Parker sat at his desk looking at a business card. He watched the snow fall lightly outside his window. He was the last person left in the office, as he typically was this time of year. He put down the business card and got up and walked over to the large pane of glass that was the only insulation from the harsh, cold wintery night. He placed his hand on the window and felt the bitter cold meet the palm of his hand. He stood there for a minute; maybe more than a minute. He began to cry. He was so angry at how things were going.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
It had been a rough quarter at Thatcher-Jenkins. Sales were down as two of the company\u2019s largest clients ceased doing business after they found suppliers that would offer the same services for less. In an attempt to stop the figurative bleeding, Parker had initiated a major overhaul to the management system the company would use. Much of the production staff, who is made up of a lot of people that had been working at the company for several years, found the new technology intrusive to production. Then there were problems with deployment which cost the company some time and a fair amount of capital. The IT staff that was in place at the time simply didn\u2019t have the resources to cover a rushed end-to-end software implementation and their typical workload, leading to production interruptions and other inefficiencies.<\/p>\n
So, as Parker stood with his hand on the glass of the window in his office, his thoughts weren\u2019t of the impending holiday, his family, or how fortunate he was; they were firmly focused on the latest bought of downtime that took down production for half a day. Who knows how much money it had cost the company?<\/p>\n
The phone rang. He walked back over to his desk, tripping over the exposed wire to his new VoIP phone that nobody bothered to hide. He snatched at the phone.<\/p>\n
\u201cHello,\u201d he answered, angered.<\/p>\n
On the other end of the phone was his wife. Mrs. Parker was wondering when Parker would be home. After all, it was Christmas Eve.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just wrapping up here…Love you too.\u201d<\/p>\n
He hung up the phone, glanced aimlessly around his office, and slumped down into his desk chair. He sat for a few minutes before he got up, remotely started his car, put his coat on, shut down his computer, turned the lights off, grabbed his bag, and walked out the door.<\/p>\n
As he slowly shuffled to his car, the snow was falling lightly, but it might have been just the ice in the air as it was a little too cold for snow. His car was the last car in the parking lot. This made him feel very alone. He got in the car and slowly drove away.<\/p>\n
As he drove past all the houses lit up for Christmas, he started to cheer up. He stopped off at the liquor store to get some brandy and as he was walking out of the store he ran into one of his clients.<\/p>\n
\u201cHey there Parker, Merry Christmas,\u201d the stout man in a black pea coat said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, hi there Jack, same to you,\u201d Parker answered as he almost dropped the bottle of brandy he had just bought.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhatcha got there?\u201d Jack asked inquisitively.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe do Brandy Alexanders on Christmas Eve. Family Tradition,\u201d Parker answered.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell that\u2019s nice. Look, have a Merry Christmas. Give my best to your family. We\u2019ll talk next week,\u201d Jack said before he scurried away inside the liquor store.<\/p>\n
Parker walked back to his car, wondering what Jack meant by the \u201cwe\u2019ll talk next week\u201d remark. He sat behind the wheel for a minute, before driving away. The uneasy feeling he had in his office was more like panic as he drove down the street toward his house.<\/p>\n
Parker started talking to himself in his car, \u201cWhat did Jack mean? If his company leaves, I\u2019ll have to lay people off,\u201d At this point he had worked himself up. He popped the top of the brandy bottle and started to take intermittent swigs. He drove past his house to the bridge on the outskirts of town. He parked his car on the side of the road and got out of his car and walked up the bridge.<\/p>\n
Traffic continued to go by, but there wasn\u2019t much of it to speak of, being Christmas Eve and all. He walked up to the center of the bridge with the bottle of brandy firmly in hand. He stood up and looked at the sliver of moon that poked out behind the passing clouds. He looked at the river. He took a pull of his brandy and put the cap back on. All of a sudden what seemed like a shadow approached him from the far side of the bridge.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot the Christmas Eve you planned on having, huh Parker?\u201d the voice said as he came into the light. The man was short and older than Parker. He had a wool cap and jacket on.<\/p>\n
\u201cWho are you? How do you know my name?\u201d Parker asked.<\/p>\n
\u2018My name is Gary and I know all there is to know about you,\u201d he said, \u201cWhat are you doing up here?\u201d<\/p>\n
Where only moments before had Parker been engulfed in self-pity, now there was only fear. He moved away abruptly, but didn\u2019t say anything.<\/p>\n
Gary kept after him.<\/p>\n
\u201cCan I have a drink?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat the hell are you doing out here?\u201d Parker demanded as Gary reached for the bottle of brandy. Gary stopped moving toward him.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlease?\u201d Gary asked.<\/p>\n
