Ben's Peace
Lexington, Kentucky, 2005 to 2007 I met Ben while living in Kentucky and I had started a job as a Customer Service Rep, starting in PC sales, then digital cameras, then the new market of Apple iPods, as the iPod Specialist, then promoted to Customer Service Rep. I worked the front counter of the store, being the first person most people would see as they came in, assisting in product questions, repairs, complaints, returns/exchanges, and assisting managers with opening/closing the store and moving up to managing the department. The first night I worked up front with him, he had come into work slightly disheveled, tired, and was frustrated with something. I realized in all that time we had not really had time to talk and get to know one another because he had always worked up front and I worked in the various departments in the back. When he realized we would be working together regularly, he gave me his biggest grin, slapped one hand down on my shoulder and said, “We...