag on display in his private office, and framed photographs of the American Bald Eagle on the wall behind the sofa in his office.

He invited all of the managers and officers to his house for an off-site meeting and retreat last week. We were impressed with his beautiful home out in horse country. I was not surprised to see that he has a flagpole in his front yard and the stick flags were waving proudly as we drove up his driveway for the meeting.

I like to send a small but symbolic thank you gift to people with whom I meet and talk with at conventions and conferences, and seeing these flags have given me the idea that I should order a couple dozen car flags to use as these thank you gifts. The flags are such a big part of our company and our CEO’s patriotism that I would like to spread that American pride among our business contacts and clients by sending a gift of a car flags with a hand written thank you note. I know it is something that won’t be thrown in the trash and perhaps it will inspire them in other good ways, too.