The three or four drinks that Parker had were now starting to kick in. He extended the bottle and Gary took it, opened it, took a drink, and handed it back in rapid succession.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, Parker, what are you doing out here on Christmas eve?\u201d Gary asked rhetorically.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not sure that\u2019s any of your business,\u201d Parker replied.<\/p>\n
\u201cWere you planning on jumping off of the bridge?\u201d Gary asked abruptly.<\/p>\n
Suddenly, Parker realized that maybe he had gone up there to do just that.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d Parker replied, \u201cSometimes I feel like everyone that depends on me would be better off if I wasn’t the one making the decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWell…There is a way to find out.\u201d Gary said as he rushed at him. Parker, still clutching the bottle of brandy, sidestepped as Gary dove off the bridge into the river. Shocked, Parker dropped the bottle, took off his coat and ran to the other side of the bridge and jumped in after Gary.<\/p>\n
As he hit the nearly frozen water, it sent a shock through his entire system. He grabbed Gary, who was thrashing around in the current and dragged him to the bank of the river.<\/p>\n
Both men lay on the frozen bank of the river. Gary begins to laugh. Incredulous at Gary\u2019s levity, Parker started to yell at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat the hell do you think you were doing?!\u201d Parker started, freezing and soaked, \u201cIf I didn\u2019t jump in after you, you would have surely died!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t be so sure,\u201d Gary said, \u201cI am your guardian angel, you needed to stop feeling sorry for yourself in order to know what it is that I know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGuardian angel? You are touched, man!\u201d Parker yelled as he got up and started making his way back toward the bridge.<\/p>\n
\u2018There are no such thing as guardian angels. You are a crazy old man who just had his life saved by someone who didn\u2019t feel like living ten minutes ago.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cParker, many people depend on you, and feeling sorry for yourself will never get you to where you want to go.\u201d Gary said, scrambling after him.<\/p>\n
\u201cLook, friend. I\u2019m going home. Tonight is Christmas Eve, and I need to be with my family…Not sopping wet listening to a crazy man.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gary stopped following him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI may be crazy, but I am here to tell you that you can\u2019t lose hope,\u201d Gary shouted after him, \u201cWe will meet again soon.\u201d<\/p>\n
Parker made his way back to the bridge, picked up his jacket and his bottle of brandy and started back to his car. He opened the door to his car, but before he got in looked around for Gary. He was nowhere to be found. With mixed emotions Parker got in his car and returned home.<\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
When Parker returned home, he found a strange car in the driveway. He walked in the front door, still wet from his time in the river, only to find his IT administrator standing in the foyer of the house waiting for him.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere have you been?\u201d the man asked<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are you doing here?\u201d Parker answered as his wife walked in the room.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve been hacked,\u201d The IT admin started, \u201dI\u2019ve got the team at the office now doing everything…wait a minute, why are you wet?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, what happened to you?\u201d Mrs. Parker asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do you mean we were hacked?! I just left the office an hour ago!\u201d Parker said helplessly.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, Harold and Matt are at the office right now and Brett will be there soon. We should go.\u201d The IT admin said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWait a second, mister, you aren\u2019t going anywhere before you tell me why you are sopping wet.\u201d Mrs. Parker said sternly.<\/p>\n
\u201cI saved a man from drowning, Jewel, but now I really have to go down there to make sure we aren\u2019t going to lose everything. Pete, let me get changed.\u201d<\/p>\n
After getting changed quickly and assuring his wife that everything is going to be okay, he rode to the office with Pete. Pete was the IT administrator for Thatcher-Jenkins. He had been working there for the past seven years and was Parker\u2019s right hand man when it comes to IT. He had hired Pete at 23 to work in his IT department after Pete had been released from jail for hacking.<\/p>\n
