'Though retirement is off the table, the issue of succession is on his mind. Neither one of his two kids seem to want to take over, he says, meaning that the store’s familial legacy will likely end with him.' | zinyasalfitii
On March 18, a year and a half into their temporary relocation, Don and his staff started hearing a slow tapping noise coming from the ceiling above. The sound of droplets started to amplify, growing more urgent as time went by. A bathroom on the second floor above the store flooded for about an hour and a half before it was stopped. Soiled water seeped through the entirety of the temporary space’s north wall. It smelled of sewage and damaged inventory.
“[Don] was determined,” says Tim Shaver, 63, who has been working at Central Camera Co. for the past 28 years. “Even though people had told him, you know, why doesn’t he just retire? But he wanted to keep on going. His enthusiasm and excitement for the business and helping people is what really pulled us through.”
Though retirement is off the table, the issue of succession is on his mind. Neither one of his two kids seem to want to take over, he says, meaning that the store’s familial legacy will likely end with him.Don’s grandfather and Central Camera Co.’s founder Albert Flesch grew up in the small town of Polgár in eastern Hungary.
The staff referred to each Flesch family member by their initials to allow for quicker communication through the paging system. When Don’s father says he wanted to hear “A.F.” for Albert Flesch over the pager again, Don decided to go by that. His nickname eventually made its way back—mostly because Don rhymes with his twin brother’s name Ron—but, to this day, he still signs every document with a capital “A” and two lines coming out of one side to make the “F.
Moments like these are not uncommon. Don often remembers which customer had what problem the last time they came in.
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