Joseph was the third McCorkle to be employed at Gerlands, a local grocery store in the Houston area. Evelyn and I were cashiers. Joseph started working there while I did. He was a sacker. The general manager of the store was named Mr. Sacco. He was a really nice man and treated all the employees very well. He was also a little goofy and liked to give us a hard time too. He was a good boss for a teenager to have.
When Joseph started working there and he got his name tag, for some reason Mr. Sacco had made a mistake and printed out the name "Andrew" for the tag. Joseph, being the easy going kid that he was, never said anything about it. In fact I can just imagine him getting the name tag, looking at it, and saying to himself "Okaaay....."
I guess after a while he decided he should say something because everyone was calling him Andrew. Finally he mentioned it to Mr. Sacco that his name tag was wrong. Now remember, this was quite a while into Joseph's employment at the store. He told Mr. Sacco that his name tag had the wrong name on it. Mr. Sacco was confused. I guess he also assumed his name was Andrew. So Mr. Sacco asked him "What name would you like it to say?"
Well somehow Joseph misunderstood him and he thought he said something to the effect of "What is my name?"
So Joseph, now being confused answered "Uuuum...Mr. Sacco."
Mr. Sacco then thought he was being a smart a$$ and he thought Joseph, in an answer to the question "What name would you like it to say" said that he thought HIS name tag should read Mr. Sacco. Mr. Sacco just laughed and said "Oh you kids these days."
For the rest of his time at Gerlands I think Joseph wore the Andrew name tag. I could have a few of these details wrong, but that is the gist of the story. It's one of the millions of McCorkle-isms.
When Joseph started working there and he got his name tag, for some reason Mr. Sacco had made a mistake and printed out the name "Andrew" for the tag. Joseph, being the easy going kid that he was, never said anything about it. In fact I can just imagine him getting the name tag, looking at it, and saying to himself "Okaaay....."
I guess after a while he decided he should say something because everyone was calling him Andrew. Finally he mentioned it to Mr. Sacco that his name tag was wrong. Now remember, this was quite a while into Joseph's employment at the store. He told Mr. Sacco that his name tag had the wrong name on it. Mr. Sacco was confused. I guess he also assumed his name was Andrew. So Mr. Sacco asked him "What name would you like it to say?"
Well somehow Joseph misunderstood him and he thought he said something to the effect of "What is my name?"
So Joseph, now being confused answered "Uuuum...Mr. Sacco."
Mr. Sacco then thought he was being a smart a$$ and he thought Joseph, in an answer to the question "What name would you like it to say" said that he thought HIS name tag should read Mr. Sacco. Mr. Sacco just laughed and said "Oh you kids these days."
For the rest of his time at Gerlands I think Joseph wore the Andrew name tag. I could have a few of these details wrong, but that is the gist of the story. It's one of the millions of McCorkle-isms.
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