Pete was the son of one of Parker\u2019s wife\u2019s best friends and agreed to take him on as a favor, but had come to depend on his computer skills.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do we know about the hack?\u201d Parker asked as they were driving.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know as much as I do right now, but when we couldn\u2019t get a hold of you, I came right to your house. Your wife was worried.\u201d Pete said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe craziest thing happened to me tonight. I was on the bridge and some crazy old guy came up to me and jumped in the river. I had to jump in after him so he didn\u2019t drown.\u201d Parker continued, \u201cI had never seen this man before, but\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe knew who you were?\u201d Pete said in Gary\u2019s voice. Parker looked over and it was Gary driving the car, not Pete.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is going on?!\u201d Parker bellowed with fear.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t be afraid, Parker. I am your guardian angel and I\u2019m here to show you just how important you are to the people in your life.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cStop the car! Stop the car!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll do you one better.\u201d Gary said as he swerved off the road and into a building.<\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
Parker woke up in his bed, but his wife was nowhere to be found. He jumped out of bed and ran downstairs, but the house was different. It wasn\u2019t decorated for Christmas, it was like you would find in on any other day. He opened the front door and it was snowy and the streetlights had the Christmas ornaments hanging from them. As he stood in the doorway of his house, he noticed a well-dressed man walking down the unkempt sidewalk that ran perpendicular to the road. As the man got closer, he recognized him. It was Gary.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat the hell have you done?! Where is Jewel?! Where are my kids?!\u201d Parker yelled as Gary, now dressed in a top hat and a flawless waistcoat made his way up the front sidewalk in front of Parker\u2019s house.<\/p>\n
\u201cWho are you and what have you done with my family?!\u201d He continued as Gary walked past him into the house.<\/p>\n
\u201cI told you that I would show you just how important you are. Get dressed, it\u2019s time for a tour.\u201d Gary replied.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not going anywhere with you.\u201d Parker adamantly stated.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe faster we can get through this, the faster you will be allowed to go back to your old life.\u201d said Gary.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hate my old life,\u201d Parker yelled.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s when Gary said, \u201cIt\u2019s up to you to change it.\u201d<\/p>\n
—-<\/p>\n
Parker got changed and got in the driver\u2019s side of the car.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood, you can drive. I\u2019m a terrible driver, \u201c Gary said sarcastically, \u201cLet\u2019s head over to your office.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat am I, Ebenezer Scrooge? Are you a ghost sent here to teach me a lesson?\u201d Parker asked before starting the car.<\/p>\n
\u201cNothing like that,\u201d Gary started, \u201cI\u2019ve told you already, I am your guardian angel and I am here to show you just what life would be like for the people you care about if you weren\u2019t a part of theirs.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you know how crazy this is?\u201d was Parker\u2019s retort.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s no more crazy than your feelings of loneliness and frustration.\u201d Gary said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThings just haven\u2019t been going well at work. We\u2019re trying to put in this new system and its messing with production.\u201d Parker started, \u201cThere\u2019s really very little I can do about it, either. We\u2019ve lost two of our biggest accounts and trying to modernize is costing us a fortune. The world isn\u2019t the same now as it was when I started working there. We may not have any choice but to lay off some people. It\u2019s a really bad situation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt could be worse,\u201d Gary said as they took a left onto the industrial park.<\/p>\n
Parker\u2019s demeanor changed and immediately got more hostile.<\/p>\n
\u2018What the hell do you mean it could be worse?! People depend on me to make good decisions and I\u2019m letting them down! Don\u2019t you get it?!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, I get it,\u201d Gary began, \u201cbut I know things could be worse. Just look at that.\u201d<\/p>\n
At this moment they came upon the Thatcher-Jenkins offices; or, more like where the Thatcher-Jenkins offices should be. The building, which sat just off the river at the north end of the industrial park was vacant. There were pieces of plywood over several of the floor-to-ceiling windows that lined the second-floor facade. The parking lot was unplowed, so when Parker opened the car door and got out, he crunched through the layer of cold-tempered snow.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat the\u2026\u201d Parker trailed off as he crunched through the snow toward the building.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Gary got out and shouted after him, \u201cI told you things could be worse.\u201d<\/p>\n
Parker turned around and glanced at him, \u201cWhat is happening?\u201d<\/p>\n
Gary flashed a smile, \u201cThis is what happens if you aren\u2019t the one making the decisions. 56 jobs are gone. The place boarded up and left vacant.\u201d<\/p>\n
Parker started back to the car.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere am I, then?\u201d he asked sternly.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell you\u2019re right here, of course. Get in, and I\u2019ll show you more.\u201d Gary said.<\/p>\n
