38 years ago, I was sent to New Zealand to deal with a quality problem we had with the Fisher and Paykel appliance company. Everyone there treated me like an important customer rather than a problem supplier. I learned so much from the experience that treated suppliers as respected partners for the rest of my career. More importantly, I met two guys who (along with their wives) became besties.

After a 2 1/2 strict NZ Covid lock-down, they were able to travel again. We had them to the U.S. for almost three weeks and did our best to show them a good time. Fishing, swimming, golf in Stamford – Book of Mormon, a NY Giants football game, a NY Rangers hockey, and ping-pong bar in the city, then a yacht trip, more golf and fine food in Miami Beach. What a wonderful time we had!

Made a video for them (10 minutes) – https://youtu.be/rqhcBzDT8eM