Working Circles Collide

Last Sunday, I ran into my old co-worker Leo at the gym, we caught up on the latest, I went to a site visit on Wednesday at Stanford and found out he will monitoring that site. Another old co-worker Sherrie was hired as a contractor in my new company last year, saw my name on a new-hire roster and called me up. I bumped into my old executive boss Sunil in the financial district this morning just long enough to shake hands, say hi, exchange "good to see yous" because he was running late for a meeting. Last month, while in Malvern, PA for training, an in-house contracted CRA came up to me and said, "I don't know if you remember me but...", of course!, Melanie was an assistant on a project when I worked in Bluebell, PA for a previous company, now she's a CRA. It pays to be nice to everyone because you never know when you'll run into them or work with them again in this or any industry, and it is always nice to feel the warmth of seeing a familiar face from the past.