Parker got in the car and they made their way out of the Industrial Park and drove toward downtown. As they drove down Main street Parker noticed his wife, Jewel. She didn\u2019t look like herself, however. Instead of the well-manicured woman, she was wearing a heavy wool coat, a wool hat with matching mittens and standing in the doorway of George\u2019s Hardware ringing a bell. She was taking in donations for the Salvation Army.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe always loves to help people,\u201d Parker said as he started to roll down the window. They drove on by, causing Parker to watch her in the driver’s-side mirror until she was no longer in sight.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s wonderful, but her life is nothing like her life is with you,\u201d Gary said, \u201cWithout you, she marries, but has a miscarriage and gets divorced. She never has the family that you two have created. She suffers each day with the loss.\u201d<\/p>\n
Parker started to tear up. Gary reached in his topcoat and grabbed a handkerchief and offered it to Parker. Parker took it, and blotted his eyes as the town passed them by.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere are you taking me now?\u201d Parker asked helplessly.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a couple more things to see before you make your decision,\u201d Gary responded.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat decision?\u201d Parker asked several times. Gary gestured him to keep course. They came to a stop in a parking lot in front of Ophelia\u2019s Diner, on the east edge of town near the interstate highway.<\/p>\n
\u201cPark the car here.\u201d said Gary.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy are we stopping here? I\u2019m not hungry.\u201d Parker inquired with desperation in his voice.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood,\u201d Gary said, \u201cbecause we\u2019re not going in.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gary led him around the side of the building to a camper that was set up about 50 feet behind the restaurant.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat the hell is this?\u201d Parker asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cSomething you\u2019ll need to see.\u201d Gary responded.<\/p>\n
They approached the camper. There was the faint smell of cigarettes and muffled noises coming from inside. Gary walks up and knocks on the door. After some rustling and audible muttering, the door swung open. The man standing in the doorway was Pete. He had a two-day stubble and had a cigarette hanging out of his mouth.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do you want?\u201d Pete said, not taking the cigarette out of his mouth.<\/p>\n
\u201cPete?!\u201d Parker asked aloud. Pete looked as if he hadn\u2019t bathed in a couple of days and was wearing a cook\u2019s whites, but no apron. He wasn\u2019t wearing shoes.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah. Do I know you?\u201d Pete said with a twinge of hostility. The men just stood there and stared at each other for a minute at which time Pete had had enough.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, I\u2019m busy,\u201d Pete slammed the door, leaving the other two men standing in the snow.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s go,\u201d Gary said as he began to walk back to the car.<\/p>\n
\u201cI guess he had a rough time of it.\u201d Parker said trailing after Gary, \u201cJewel got me to hire him after he got out of jail. I guess without me all his talents would have been put to waste. He\u2019s one hell of an IT guy. He\u2019s been with me for years; I was about to make him CIO.\u201d<\/p>\n
The two men reached the car and Gary got in and started it up. Parker looked back at the camper one more time and got in the passenger seat.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think I get the point,\u201d Parker said softly when they were driving back toward town.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, people depend on you, but I have one more thing to show you,\u201d Gary said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy don\u2019t you just take me back?\u201d Parker demanded.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s not the way it works, Parker,\u201d Gary responded, \u201cLike I told you, you are here. I can\u2019t just take you back. I\u2019m just your guardian angel.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI understand why I\u2019m so important now. I have you to thank for it.\u201d Parker admitted.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou need to see one more thing.\u201d Gary said as he drove.<\/p>\n
Parker was silent. As he watched the town drift by, he realized that it was getting late in the afternoon and it was starting to get dark.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll be able to pick up where I left off, right, Ghost?\u201d Parker asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not a ghost and you are not Ebenezer Scrooge. If any of this helps you, it will be on you to get back to the place where you can make a difference.\u201d Gary said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut how do I get back?\u201d Parker asked helplessly.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ll see,\u201d Gary said, \u201cthe decision will be yours.\u201d<\/p>\n
Just then they arrived at the supermarket. Gary got out of the car and told Parker to follow him. He walked into the store and went to the aisle where you\u2019d find Thatcher-Jenkins best-selling product. Gary pointed at the shelf. There were no products from Thatcher-Jenkins, just twice as many from their biggest competitor Capra Industries. Parker shook his head and smiled.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow you are ready,\u201d Gary said with a smile, \u201cLet\u2019s go.\u201d<\/p>\n
