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Title: Our US Consul General
Post by: Curval on December 19, 2007, 03:10:54 PM

I suppose our US Ambassador here....his name is Gregory Slayton.

What a GREAT guy!

You guys should be proud of him.

I was having some trouble with US customs in New Jersey, who had pulled a container of clothing, school supplies and medical equipment our Rotary Club was sending to Bihar, India.

Customs charged us $407 for the priviledge of being searched...which is fine...but as a result our container missed its ship to Calcutta.  Two weeks ago the demurrage charge for bonded storage was at $1,450 and counting.

I called a lawyer friend of mine who I knew was friends with Mr. Slayton.  Within 5 minutes Mr. Slayton agreed to help.  Within an hour the shipping company wrote to Mr. Slayton (cc'ing me on the email) and told him that they had picked up the charges.  

I was amazed at the sudden generosity of this company.

I happened to be at a Christmas function that Mr. Slayton was attending also and went up and introduced myself.  I discovered that he had called some agency who contacted the shipping company to find out what was going on.  Aparently that agency is absolutely VITAL to the shipping company and they immediately made the offer to look good to them.

Bada bing.  Done and dusted.

"If you need any help with anything like that in the future you call me"...and he handed me his card.

Definately a guy who gets s*it done.

USA USA!

:aok

Title: Our US Consul General
Post by: Ripsnort on December 19, 2007, 03:17:21 PM

He's republican, was a big campaign organizer for Bush in 2000 and 2004, and is a devote Christian. Just thought I'd ruin your happiness with that info. :D

Title: Our US Consul General
Post by: Curval on December 19, 2007, 03:25:04 PM

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Originally posted by Ripsnort
He's republican, was a big campaign organizer for Bush in 2000 and 2004, and is a devote Christian. Just thought I'd ruin your happiness with that info. :D

Doesn't ruin anything.  

I just got a Christmas card from him too....the guy is a saint.

Title: Our US Consul General
Post by: Shaky on December 19, 2007, 05:29:11 PM

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Originally posted by Curval
Doesn't ruin anything.  

I just got a Christmas card from him too....the guy is a saint.

If Hillary or Obama wins...he's history.

BTW...glad it all worked out, and that some goverment workers remember that they are first and formost public SERVANTS.

Title: Our US Consul General
Post by: eagl on December 19, 2007, 09:35:59 PM

That's what you get for wrapping your charity gifts with spare plutonium refinery equipment.

:noid

Title: Our US Consul General
Post by: Jackal1 on December 20, 2007, 07:37:00 AM

Not that much of a shock. The guy just wanted to get that load of pink shorts out of there as quickly as possible.