Sunday, April 14, 2024
One of the privilege’s of my life was to make Ross really laugh. I think I accomplished that difficult feat twice. He rarely found me very funny, but I tried. In fact he usually said “yeah right, Matt very funny. ” and dismissed me with a wave of his hand and a roll of his eyes. But those very few times I got him to belly laugh, it was worth all of that rejection! Another great privilege of my life was that Ross found me and basically told me that I had to hire him, and that I wouldn’t be sorry if I did. I wasn’t. He was amazing and I got to work with him for the better part of six years as he was taking care of his lobby and his customers at Taco Bell. After moving away from St.Thomas in 2000, I would only run into him occasionally on my visits back and I last saw him several years ago. He hadn’t changed a bit. I told him he was the biggest celebrity in St.Thomas and without any hesitation he said casually, as if I was stating the obvious, “That’s right.” His kind heart and infectious personality will always be remembered and treasured. Rest well friend.