They returned to the car and drove across town to the bridge in silence. Gary parked the car in the same place where Parker had parked it, what seemingly was a day prior, but that\u2019s not the way this works.<\/p>\n
The men walked up to the place on the bridge where they had first met. Gary reached in his coat and offered Parker an unopened bottle of brandy.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow go home to your wife.\u201d Gary said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you, angel.\u201d Parker said and extended his hand. Gary didn\u2019t shake his hand, he tipped his cap and abruptly walked away.<\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
Parker drove home fast, much faster than he normally would have. Once he got home, he jumped out of the car and ran inside. Without taking off his shoes and coat he ran into his family room to find his children sitting on the couch playing on their tablets. His heart was filled with warmth, he made his way to the kitchen where his wife was.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, Jewel,\u201d is all he said before he wrapped his arms around her.<\/p>\n
\u201cWow, is everything okay?\u201d She asked him.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything is great. I love you so much.\u201d He said to her stepping away and looking her in the eyes. He kissed her.<\/p>\n
He placed the bottle of brandy on the counter.<\/p>\n
Confused, Jewel asked, \u201cWhat happened to you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI just had a long day and I\u2019m happy to be home.\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Parker didn\u2019t think about work for the whole next day. It was the longest he had actually relaxed in years. He spent the holiday with the people he loved, happy, and feeling as if anything was possible.<\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
When he returned to work on the day after Christmas, he got there extra early. He noticed the COMPANYNAME business card that he left lying on his desk, so he went ahead and called Pete into his office. He was determined to find solutions to his business\u2019 IT overruns.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou asked for me, Boss?\u201d Pete said as he walked in the open door.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, Pete, shut the door.\u201d Parker demanded. Pete walked in nervously and stood behind the chairs that were in front of the Parker\u2019s desk.<\/p>\n
\u201cHave a seat,\u201d Parker started, \u201cPete, over the Christmas holiday I had some harsh truths to face. It\u2019s no secret that we\u2019ve been having some technology problems lately and if they keep up, we\u2019ll likely have to lay some people off.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay, we\u2019re doing all\u2026\u201d Pete started before Parker interjected.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not blaming you, Pete. Like I said, I had some harsh truths to face. One of them is that I have to take a step back from the technology end of the business. My demands are some of the main reasons we\u2019re having problems. I called you here to promote you, Pete. You\u2019ve done one hell of a job for us and I was wondering if you would like to join the management team as CIO?\u201d<\/p>\n
Pete\u2019s face was filled with surprise and pride, \u201cHow would it change the job I have now?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you want it, Pete?\u201d Parker pressed.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, sir.\u201d Pete responded.<\/p>\n
\u201cWonderful, you are the right man for the job. The first course of action that you need to focus on is getting the resources in here to get our new system in place and get the people trained up on it. It is essential to the future of our company, and I think you are up to the challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you, sir.\u201d Pete said earnestly, \u201cI think the first thing we should look at is getting COMPANYNAME in here to help us cover our regular management while we finish the deployment.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPete, if it\u2019s in the budget, it is your call now. I\u2019ll call a staff meeting later today to announce your promotion.\u201c Parker answered. \u201cFor now, though, I have some things I need to attend to.\u201d<\/p>\n
Parker walked around the desk to shake Pete\u2019s hand and walked him out of the office. Once Pete was gone, Parker walked over to the window and put his palm on the glass. He hadn\u2019t felt this proud in some time.<\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
I\u2019m glad to announce that Pete\u2019s plan was implemented the very next day. The following week, COMPANYNAME did their first assessment, and soon after took over the management and maintenance of the computing infrastructure and network. For several months, Thatcher-Jenkins\u2019 IT technicians, led by CIO Pete, implemented a system with COMPANYNAME supporting their technology. Now the two companies are full-time collaborators, and Thatcher-Jenkins continues their steady growth.<\/p>\n
If you enjoyed this take and think that COMPANYNAME can breathe some new life into your business\u2019 technology strategy, give us a call at PHONENUMBER and one of our expert consultants can tell you how we can help you. Happy Holidays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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