Rod Roddy
22-Apr-2008
Written by: SHARON MARSHALL
EXTRAVAGANT MAN
I WORKED FOR BUDGET RENT A CAR AT THE DFW, TX AIRPORT IN THE 1980s. I WORKED THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT AND ROD RODDY WOULD COME IN ON A RED-EYE FLIGHT EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS. HE TOLD ME HE HAD AN AUNT (HIS MOTHER'S SISTER) THAT WAS ELDERLY AND LIVED IN FORT WORTH, TX. HE TOLD ME HE CAME TO VISIT HER TO GET A DOSE OF THE REAL WORLD OUTSIDE OF THE "HOLLYWOOD LIGHT." HE ALWAYS REQUESTED A LUXURY VEHICLE, IE., CADILLAC, LINCOLN, MERCEDES. HE WAS VERY NICE AND PERSONAL.
WHEN HIS AUNT PASSED AWAY HE CALLED ME AT BUDGET TO SEE IF HE COULD RENT A "PINK MERCEDES OR CADILLAC" FOR HER FUNERAL BECAUSE PINK WAS HER FAVORITE COLOR. I INFORMED HIM I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FULLFILL THIS REQUEST BECAUSE WE DID NOT CARRY "PINK" VEHICLES. HE WAS VERY POLITE AND ACCEPTED MY OFFER OF A MAROON OR ROSE COLORED VEHICLE. WHEN HE CAME IN ON HIS RED-EYE FLIGHT FOR HER FUNERAL SERVICE HE WAS MOURNING BUT DID MAKE LIGHT OF THE SITUATION WHEN I SUGGESTED "MAYBE I COULD GET HIM THE PHONE NUMBER FOR MARY-KAY ASH (MARY KAY COSMETICS) TO SEE IF SHE WOULD RENT HIM ONE OF HER PINK VEHICLES." HE CHUCKLED AND THANKED ME FOR ALWAYS ASSISTING HIM AND NOT BEING A "CRAZY FAN." THIS WAS THE LAST TIME I SAW HIM.
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